Leopardstown

Leopardstown Baile na Lobhar
Suburb of Dublin
The stand at Leopardstown Racecourse
Leopardstown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°16′12″N 6°12′18″W / 53.270°N 6.205°W / 53.270; -6.205Coordinates: 53°16′12″N 6°12′18″W / 53.270°N 6.205°W / 53.270; -6.205
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Elevation	93 m (305 ft)
Population (2006)^[1]
• Urban	2,067
Eircode (Routing Key)	D18
Irish Grid Reference	O202259

Leopardstown (Irish: Baile na Lobhar, meaning "Town of the Lepers") is a district in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county, Ireland, located at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. A residential suburb in the east of the greater Dublin area, it is divided by the course of the M50 motorway, and adjoins the neighbouring areas of Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Foxrock and Stillorgan. Leprosy was common in Dublin in medieval times and in the 14th Century a leper hospital was built near St Stephen's Green. It was later moved out to the Dublin mountains - the area where it was sited became known as Leopardstown.

Leopardstown Central Park, Luas line under construction with Three Rock in the background.

Luas green line extension between the Leopardstown Rd roundabout and Central Park, June 2009

Places of interest

Places of interest in Leopardstown include Glencairn House (the residence of the British Ambassador to Ireland), Leopardstown Park Hospital, and Burton Hall, childhood home of Hollywood actress Kathleen Ryan.

Sports

The area is home to the famous Leopardstown Racecourse, second most important racecourse in Ireland after the Curragh, as well as the Kilmacud Crokes' Hurling pitch at Silverpark.

Culture

Leopardstown gets a mention in the movie Spy Kids, in which a road sign for Baile an Liopaird is seen outside Machete's shop.^[2]

Luas Stop

Central Park

Preceding station	Luas			Following station
Sandyford		Green Line		Glencairn

References

↑ "Census 2006 – Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area" (PDF). Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. April 2007. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
↑ Spy Kids IMDB. Retrieved on 01-03-08.

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Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

County town: Dún Laoghaire

Villages and suburbs	Ballinteer Ballybrack Blackrock Booterstown Cabinteely Carrickmines Cherrywood Churchtown Dalkey Deansgrange Dún Laoghaire Dundrum Foxrock Goatstown Glasthule Glenageary Glencullen Johnstown Killiney Kilmacud Kilternan Leopardstown Loughlinstown Monkstown Rathfarnham Sandyford Sandycove Sallynoggin Shankill Stepaside Stillorgan

Category:Mountains and hills of County Dublin Category:Rivers of County Dublin Category:Geography of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

Residential areas of Dublin

North of River Liffey (Northside)	Artane Ashtown Baldoyle Balgriffin Ballybough Ballyboughal Ballygall Ballymun Bayside Beaumont Blanchardstown Broadstone Cabra Castleknock Clonee Clongriffin Clonsilla Clontarf Coolock Corduff Darndale Dollymount Donabate Donaghmede Donnycarney Drumcondra East Wall Fairview Finglas Glasnevin Grangegorman Harmonstown Howth Kilmore Kilmore West Kilbarrack Killester Kinsealy Malahide Marino Mulhuddart North Strand North Wall Ongar Oxmantown Phibsborough Poppintree Portmarnock Portrane Priorswood Raheny Santry Sheriff Street Smithfield Stoneybatter Sutton Swords Tyrrelstown Waterville Whitehall

South of River Liffey (Southside)	Adamstown Ballinteer Ballsbridge Ballyboden Ballybrack Ballyfermot Ballymount Ballyroan Belfield Blackrock Bluebell Booterstown Cabinteely Carrickmines Chapelizod Cherrywood Churchtown Clondalkin Clonskeagh Cornelscourt Crumlin Dalkey Deansgrange Dolphin's Barn Donnybrook Drimnagh Dundrum Dún Laoghaire Edmondstown Firhouse Foxrock Glasthule Glenageary Glencullen Goatstown Greenhills Harold's Cross Inchicore Irishtown Jobstown Killiney Kilmacud Kilmainham Kilternan Kimmage Knocklyon Leopardstown Liberties Loughlinstown Lucan Milltown Monkstown Mount Merrion Newcastle Oldbawn Palmerstown Portobello Ranelagh Rathcoole Rathfarnham Rathgar Rathmichael Rathmines Rialto Ringsend Rockbrook Saggart Sallynoggin Sandycove Sandyford Sandymount Shankill Stepaside Stillorgan Tallaght Templeogue Terenure Walkinstown Whitechurch Windy Arbour

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