Ballybrack

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Ballybrack
Irish: An Baile Breac
County Dublin
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Ballybrack Village
Location
Grid reference: O252241
Location: 53°15’11"N, 6°7’28"W
Data
Postcode: A96
Dialling code: 01
Local Government
Council: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown

Ballybrack is a County Dublin village which has become a residential suburb of the City of Dublin on its Southside. The name 'Ballybrack' is from the Irish An Baile Breac, meaning 'The speckled townland'.

The village is found south of Killiney and north-east of Loughlinstown. The population of the defined townland is 3,901 according to the 2016 census.

Amenities

Ballybrack has a post office, a newsagent, a petrol station, two public houses, three barber shops, a café, a pizza restaurant, a dry cleaners, two pharmacies, and a shopping centre. There are also two Roman Catholic churches in the area.

Sport

  • Boxing: Ballybrack/Borough Boxing Club
  • Football: Ballybrack FC
  • Gaelic sports:
    • Foxrock–Cabinteely GAA
    • Cabinteely GAA

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