Ashtown
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| Ashtown Irish: Baile an Áisigh | |
| County Dublin | |
|---|---|
 Ashtown Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O110374 |
| Location: | 53°22’31"N, 6°19’58"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 13,209 (2016) |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | City of Dublin |
| Dáil constituency: |
Dublin West |
Ashtown is today a small suburb of Dublin, and is also a townland of County Dublin.
The place stands by the Royal Canal, near the Navan Road. Nearby too is Phoenix Park: its Ashtown Gate entrance about 500 yards south of the railway station.
The suburb had a population of 13,209 inhabitants as reported in the 2016 census.
Teagasc has a food research centre at Ashtown.[1]
Sport
- Gaelic Athletics: St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA, based in Martin Savage Park
- Football: Phoenix FC, formerly known as Kinvara Ards, also using Martin Savage Park for youth teams, and a football complex in Scribblestown for the senior team
References
- ↑ Ashtown Food Research Centre: Teagasc