Ashtown

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.

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