Jobstown
| Jobstown Irish: Ráth Miontáin | |
| County Dublin | |
|---|---|
 Roundabout near Jobstown | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O065266 |
| Location: | 53°16’46"N, 6°24’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 16,616 (2011) |
| Postcode: | D24 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Dublin |
Jobstown is a village and a townland in the south of County Dublin, now largely joined to neighbouring Tallaght.
History
Jobstown takes its name from Henry Jope, who held land here in the 1250s.[1]
Jobstown was historically a small rural farming community two miles from Tallaght village, close to the western foothills of the Dublin Mountains. The only landmark in the area was the public house called the Jobstown House. The censuses of 1901 and 1911 showed that the population was low, and consisted mostly of farmers.[2]
Today, this is a densely populated suburb: the 2011 census recorded a population of 16,616.
Social issues
Because of social problems attendant on the birth of a new community, the Irish Government initiated a number of community-based projects to counteract a bad youth culture which developed when the large local authority housing stock was built without a supporting social structure.
The first school to open in Jobstown was St. Thomas National School in April 1982.[3]
References
- ↑ Ráth Miontáin/Jobstown: Logainm.ie
- ↑ Local History: St Thomas Jobstown
- ↑ 'Parents and schools criticise cuts to capitation grants': Niall Murray in The Irish Examiner, 23 February 2012