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Title: Dundrum


1
Dundrum
  • Our local area

2
Where is Dundrum?
  • Dundrum is situated in South Dublin and is part
    of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. It
    is approximately six kilometres from Dublin city
    centre making it a suburb of the city. It is
    situated at the foot of the Dublin Mountains. To
    the west is Rathfarnham, to the east is
    Sandyford. Dundrum is also situated beside Marley
    Park.

3
Change in the area
  • However things have been changing over the past
    couple of years. There has been huge increase in
    the building of apartments in the area. This
    meant that a lot of young couples and single
    people have come to live here. Some of these
    blocks include Wycham Point, Ballintyre
    Apartments, Grange Hall and Rockview. These were
    built during the Celtic Tiger era and there was
    an increase in the population.

4
Transport
  • There is a good transport system running through
    Dundrum although most people choose to commute by
    car. Dublin Bus has many services running
    through the village. These can take you from Dun
    Laoghaire all the way to Santry on the northside
    of the city. The easiest and quickest way to get
    to the city centre is by using the Luas Green
    Line in Dundrum or Balally. The Luas opened in
    2004 and has been very successful with most
    people finding it more reliable than the bus.
  • Ballinteer/Dundrum is also an exit off the M50
    making it an excellent place to live for
    commuters. The transport system is a huge
    benefit to living here. It is easy to travel
    around the city to visit friends and to get to
    work or college. The M50 means the trip to
    Dublin airport does not take as long as it once
    did!

5
Garda Station
  • Dundrum Garda station serves the population of
    Ballinteer and Dundrum. The Dundrum Luas is
    served by everyone in Ballinteer. In 2005 the
    Dundrum Town Centre opened, it increased
    population, jobs and the amenities in the area.

6
Schools
  • With a large number of families living here there
    is a need for schools. There are five main
    primary schools in the local area Our Ladys
    Boys National School, Our Ladys Girls National
    School, St. Attractas, the Gaelscoil Scoil
    Naithi and Balinteer Educate Together national
    school. Our Ladys schools are connected to the
    Church of St. John, Ballinteer and Scoil Naithi
    and St. Attractas are linked to the Oratory in
    Meadowbrook Parish. The schools play a major role
    in the community and the parishes of Dundrum.
    With a young population living in the area, the
    schools are very important in providing children
    with education and after school activities.

7
Secondary schools
  • There are two main secondary schools in the area.
    Wesley College which is situated at the
    roundabout at Ballinteer Avenue. It is a mixed
    boarding and day school. The other main school
    is Ballinteer Community School or BCS. This is
    also a mixed school. BCS opened a new school
    building six years ago and the entire school has
    been reformed, this has brought in new students
    from the surrounding areas like Whitechurch and
    Rathfarnham. The new building was opened in 2009
    and is a lovely modern two story building. This
    is a huge change from the old storey building
    that was very much in need of repair. There are
    more primary than secondary schools here so most
    people do travel to other places like Rathfarnham
    or Stillorgan to go to secondary school.

8
Churches
  • There are two main parishes in the area.
    Meadowbrook parish is the oratory and Ballinteer
    parish in the church of St. John the Evangelist.
    The majority of the population in Dundrum are
    Roman Catholic.

9
Recreation and Leisure
  • In 2009 a brand new swimming pool and leisure
    centre opened beside St. Attractas school in
    Meadowbrook. There is a 25 metre swimming pool
    and new gym in the leisure centre. The schools
    use the swimming pool on a regular basis and
    different classes and lessons are held in the
    centre every week. This has brought a huge
    change to the area as for the last 10 years or so
    people have had to travel to other swimming
    pools.

10
The new Town Centre
  • There are a wide range of restaurants available
    in the Dundrum town centre which is a 10 minute
    walk from the centre of Ballinteer. The Town
    centre has brought a lot of business and jobs to
    the area. It is one of the biggest shopping
    centres in Europe and there is not much that
    isnt available in the Centre. There is a
    cinema, shop, restaurants, a theatre, pubs and a
    nightclub. There have been huge changes to the
    area over the past 6 or 7 years and this is all
    down to the opening of the shopping centre in
    2005. Some local businesses have suffered but
    some have also noticed a rise in their sales for
    example the local petrol stations due to the
    influx of traffic into the shopping centre. The
    opening of Dundrum Town centre has given young
    people in Dundrum plenty to do with hundreds of
    shops and a cinema. The town centre has brought
    many changes to this area and most people agree
    that these are good changes.

11
Work
  • The main kind of jobs available here in the area
    are jobs working in retail or in
    pubs/restaurants. Dundrum Shopping Centre
    brought a lot of jobs and business to Dundrum. A
    lot of people work in shops. There is a small
    shopping centre in Ballinteer with a Supervalu
    and a few small shops. There are some small
    offices in the area also. There are teachers
    living in the area with so many schools in the
    vicinity. There are a few postmen and milkmen
    required to work in the area with so many houses
    in Dundrum. There is one large factory in
    Ballinteer and that is Glaxo Smith Kline Company
    located on Stonemasons Way near the main Grange
    Road.

12
Campbells Repair Shop
  • Campbells shoe repair shop is the oldest shop in
    Dundrum village.
  • It was built in the early 1900s.
  • Today the shop is run by Paul Campbell and is
    open just two hours per day for shoe repairs.
  • 100 years ago Dundrum village had a population of
    500. Today it has the largest shopping centre in
    Ireland.

13
Marley Park
  • Ballinteer/Dundrum has become a very built-up
    area in the past 10 to 12 years but long before
    this Ballinteer was acres of farmland. Marley
    Park is now the only park in this area. It is
    situated off the Grange Road and is surrounded by
    busy roads, housing estates and local shops. The
    park has lovely ponds and woodlands. There is
    also a playground, tennis courts, a golf course,
    football pitches and it is the home of Ballinteer
    St. Johns GAA home grounds. For years concerts
    were held in Marley park during the summer
    months. Some of the acts that have played there
    include Coldplay, Greenday and Radiohead.

14
Rivers
  • The Little Dargle rises in the valley between the
    Two Rock and Three Rock mountains. It runs
    through Marley, is piped under Grange Wood and
    along the edge of the Broadford Rovers pitches.
    It crosses Stonemasons Way twice and meanders
    through parkland until it crosses Barton Road
    West from where it finds its way through Loreto
    Park. A small tributary to this stream rises near
    a Holy Well called Grumleys Well in Ticknoc
    this crosses the Grange Road near Kingston and
    carries on between the Kingston and Pine Valley
    estates from where it is largely underground to
    rise again between the Glaxo Laboratory and the
    Broadford Rovers clubhouse. There are two
    natural streams with a number of small
    tributaries which have been draining this area
    for centuries. These are the Little Dargle and
    the Slang.

15
The Slang
  • The Slang rises in a little valley in Ticknock
    Wood and flows underground near the apartments on
    the opposite side of the motorway. It appears at
    the waterfall on the motorway roundabout and
    again goes underground. It flows along the edge
    of the Old Ballinteer Road and turns right at
    Lynwood where it is joined by a branch which
    flows behind the houses on Acorn Road. This
    branch originated as part of the field drainage
    system and it was connected to the Little Dargle
    near Scoil Naithi. The connection to the Little
    Dargle was closed off during the development of
    the area because it sometimes contributed to
    flooding which used to be a problem in the
    Dundrum area. It is now piped under the playing
    fields in Meadowbrook Park. It joins the stream
    just beside the bottle bank where you can also
    see the end of the pipe draining the pitches and
    taking the surface water from Hillview.

16
Famous people who reside in or are from
Dundrum/Ballinteer
Danny ODonoghue The Script
David Gillick
Richard Sadlier Soccer International
Kevin Horan, The Thrills
17
Our school and parish
  • Due to a large number of young families in the
    1970s, a Mass centre was set up in Meadowbrook
    and Mass was celebrated in a hall in Ballinteer
    Community School. St. Attractas Oratory grew
    from that development as did St. Attractas
    Junior and Senior Schools.
  • Scoil Naithi is the oldest school in the parish
    of Meadowbrook, opening in 1973 in a single
    prefab building.
  • In 1974 the BCS was opened and in 1977 St.
    Attractas Junior School was opened. Angela Lee
    was the first Principal, followed by Gertie
    Foley. Ms. Roycroft was appointed in 2002 when
    Mrs. Foley retired.
  • The Senior School was opened in 1980. The school
    crest was designed in 1996 by a student, Clare
    Fitzpatrick.
  • Our school in Meadowbrook was dedicated to St.
    Attracta in 1977 and our oratory was dedicated to
    her in 1981.
  • St. Nathy is also associated with the area. He
    was a student at Tallaght and established a cell
    in Dundrum. This house was called Teach nDaithi
    which evolved to Teaa Nay and eventually the
    name of the parish became known as Taney.

18
Changes in our school
  • In 2007 an extension was built on to St.
    Attractas SNS. Five extra classrooms and a
    Curriculum Room were built.
  • The staffroom changed from being beside the
    secretaries office to its present location.
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