Ballyboden

Ballyboden
Baile Buadáin (Irish)
Electoral division
Taylor's Lane, Ballyboden
Taylor's Lane, Ballyboden
Ballyboden is located in Ireland
Ballyboden
Ballyboden
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°16′55″N 6°17′24″W / 53.282°N 6.29°W / 53.282; -6.29
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Dublin
Government
 • Dáil constituencyDublin South-West
 • EP constituencyDublin
Population
 (2006)
 • Urban
5,193
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Eircode routing key
D16
Irish Grid ReferenceO144289

Ballyboden (Irish: Baile Buadáin) is a townland and electoral division in Dublin, Ireland. It is within the suburb of Rathfarnham, at the foot of the Dublin Mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon. Ballyboden ED is in the local government area of South Dublin County Council, while Ballyboden townland is the civil parish of Whitechurch in the historical barony of ​Rathdown.

Population

According to the 2006 census, the electoral division of Ballyboden had a population of about five thousand. This figure was 5,246 in the 2022 census.

Religion

The Catholic parish of Ballyboden was established in 1973. It is managed by the Order of Saint Augustine. Within the Archdiocese of Dublin, Rathfarnham parish is the parent of several local parishes. To accommodate the increasing need for ministry to the residential development of the Rathfarnham area over the last century, Terenure was developed in 1894, Churchtown (1965), Ballyroan (1968), Tallaght (1972), Ballyboden (1973) and Knocklyon (1974).[citation needed]

There had been an Augustinian house of studies in Ballyboden since 1955. It was the home of students of the Augustinian Order following the two-year course in philosophy. When the new church in Ballyroan was opened in 1966, the Augustinians took an active part. The order had acquired 'Orlagh' as a novitiate in 1872. When University College Dublin moved from Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin 2 to the campus at Belfield in south County Dublin in the 1960s and 1970s, the order acquired 'St. Catherines' in Ballyboden, previously a private residence.[citation needed]

The Church of Ireland parish is centred on the pre-Reformation parish at Whitechurch.[citation needed]

Amenities

Ballyboden is home to the Ballyboden Water Treatment Plant, located on Stocking Lane. The facility is operated by Dublin City Council and Uisce Éireann. The plant itself is within the county of South Dublin.[citation needed]

The Pearse Museum is 700 metres east of Ballyboden centre.

Sport

Ballyboden is home to two Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. Ballyboden Wanderers, first founded in 1910, are based on Mount Venus Road, while Ballyboden St. Enda's has its clubhouse and main pitch on Firhouse Road.

Republic of Ireland football player Damien Duff is from the locality as was League of Ireland Premier Division player and Brownlow Medallist Jim Stynes.

Transport

Ballyboden is served by Dublin Bus routes 15B, 15D and 15, along with local connecting services.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Baile Baodáin / Ballyboden (townland)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Baile Baodáin / Ballyboden (ED)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
  3. ↑ "Census 2006 Populations of Electoral Divisions, 2002 - 2006". cso.ie. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
  4. ↑ "Ballyboden (Electoral Division, Dublin, Ireland)". citypopulation.de.
  5. ↑ "Ballyboden Parish - History". ballybodenparish.ie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Multimillion euro upgrade to Ballyboden Water Treatment Plant | News | Uisce Éireann". www.water.ie. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Pearse Museum – St. Enda's Park | Heritage Ireland". Pearse Museum – St. Enda’s Park | Heritage Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "About Wanderers GAA Ballyboden". wanderersgaa.ie. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ballyboden St. Endas GAA". ballyboden.ie. Retrieved 29 October 2026.