Greenhills, Dublin facts for kids
Greenhills (Irish: Na Glaschnoic) is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between Kimmage, Tallaght, Ballymount, Templeogue, Terenure and Walkinstown, and includes a number of residential developments. Most of the roads in Greenhills are named after saints. Some of the main roads are Saint Peter's Road (R112 regional road), Saint James Road, Saint Joseph's Road and Saint Patrick's Road. Greenhills is in the Dublin 12 postal area of County Dublin and is a part of South Dublin County Council.
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Name and history
The area was mostly farmland until expansion in the 1950s and 1960s led to the building of new housing estates. However, Greenhills, situated just below the esker upon which the Greenhills Road now runs, may have housed settlements as long ago as 1800 BC.
The name comes from the sand-based hills that were formerly prevalent in the area. Most of these were excavated for building work; the last remaining hill, known locally as the "Horseshoe," was flattened in 2003.
Facilities
Tymon Park is situated in the old townland of Greenhills and is located to the south of the Limekiln estate. It is the second-largest park in Dublin, after the Phoenix Park, and the largest in the area administered by South Dublin County Council. Tymon Park is a local park, with the River Poddle and its man-made lakes providing a backdrop. The M50 motorway splits the Greenhills side of the park from Kilnamanagh and the Tymon North estate (both in Tallaght). A smaller park, Greenhills Park, colloquially known as "Comp Field," is also administered by the County Council and is used for association football.
The Church of the Holy Spirit is the local Catholic church. It has a verdigris copper roof. The church stands beside a community centre, which was completed in the 1990s, and the clubhouse of the local football club, Greenhills AFC, formerly Greenhills Boy's AFC.
Local primary schools include Holy Spirit Junior and Senior Schools which were formed in September 2015 following the amalgamation of St. Paul's Junior and Senior Girl's National Schools, and St. Peter's Boy's National School. Riverview Educate Together National School opened on Limekiln Road in September 2016. Secondary schools include St. Paul's Secondary (girls) and Greenhills College VEC (boys). Greenhills College also provides Post Leaving Certificate and adult education courses. The local Scout Group is the 65th Greenhills.
"The Traders" is the only public house in Greenhills.
Sport
The former Irish international football manager, Brian Kerr, lives in Greenhills, having been brought up close-by in Drimnagh. Michael Carruth, a gold-medal winner in the welterweight boxing division at the 1992 Summer Olympics, is from the area.
Association football is one of the main sports in the area, through clubs such as Greenhills FC and Manortown United, while Gaelic football is also played, with clubs such as Crumlin GAA, Robert Emmets GAC, St Jude's GAA (Templeogue), Faughs (Templeogue) and St. James Gaels. Community Games athletics and rounders are also played - the latter represented by Limekiln Rounders Club which has won a number of national titles.
Olympian Gymnastics is based in Greenhills at a facility beside the NCT centre.
Transport
The Walkinstown Roundabout, or Walkinstown Cross, is a junction which serves six local roads - the Greenhills Road into Tallaght, Ballymount Road towards Ballymount and the M50, Walkinstown Avenue towards Ballyfermot, Walkinstown Road towards Drimnagh, Cromwellsfort Road towards Kimmage and Crumlin, and St. Peter's Road towards Greenhills and Templeogue. Bunting Road is often called the "seventh exit" because of its close proximity to the roundabout. However, it does not actually have an exit on the roundabout. Instead, it is the first road turning off Cromwellsfort Road after the roundabout. The roundabout has the unofficial title of the "most complex roundabout in Dublin".
The area is served by Dublin Bus routes 9, 15A, 27, 77A, 77X, Nitelink 77N and 150. The number 9 bus route has had many number changes: it was originally the 55, then became the 155, then the 19A and is now the 9.
