Whitehall, Dublin facts for kids
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Whitehall
Fionnbhrú
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Town
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 Whitehall
Location in Dublin
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Dublin |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population
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| • Total | 13,023 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (BST (GMT)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | O166388 |
Whitehall (Irish: Fionnbhrú) is a Northside suburb of Dublin City, Ireland.
Whitehall is a residential area on the northern outskirts of Dublin's inner city, located near the M1 motorway leading to Dublin Airport, Swords and Belfast, it's situated between the suburbs of Santry and Drumcondra. North of Whitehall, the M1 motorway begins at its junction with the M50, past the Dublin Port Tunnel's northern entrance. The area is adjacent to the major public Beaumont Hospital and to Dublin City University on Collins Avenue.
Whitehall takes its name from a house named White Hall, formerly located to the south of the village on Drumcondra Road Upper. The area commonly known as Whitehall Cross, at the intersection of the Swords Road (R132) (north-south) and Collins Avenue (east-west), is in the townland of Clonturk, and was formerly the site of a public house called The Thatch, whose memory is preserved in the name of a nearby road.
History
Whitehall Grand Cinema
The Whitehall Grand Cinema opened in July 1954 on Collins Ave., seating 1000 patrons, it was used as a Bingo while still a cinema, it ceased functioning as a cinema in 1974, and was purchased by Gael Linn who operated it as a Bingo Hall.
Civil War
In the aftermath of the killing of Michael Collins on 25 August 1922 an atrocity occurred. Two Anti-Treaty Republicans Alfie(Leo) Colley (18), and Sean Cole (17), members of Fianna Éireann. They were abducted by Free State forces North Strand. Witnesses saw them being shot dead at 'The Thatch', Puck's Lane or Yellow Lane, (now Yellow Road) in Whitehall. There is a small commemoration stone on Yellow Road to Cole and Colley.
Another site in Whitehall from the Civil war is the Memorial stone to Martin Hogan on Grace Park Road whose body was found dumped there on the 22 August 1923.
Sporting
National sporting interests are represented by Whitehall Colmcille GAA club from which former All Ireland medal winners Tommy Drumm, Paul Clarke, Paddy Moran and Declan McGrath emanated from. The club is the largest juvenile sporting body in the community here providing Gaelic football, ladies football, Hurling and Camogie to girls and boys from 4 yrs of age up to adult. The area also houses the home ground of prominent junior football club Home Farm F.C., and St. Kevin's Boys F.C., the schoolboy club for which Liam Brady, Ian Harte, Stephen Carr and Damien Duff played. Whitehall is also the site for one of the interchanges for the Dublin Port Tunnel with the M1. Dubliners band member Luke Kelly also lived in Whitehall and there is a stone in the area dedicated to him. Whitehall Colmcille's Clubhouse on Collin's Ave, was a former tennis club (Thorndale), and the club uses Ellenfield Park for its games, the Club have developed new pitches at Whitehall Cross on land formerly a farm but was used for the construction of the Port Tunnel.
Whitehall Rangers A.F.C. are a soccer club in the area. Whitehall Rangers Ladies are playing intermediate football. Whitehall Celtic is a football club which is an Athletic Union League team based in from the area.
Dublin Archers practice in Plunket College grounds in Whitehall.
The Whitehall Stadium is in Whitehall, Dublin, which borders Drumcondra and is home to the club Home Farm.
Education
Whitehall College of Further Education is situated on the old site of Whitehall House. Whitehall College was originally named Whitehall House Secretarial School when it was established in 1970 but has since changed its name to Whitehall College of Further Education to reflects its provision of courses. The college has moved to Mobhi Road from its Swords Road building.
Other most notable features in the area are
Plunket College of Further Education, St. Aidan's Christian Brothers School (whose past pupils include the former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and the international footballer Liam Brady), and the Holy Child Girls national school, designed by Robinson and Keefe Architects. The Holy Child boys National School is a similar building designed by the same Architects. Margret Aylward School is a girls secondary school beside Ellenfield park and Whitehall church.
