Dunsink
Local name: Dún Sinche
Located in Dublin City, Leinster Coordinates: 53°23′00″ N 6°20′00″ W
- Elevation
- 49 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Dunsink
Dunsink is a village. Location: Dublin City, Leinster. Elevation: 49 m.
Dunsink (Irish: Dún Sinche, meaning 'fort of Sineach') is a townland in the civil parish of Castleknock, Dublin, in Ireland. The townland has an area of approximately 1.7 square kilometres (0.66 sq mi), and had a population of 323 people as of the 2011 census. It is around 7 km north-west of the city centre, near the junction of the N3 and the M50 roads. The townland is the site of Dunsink Observatory, where William Rowan Hamilton and Hermann Brück were directors.
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In comparison
- Nearest larger town: Castleknock, 2 km SW
- 47 sights and natural places within 10 km Phoenix Park, Poppintree Park
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Dalymount Park Landmark, Dublin City4.6 km SE -
Dunsoghly Castle Historic site, Fingal5 km N -
Phoenix Park Natural site, Dublin City3 km S
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Zoo Dublin Attraction, Dublin City3.8 km SE
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Poppintree Park Natural site, Dublin City3.7 km NE
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Richmond Park Landmark, Dublin City4.9 km S
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