Carrickmines

Carrickmines
Carraig Mhaighin
Suburb
Carrickmines Retail Park
Carrickmines Retail Park
Carrickmines is located in Ireland
Carrickmines
Carrickmines
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°14′53″N 6°10′52″W / 53.248°N 6.181°W / 53.248; -6.181
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyDublin
Elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Urban
6,088
Eircode (Routing Key)
D18
Area code01 (+3531)
Irish Grid ReferenceO236249

Carrickmines (Irish: Carraig Mhaighin, meaning 'Plateau of rock') is an outer suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The area, still semi-rural, was historically on the border of English control and featured a defensive construction, Carrickmines Castle, which became the subject of national controversy during the building of a late stage of Dublin's M50 orbital motorway.