Blanchardstown

Blanchardstown
Baile Bhlainséir
Suburb (village core)
Clockwise from top: Fingal County Council's Civic Offices; Millennium Park; businesses in Blanchardstown during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clockwise from top: Fingal County Council's Civic Offices; Millennium Park; businesses in Blanchardstown during the COVID-19 pandemic
Blanchardstown is located in Dublin
Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown
Location in Dublin
Blanchardstown is located in Ireland
Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown (Ireland)
Coordinates: 53°23′13″N 6°22′48″W / 53.387°N 6.380°W / 53.387; -6.380
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
Traditional countyCounty Dublin
CountyFingal
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDublin West
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key
D15
Telephone area code+353(0)1
Irish Grid ReferenceO055383

Blanchardstown (Irish: Baile Bhlainséir)[1] is a large outer suburb of Dublin in the modern county of Fingal, Ireland. Located ten kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Dublin city centre, it has developed since the 1960s from a small village to a point where Greater Blanchardstown is the largest urban area in Fingal.[citation needed]

It is within the historical barony of Castleknock in the traditional County Dublin, as well as the Dublin 15 postal area and the Dublin West electoral constituency.

One of Ireland's largest shopping and leisure complexes — the Blanchardstown Centre and adjacent facilities — is located in the area.

  1. ^ "Baile Bhlainséir / Blanchardstown (population centre)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.