Clonsilla

Blanchardstown Shopping Centre[1]

Callaghan Bridge near Clonsilla Railway Staion between the 12th and 13th locks of the Royal Canal

Clonsilla railway station is the main exchange station for commuter services going between Dublin and Maynooth and M3 Parkway lines. Passengers travel to Maynooth to transfer to Dublin to Sligo intercity service. Residents of Ongar and Hansfield can use Hansfield railway station.

Clonsilla is near the N3/M3 national road between Cavan and Dublin city centre.

Clonsilla is served by several Dublin Bus routes including the 39, the 39a and the 239 from Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.[2]

Clonsilla straddles the Royal Canal, which is navigable by barge, though there is little traffic currently.

There has been significant residential housing development in Clonsilla. Estates such as Mount Symon, Castlefield, Charnwood, Limelawn, Ravenswood, Manorfields, Portersgate, Aldemere, were built during the past 20–30 years, and Lohunda was also expanded significantly during that time. As a result, the population of the area has risen dramatically over the same period. Clonsilla is roughly equidistant from Blanchardstown and Castleknock.[3]

• Luttrellstown Castle – dating from the early 15th century and once owned by members of the Guinness family, it is now a hotel, with associated golf course, and was thrown into the spotlight when David Beckham and Victoria Adams married there. American Rock music band R.E.M. also stayed here during the Monster World Tour in 1995.
• The Shackleton Gardens at Beech Park, home to famous walled garden containing many rare flower species and formerly owned by the Shackleton family. Opposite Luttrellstown Castle, it has been purchased by Fingal County Council and is being renovated prior to reopening to the public.
• Beech Park – a public park opened in May 2009, maintained by Fingal County Council
• The Royal Canal – many varied species of freshwater fish such as pike, perch and roach can be caught along the banks of the canal.

Hartstown Community School

Clonsilla has a number of national schools, including St. Mochta's, St. Patrick's, St. Philip's, St. Ciaran's (Hartstown), and Scoil Choilm Community National School (Porterstown). There are five secondary schools in the vicinity: Hartstown Community School, Castleknock Community College, Coolmine Community School, Luttrellstown Community College and Castleknock College. There is also an Educate Together primary and second level school located in Hansfield, Clonsilla.

Entrance lobby and spire / tower of St Mary's church, Clonsilla

LDS Meetinghouse, Clonsilla.

Clonsilla is a parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

In the Church of Ireland, the parish is part of "Castleknock and Mulhuddart with Clonsilla".

There is also a Latter-day Saint ward in Clonsilla.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association clubs are St. Peregrines GAA, Castleknock Hurling and Football Club, and Westmanstown Gales GAA club. The local soccer club is St. Mochta’s F.C., at Porterstown Road. The local karate club is Clonsilla kenpo karate located in the Clonsilla hall.

The (Civil) Parish of Clonsilla in the seventeenth century comprised the townlands of Ballstown, Barberstown, Blackstaheney, Barnageeth, Clonsillagh, Coolmine, Cusanstown, Hartstown, Huntstown, Ininstown, Killiestown, Luttrellstown, Pibblestown, Ringwellstown, and Little Stackheney.[4] The table below [5] represents the current lists of townlands in the parish.