Clonsilla used to be a small village in the inner western part of County Dublin, but it is now a large residential suburban area, with Ongar and other localities developing their own subsidiary identities. It falls into the Dublin 15 postal district, the Dublin West Dáil constituency and is locally administered by Fingal County Council.
Clonsilla is roughly equidistant from Blanchardstown and Castleknock.[1]
In the late 20th and early 21st century, there was significant residential housing development in Clonsilla, including several new housing estates which were built between 1990 and 2005.[citation needed] As a result, the population of the area rose over the same period.[citation needed]
Beech Park is a public park which was opened in May 2009 and is maintained by Fingal County Council. The Shackleton Gardens within Beech Park is home to a walled garden containing rare flower species. It was formerly owned by the Shackleton family.[citation needed]
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.[2]
Religion
Tower of St Mary's church, ClonsillaLDS Meetinghouse, Clonsilla
Glen Crowe, an Irish professional football player who played for Wolves, Bohemians, Shelbourne and Sporting Fingal, and represented the Republic of Ireland national football team on two occasions. Crowe was born and raised in the Clonsilla area.[citation needed]
Baronies broken out by civil parish (* denotes article not on the civil parish or barony specifically but on the modern district, village or town of the same name)
