- Kilternan
Kilternan (irish place name|Cill Tiarnáin|Church of Tiarnáin), once known as Golden Ball, is a village in
County Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown , in the foothills of theDublin Mountains in the south of Dublin, near the border withCounty Wicklow .It lies at the crossroads of the R117 and R116 regional roads.
Currently it is a suburban-style village in rural surroundings, separated from the continuous built-up
Dublin area but as of 2007 that is due to change with major development just starting or about to start. Some people are unhappy about this. [ [http://www.KilternanRA.ie#top Kilternan and Glenamuck Residents Association ] ]Kilternan's most notable building's are the (
Church of Ireland ) Parish Church of Kilternan which dates from 1826, the timber-built Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Wayside (1937), or 'The Blue Church' as it is known locally after its Marian colour, and the "Golden Ball" pub. These names are joined at the local soccer club,Wayside Celtic whose ground is known as The Golden Ball.Kilternan lacks a traditional village centre or 'Main Street'. It is the location of Ireland's only (artificial) ski slope. [ [http://www.skiclub.ie/Map.htm Directions to the ski club of Ireland ] ]
pelling of the name
Road signs are somewhat confused regarding the correct spelling of the name of the area. For example; signs on the M50 (Junction 15) call it Kilternan while signs at the junction on the adjoining roads refer to "Kiltiernan". Both sets erected at roughly the same time. Local government documents and ordnance survey maps refer to Kiltiernan while many local people spell the name without the "i". Locally, Kilternan is the most acceptable form. [ [http://www.KilternanRA.ie#top Kilternan and Glenamuck Residents Association ] ]
ee also
* List of towns in Ireland
References
External links
* [http://www.kilternan.info Kilternan information]
* [http://kilternan.dublin.anglican.org/welcome.html#top Kilternan Church of Ireland]
* [http://www.LocalAreaPlan.com#top Kilternan Local Area Plan]
* [http://www.KilternanScouts.com#top 10th Dublin Kilternan Scouts]
* [http://www.skiclub.ie#top The Ski Club of Ireland]
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