Carrickmines

Carrickmines ( _ga. Carraig Maonais) is suburb of Dublin in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland. Until recently it was primarily known as a location for expensive houses, it being situated just south of Foxrock. The area is now divided north/south by the M50 motorway and its associated Junction 15. To the north are the older residential areas near Foxrock and to the south, along the "Glenamuck Road" are new retail parks, office buildings, apartments and housing schemes.

The Carrickminders

During the construction of the M50 motorway Carrickmines gained national notoriety when anti-roads protesters calling themselves "The Carrickminders" set up camp in the area and delayed the completion of the M50 for 2 years with legal challenges being taken by Vincent Salafia.The objectors claimed that the underground remains of Carrickmines Castle, an Anglo-Norman fort built in the 12th Century on the edge of the Pale, was of great national importance. Today, much of the uncovered remains are preserved in tunnels and other structures scattered around the interchange. Dún Laoghaire Council claimed the action greatly increased the cost of the project, which was eventually completed in August 2005.

Transport

Carrickmines railway station opened on 10 July 1854, but finally closed on 1 January 1959. [cite web | title= carrickmines station| work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-15]

ee also

* List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

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