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==Sport== |
==Sport== |
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Newcastle is home to St. Finians GAA club which has enjoyed much success, including an U-15 team which won both the league and the championship in the same season.<ref>Players in that final: Conor Tiernan(goalkeeper), David O'Rooke (corner back), Ian Boran (full back) Conor McCarthy (corner back) Cormac Brady (wing back) Gary Weldon (centre back) Cormac McCarthy (wing back) Colin Trant(midfield) Gary Kelly(midfield) David Fahey(forward) Ciaran Murphy(forward) Paul Birchall(forward) James Harney(forward)Emmit O'Harre(forward)Nigal Smith(forward)Mick Harney (Manager) and Mick McCarthy (Manager)</ref> St. Finians had various wins over rivals St Mary's of [[Saggart]] over the past couple of years. |
Newcastle is home to St. Finians GAA club which has enjoyed much success, including an U-15 team which won both the league and the championship in the same season.St.Finians is a club which is founded on honour and loyalty and contains some of the best and quite possibly best-looking gaelic players around.<ref>Players in that final: Conor Tiernan(goalkeeper), David O'Rooke (corner back), Ian Boran (full back) Conor McCarthy (corner back) Cormac Brady (wing back) Gary Weldon (centre back) Cormac McCarthy (wing back) Colin Trant(midfield) Gary Kelly(midfield) David Fahey(forward) Ciaran Murphy(forward) Paul Birchall(forward) James Harney(forward)Emmit O'Harre(forward)Nigal Smith(forward)Mick Harney (Manager) and Mick McCarthy (Manager)</ref> St. Finians had various wins over rivals St Mary's of [[Saggart]] over the past couple of years. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 21:16, 6 October 2008
Newcastle (An Caisleán Nua) is a small town in a mainly rural part of South County Dublin, centred on the junction of the R120 and the R405 regional roads. It lies just west of Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnell) the HQ of the Irish Air Force.
Peamount Hospital is Template:Km to mi north of the town centre on the R120.
The former residential tower (see thumbnail right) which now forms part of the local Church of Ireland was built in the late 1300s.
The 2002 census registered a population of 1,160 for the town but it has been growing rapidly since, with the population reaching 1,506 in 2006 (2006 Census).
Transport links
Newcastle is served by the number 311 bus which links it to Tallaght and the Luas Red Line, [1] and the number 68 bus to the city centre. [2]
Sport
Newcastle is home to St. Finians GAA club which has enjoyed much success, including an U-15 team which won both the league and the championship in the same season.St.Finians is a club which is founded on honour and loyalty and contains some of the best and quite possibly best-looking gaelic players around.[3] St. Finians had various wins over rivals St Mary's of Saggart over the past couple of years.
See also
References
- ^ Dualway Route 311
- ^ Dublin Bus Route 68
- ^ Players in that final: Conor Tiernan(goalkeeper), David O'Rooke (corner back), Ian Boran (full back) Conor McCarthy (corner back) Cormac Brady (wing back) Gary Weldon (centre back) Cormac McCarthy (wing back) Colin Trant(midfield) Gary Kelly(midfield) David Fahey(forward) Ciaran Murphy(forward) Paul Birchall(forward) James Harney(forward)Emmit O'Harre(forward)Nigal Smith(forward)Mick Harney (Manager) and Mick McCarthy (Manager)