Bayside (Irish: Cois Bá) is a small residential suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, purpose-built from 1967 on lands previously part of Kilbarrack.[1] It has a planned central service area with retail facilities and lies inshore of Bull Island. It absorbed a neighbouring development, Sutton Park, Dublin, also on Kilbarrack lands adjacent to Baldoyle. Established under Dublin Corporation, it was later moved to the jurisdiction of Fingal County Council.
Bayside
Cois Bá | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Bayside Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°23′19″N 6°08′24″W / 53.38865°N 6.13994°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dublin |
| Local authority | Fingal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Dublin Bay North |
| • EU Parliament | Dublin |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Location and access
editBayside is located beside the sea, lying inshore of North Bull Island and Dublin Bay, and about 10 km north-east of the city centre. Built in the late 1960s and 1970s, it is situated between Kilbarrack Road in Kilbarrack, from which it was formed and Baldoyle, and lies near Sutton.
Bayside is accessed from the main coastal road from the city centre to Howth, and from Kilbarrack Road. It is easily accessible from Dublin city using the Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART)[1] suburban rail system, having its own station, which opened on 11 June 1973.[2] It can also be reached by Dublin Bus routes N6, H2 and H3, and route 6. It is also connected by a seafront cycleway to Sutton and to Fairview (with works ongoing to connect the cycleway to Sandymount).[citation needed]
The area lies within the civil parish of Kilbarrack and is made up of the townlands of Kilbarrack Upper and Kilbarrack Lower.[3][4][5]
Governance and representation
editEstablished under Dublin Corporation in 1967, the area was later allocated to Fingal when County Dublin was split into three administrative areas.
Bayside was formerly (1937–1977 and 1981–2016) part of the Dublin North-East constituency. In 2016 it became part of the Dublin Bay North constituency. It is located within the electoral division known as "Sutton".
History
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Bayside was a planned development in the later 1960s, on part of the lands of the large old district of Kilbarrack, whose largest settlement lay near what is now the centre of the new area. Title deeds for property in the area still show Kilbarrack. Kilbarrack's historic church and graveyard, formerly The Chapel of Mone, dating from the 13th century and once the mariners' church for Dublin, lie about two thirds of the way along Bayside's seafront towards Howth.
In 2017, celebrations, organised by the Bayside Community Association, were held for the suburb's fiftieth year.[1]
Structure
editBuilt by Wates Group in the late 1960s and 1970s, Bayside falls within the postal district Dublin 13. It comprises the housing developments of Sarto, Alden, Verbena, Montini, Roncalli, Sutton Park and associated roads including the Bayside Boulevards. All of these roads are interconnected by roads and pedestrian lanes in an "island" development between the railway line and the coast road, with connection to outside roads only at two locations on Kilbarrack Road and two on the coast road (one for the original Bayside, one for Sutton Park). Most properties within the development are two-storey terraced or semi-detached houses of 2-4 bedrooms, with some "maisonettes" (three-storey buildings with a two-bedroom house built over a garden apartment), and a small number of later-added apartments.[citation needed]
Bayside train station was built on the line between Howth and the city centre in the early seventies. A decade later this line would become the first section of the Dublin Area Rapid Transport (DART) development.
Amenities
editBayside is built up around a central shopping and civic area. Plans to build a multi-storey apartment and retail complex at the location of the current shopping centre car-park were resisted by local residents from 2007 to 2011, but were, after multiple modifications, approved by planning authorities. By October 2017 the centre had been modernised, including the addition of a building for Aldi and a medical practice and gym; at the same time, the squash courts and an old community centre were demolished. There is a modern Roman Catholic parish church, the Church of the Resurrection,[6] within this civic area.
The area has a chipper known as 'Munchies' which has been there for decades and a pub called the 'Bayside Inn'.[7] There is a Maxol service station on the coast road nearby.
There is a park officially called "Bayside Park" but colloquially referred to as the Lamb Chop,[1] a large green in Sutton Park, and a tunnel near the DART station provides immediate access to Seagrange Park in Baldoyle.
Education
editThere is one primary school, Scoil Mhuire agus Iosef,[8] and the district is serviced by a number of post-primary schools in nearby areas.
Culture
editBayside is home to the Third Day Chorale multi-denominational musical group, operating since 1975. Under the musical directorship of Ruaidhrí Ó Dálaigh the group meets every Wednesday night between 7:45 and 10:00 to sing a wide range of sacred and secular choral music.
People
edit- Alex Barclay, crime fiction writer and former journalist[9]
- Martin Fay of The Chieftains was a resident in Bayside
- Pat Hooper, Olympian[10]
- Ronan Keating of Boyzone is a former resident of Bayside.[11]
- Becky Lynch, professional wrestler, former resident[12]: 15–18, 22
- Fergal O'Brien, professional snooker player, is a former resident[13]
- Averil Power, former Fianna Fáil Senator[14]
- Steve Wickham, of The Waterboys[15]
References and footnotes
edit- ^ a b c "Bayside celebrates its 50th anniversary". Dublin People. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Bayside station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ "Kilbarrack Upper Townland, Co. Dublin". townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Kilbarrack Lower Townland, Co. Dublin". townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Townlands in Kilbarrack". townlands.ie. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Parish Contacts | Bayside Parish".
- ^ "25 things you'll remember if you grew up in Bayside". Dublin People. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Home".
- ^ "Out of the dark".
- ^ "Death Notice of Pat HOOPER".
- ^ Keating, Ronan (31 October 2011). Life is a Rollercoaster. ISBN 9781446491522.
- ^ Quin, Rebecca (2024). Becky Lynch: The Man – Not Your Average Average Girl (1st UK / Ireland ed.). London: Sphere (Little Brown). ISBN 9781408732359.
- ^ Branigan, Peter (15 April 2021). "Irish snooker starting on long road back to glory days".
- ^ "Fianna Fáil are losing – Young, female and from Dublin".
- ^ Nolan, Larissa. "Football gave me the team spirit I had with my band".