Walkinstown
Walkinstown
Baile Bhailcín (Irish) | |
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Suburb | |
Walkinstown roundabout | |
Walkinstown Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°19′17″N 6°20′02″W / 53.3215°N 6.3340°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Dublin |
| Council | Dublin City Council |
| Dáil Éireann | Dublin South-Central |
| European Parliament | Dublin |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Electoral divisions | 7,442 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Walkinstown (Irish: Baile Bhailcín) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, six kilometres southwest of the city centre. It is surrounded by Drimnagh to the north, Crumlin to the east, Greenhills to the south, and Ballymount, Bluebell, and Clondalkin to the west. It lies within the postal district of Dublin 12.
It consists mainly of privately owned housing, with some social housing remaining in the Dublin City Council area between the Walkinstown and Long Mile Roads and Ballymount Lower. It was built as an estate of starter homes after World War II.
Walkinstown has a library, community centre, sports grounds, schools, pubs and a Catholic church. The 2022 census recorded a population of 7,422 people for all electoral divisions labelled as Walkinstown.