Walkinstown - Amenities

Amenities

There is a branch of Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive - the Walkinstown Public Library - on Percy French Road. The local An Post post office is located adjacent to the Walkinstown Roundabout on Bunting Road. The local branch of the Irish League of Credit Unions, Walkinstown Credit Union, is located on Walkinstown Green.

The local Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Assumption, is one of the largest buildings in the suburb and is situated on Kilnamanagh Road, near the Long Mile Road. It forms part of a major concentration of religious and educational services, with a girls school (Our Lady of the Assumption) adjacent to the Church, whilst a boys school, Drimnagh Castle CBS, is situated opposite the girls school on the other side of the Long Mile Road. Both theses schools provide primary and secondary education.

Walkinstown Park is a Dublin City Council run park, on the Walkinstown Avenue oppisite Lidl. The park has three football pitches and two GAA pitches. It also has a tennis court and a stream that runs at the rear of the park.

The premises of the Walkinstown Association, which provides services to people with intellectual disabilities, is situated on the Long Mile Road, adjacent to the Halfway House public house.

The 94th Dublin Scout Den is situated on Bunting Road.

Walkinstown is served by six "and a half" pubs, located in two hubs. The first hub is located at the intersection of the Drimnagh, Walkinstown and Long Mile roads, while the second is situated at the Walkinstown Roundabout. The six pubs are:

  • (1) the Halfway House, located on a triangular site bordered by the Walkinstown and Long Mile Roads, with (2) the Long Mile Inn directly across the road
  • (3) The Black Forge and (4) The Eleanora are located a short distance away on the Drimnagh Road
  • (5) the Cherrytree and (6) the Kestrel House are located on opposite sides of the Walkinstown Roundabout

The "half a pub" refers to The Submarine Bar, which although almost entirely located in Crumlin has its main entrance on Cromwellsfort Road in Walkinstown.

There is no local Garda station. The area is served equally by neighbouring Crumlin's two Garda stations - the Crumlin Village and Sundrive Road stations. The three hospitals which primarily serve the local community are Tallaght Hospital, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin and St. James' Hospital.

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