Cabra, Dublin
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| Irish Grid Reference O133369 |
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | County Dublin | |
| Population (2002) | 22,740 | |
Cabra (Cabrach in Irish) is a suburb on the northside of Dublin city in Ireland, approximately 5km north-west of the city centre. Much of Cabra was built in the 1940s as a result of a building program for public housing by Dublin Corporation. Before it was built, the area was mostly fields and open countryside on the edge of the city. Many of the people who moved to the new suburb were from the rooms and tenement buildings of the city centre.
Some famous children to have come from Cabra include world champion boxer Steve Collins and singer Dickie Rock. Also from Cabra was Liam Whelan, one of Manchester United's Busby Babes, who died in the tragic Munich plane crash lived on St. Attracta Road Cabra. Other sportsmen from Cabra Republic of Ireland International Goalkeeper Wayne Henderson and Irish footbal legend Johnny Giles. Cabra West has many factories in the industrial park and also along Bannow Road. One of The most famous of these being The Bachelors beans factory.
In recent years, Cabra (or 'Fabra' as it has become affectionately referred to by Ireland's LGBT community) has become something of a gayborhood. This is pointed out in David McWilliams 2005 publication 'The Pope's Children' and indicates the growing strength of Ireland's LGBT community.
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A new housing complex is due to commence work this year in the middle of Cabra, it is known as Cabra Hills. Situated on the "border" of Cabra East and Cabra West, behind Carnlough Road and Quarry Road and running from Faussagh Avenue to New Cabra Road. Included in this developement is a complete revamp of the junction on the Cabra RoadN3/Carnlough Road junction, and number 2 and number 4 Carnlough Road are to be demolished to make way for the plans. It will include well over 300 units and according to the developers it will house some of the many Cabra people who have found it hard over the years to buy in Cabra. Questions remain unresolved about some planning issues concerning this site.
Another developement has happened close by to Cabra, called Rathborne, on the Ratoath Road immediately before the level crossing into Cabra. That developement has received an extended Cabra bus service, route 120, in recent years.
To get to Cabra is quite easy, with excellent bus links. From Navan Road Cabra the 37/N/X,38/A/B/C,39/A/B/C/N/X,70/A/B/N/X,172 operate by Cabra. In the housing estates of Cabra local routes 120,121,122,172 serve the suburb. Other routes stop close by in Phibsboro such as the 4,10/A,19/A,83. Suburban rail stops in the derelict Broombridge Station in Cabra en route to Maynooth, and in years to come, LUAS will eventually terminate at Liffey Junction , Cabra, also serving the new DIT Grangegorman developement on the way to a link up with the present day RED line.
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