Foxrock
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| Foxrock Carraig an tSionnaigh |
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| Irish Grid Reference O219256 |
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County: | Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | |
| Elevation: | 53 m | |
| Population (2006) | 11,566 | |
Foxrock (Carraig an tSionnaigh in Irish) is a suburb, formerly a separate village, in Dublin, Ireland, in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, in postal district Dublin 18.
Foxrock is known for its affluence with a considerable number of its citizens engaged in business and the professions. The village of Foxrock is famous for being the only village in the Republic of Ireland without a pub. Leopardstown racecourse is located at Foxrock and the track is the only one in the greater metropolitan area. In the racing industry, it ranks in importance as second only to The Curragh in County Kildare.
Foxrock has a number of primary schools. It has one secondary school - Loreto Convent, Foxrock for girls.
In recent years, with the enormous growth in the housing market in Ireland, the area has seen much building development, with the large plots of land around some houses being subdivided for development.
The railway line from Dublin Harcourt Street to Bray formerly passed through Foxrock. Although the route has now been reopened as the Green Line of the Luas light rail system, it currently terminates at Sandyford, some 3 km short of Foxrock. An extension of the line is under construction but it doesn't follow the old Harcourt Street line through Foxrock, not least because there are houses built on a section of the old track at Foxrock Village in the late 1990s.
Samuel Beckett grew up on an estate in Foxrock.
- See also: List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
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