Beechlawn Avenue

The name comes from the Irish 'An Chulug' — 'the little corner' — though Coolock expanded dramatically from a small village in the 1950s as Dublin Corporation built housing estates during the inner-city clearance era. The population grew by over ninety per cent between 1961 and 1966. The Northside Shopping Centre, opened in 1970 and designed by Sam Stephenson, anchored the new community. Archaeological finds in the area date human settlement here to 1500 BC.