Gairdini Lein

Purpose-built on former farmland by Dublin Corporation around 1970, Donaghmede lacks the organic village origins of its older neighbours but has grown into a well-established family suburb with its own shopping centre, schools, and the impressive Father Collins Park — 52 acres that became Ireland's first sustainable park when redeveloped in 2009. The medieval Grange Abbey ruins offer a reminder that this land had significance long before the housing estates arrived.