Irishtown, Dublin Irishtown, Dublin Irishtown () is an inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is situated on the southside of the River Liffey, between Ringsend to the north and Sandymount to the south, and is to the east of the River Dodder. Irishtown grew outside of Dublin, about 2,000 metres west of the medieval city walls (see also Ringsend). Dublin was originally a Viking city and after 1171, when an Anglo-Norman army seized it, Dublin became the centre of English rule in Ireland. The native Gaelic Irish were therefore viewed as an alien force in the city, and suspicion of them was
Grand Canal (Ireland) intersects with the Barrow Way, which follows the Barrow Line extension to the canal to Athy for part of its route. There is also an long greenway between the 3rd Lock at Inchicore and the 12th Lock at Lucan, which opened in June 2010. Grand Canal (Ireland) The Grand Canal () is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west, via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city. Its sister canal on the Northside of Dublin