Rathmichael is a suburb in the south-east of Dublin in the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. Located to the south-east of Dublin city, its county seat is the town of Dún Laoghaire. It is one of the four constituent parts of the Dublin Region...

. It is situated west of Shankill

Shankill, Dublin

Shankill is a suburb in the South-East of Dublin located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. It has a population of 13,242 .-History:-Name:...

 from which it is separated by the M50

M50 motorway (Ireland)

The M50 motorway is a motorway in Ireland running in a C-shaped ring around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city, Dublin. The northern end of the route is located at the entrance to the Dublin Port Tunnel. Anti-clockwise it heads northwest through the tunnel...

/M11 motorways.

Location and nature

Rathmichael is an affluent suburb, characterised by extensive tracts of low-density dwellings, with large houses and gardens interspersed with open areas. It rises to the west towards the hill of Carrickgollogan

Carrickgollogan

Carrickgollogan is a hill in Dublin in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown administrative county in Ireland. It is high and rises above the village of Shankill on the eastern edge of the Dublin Mountains. Its summit is noted for the panoramic views it offers of south Dublin and north Wicklow. The author...

 in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains. The chimney of the disused lead mines and the ruins of Puck's Castle on the northern flank of Carrickgollogan overlook the area

Amenities

There are three schools, Aravon Preparatory School, Rathmichael Parish National School which lies in the Church of Ireland Parish of Rathmichael and St. Annes National School.

Also present are Old Conna Golf Club (on Ferndale Rd.) and Rathmichael Church and graveyard, in the Church of Ireland.

It also has the oldest house in southern County Dublin, The Old Glebe

Glebe

Glebe Glebe Glebe (also known as Church furlong or parson's closes is an area of land within a manor and parish used to support a parish priest.-Medieval origins:...

 House. Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St...

 may have written part of Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...

 while staying here.

People

• Pádraig Harrington
  Padraig Harrington
  Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
  
  , international golfer and winner of the 2007 and 2008 British Open
  British Open
  The British Open is the Open Championship men's golf tournament.British Open may also refer to:* Women's British Open of golf* British Open Show Jumping Championships* British Open Squash Championships...
  
   and the 2008 USPGA tournaments, lives in Rathmichael.
• Michael Fingleton
  Michael Fingleton
  Michael "Fingers" Fingleton is a former chief executive of Irish Nationwide Building Society. He joined the building society in 1971 and retired in April 2009 as the effects of the banking crisis became apparent. He is known as “Fingers” in the banking community.-Early life and career:Michael...
  
  , former chief executive of Irish Nationwide Building Society lives in Rathmichael with his wife Eileen.

See also

• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Dublin)