Firhouse
Firhouse
Teach na Giúise | |
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Suburb | |
The old village area of Firhouse | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′N 6°20′W / 53.283°N 6.333°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| Region | Eastern and Midland Region |
| County | South Dublin |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Firhouse (Irish: Teach na Giúise) is an outer suburb of Dublin, in the county of South Dublin, in the south of the traditional County Dublin in Ireland. It developed from a rural village by the River Dodder, with a second settlement, Upper Fir-house, nearby. It is just outside the M50 orbital motorway, and in the postal district of Dublin 24. It is adjacent to Knocklyon (with which it shares a townland), Ballycullen, and Tallaght. In the historic divisions of local administration, Firhouse is in the civil parish of Tallaght and the barony of Uppercross.