SUTTON, DUBLIN

'Sutton' (Irish: ''Cill Fhionntáin'' - Fintan's cell) is a residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, at the base of Howth Head, the peninsula which forms the northern edge of Dublin Bay.

Contents

Location and facilities

Leisure and features

Transport

See also

External links

References

Location and facilities

Located about 12 kilometres from the city centre, Sutton neighbours Howth, which occupies most of the peninsula, and Baldoyle and Bayside, which meet where Baldoyle Road reaches the coast. It is served by the main road from Dublin to Howth, the DART suburban rail system, on which it has its own station, and Dublin Bus route 31 and its variants.
At the coastal side of Sutton is a tombolo connecting Howth (which used to be an island) to the mainland. The original village of Sutton was situated on the city-facing (south-western) side of Howth Head but the area is now centred on Sutton Cross, where there are two shopping areas, one anchored by Superquinn (which replaced the local cinema), and the Marine Hotel.
Sutton contains two primary schools, Burrow and St. Fintan's, and three secondary, St. Fintan's High School (boys), Santa Sabina (girls) and Sutton Park (mixed).

Leisure and features

Sutton is surrounded by many beaches and is a popular place for golf and dinghy sailing.
On the Howth peninsula at Sutton is St. Fintan's Cemetery, and the holy well of St. Fintan, which is still visited.
The area is also home to one of Ireland's Martello Towers, now a private residence, at Red Rock, and to a former home of the Jameson Irish Whiskey family, which became the residence of Belgian businessman Albert Luykx, made famous during the Irish arms trial. It subsequently became Sutton House Hotel and then Sutton Castle Hotel, before being converted in 2003 to private residences.

Transport

★ Sutton railway station opened on 30 July 1846^[1] as ''Baldoyle & Sutton'', being renamed ''Sutton'' in 1901.

★ The Hill of Howth Tramway ran between Sutton railway station and Howth railway station until 1959.

See also

★ List of towns in the Republic of Ireland

★ Hill of Howth Tramway

External links

★ Google map of Sutton & Howth Head

★ Howth Coast Guard Rescue Unit

★ Sutton Dinghy Club

References

1. Baldoyle and Sutton station