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Leopardstown
Sign in to saveLeopardstown (), historically called Ballinlore, is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. With institutional lands and a large racecourse, it is divided by the M50 motorway, and adjoins Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Carrickmines, Foxrock and Stillorgan.
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- Locality
- Ballyogan
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Suburb
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- Leopardstown
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- LepRacecourse.JPG
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- The stand at Leopardstown Racecourse
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- Dublin#Ireland
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- bottom
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- Location in Dublin
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- Irish Grid Reference
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- Country
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- Ireland
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Leinster
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
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- Metric
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- 93
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,067
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Leopardstown (), historically called Ballinlore, is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. With institutional lands and a large racecourse, it is divided by the M50 motorway, and adjoins Sandyford, Stepaside, Ballyogan, Carrickmines, Foxrock and Stillorgan.
==Etymology and history== Leprosy was common in Dublin in the medieval period and in the 14th century St Stephen's Leper Hospital was built near St Stephen's Green. It was later moved out to the foothills of the Dublin Mountains to avoid infection spreading in the city. The area became known as Baile na Lobhar, "town of the lepers". This was anglicized as 'Ballinlore' and translated into English as 'Leperstown', eventually being corrupted to 'Leopardstown'.
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