Rooms to Rent in Castleknock, Dublin 15

Castleknock is a suburb about 8 km west of Dublin city centre, in Fingal and the Dublin 15 postal district. It has grown around an old village with supermarkets, cafés, restaurants and a post office, and lies mostly between the Phoenix Park and the Royal Canal, with Blanchardstown to the west and Chapelizod and the Liffey valley to the south. Its name comes from a 12th-century Norman castle on the hill at its centre, Caisleán Cnucha in Irish.

The Phoenix Park is right on the doorstep, with the Castleknock Gate opening onto Chesterfield Avenue, the park's main road. On the park's north-western edge in Castleknock is Farmleigh, a former Guinness family home that is now the official State guest house. Its house and gardens opened to the public in 2001. The Royal Canal runs along the northern side of the area, with its 12th Lock at Castleknock Marina, and the canal towpath is good for walking and cycling.

Castleknock station, on the Maynooth line, has commuter trains to Connolly, Tara Street and Pearse, buses run along the Navan Road into the city, and the M50 passes through the area at Junction 6. Castleknock is largely residential, and rooms here range from spare rooms in family homes to house shares. It suits people who want a village feel with the Phoenix Park as their back garden. Dwelles lists rooms in Castleknock so you can compare what is available.