placenamesAiken's Village
Sráidbhaile Aiken
Aiken’s Village is a modern residential settlement whose name preserves an association with Frank Aiken’s Sandyford farm.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Sráidbhaile Aiken · Irish · main form
- Aiken's Village · English · main form
Place & story
From agricultural zoning to housing
The Belarmine and Aiken's Village lands west of Kilgobbin Road were rezoned from agricultural to residential use in 1998. A later council report places their development within the wider expansion of Stepaside, Ballyogan and neighbouring districts. That planning history gives the settlement a clear modern context. Its present streets and groups of homes developed through successive building phases rather than the gradual growth of an old market village. [2]
Frank Aiken’s Sandyford home
Frank Aiken bought a dairy farm at Dún Gaoithe, Sandyford, in 1928 and continued to live and farm there throughout his later life. A 2004 account of the housing development identifies Aiken's Village with his former residence and lands. Aiken combined farming with a long political career, including service as minister for external affairs. His local connection is residence and farming, while his birthplace was Camlough in County Armagh. [3] [4]
A development recorded in 2004
A contemporary report in February 2004 described Aiken's Village as five enclosed groups of homes, with apartments and townhouses being released in a new phase called Grianan Fidh. Its setting was wooded land in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, close to the expanding Sandyford area. This dated snapshot records the settlement taking shape during a period of substantial suburban growth; it describes a historical building phase rather than making claims about current availability or property values. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Aiken's Village. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballyogan and Environs Draft Local Area Plan2019–2025: Chief Executive’s Report, May2019 · Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
- Aiken, Francis Thomas, biographical facts · Ronan Fanning, Dictionary of Irish Biography, reproduced by UCD
- Apartments, townhouses at Aiken’s Village,26February2004 · Justin Comiskey, The Irish Times
- Kilgobbin High Cross, near Aiken's Village, County Dublin illustration: based on a Kilgobbin Cross.jpg by Niall Watts. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Additional reference: Kilgobbin-cross.jpg by Melania Arcese, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2020-02-12. How this page was prepared.