Knocksedan, Swords

Loreto College is an all-girls public secondary school in Rivervalley, Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. The school was opened in 1837 and was situated at 41 - 46 North Great George's Street but moved to Swords in 1988. It is connected with the international group of schools served by the Sisters of Loreto.

St Finian's GAA, Camogie and LGFA (Irish: Cumann Naomh Fhionnáin) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the River Valley, Ridgewood, Boroimhe and Forest Road area of Swords in the north of County Dublin. The club was founded in 1983 following the finalisation of development plans for 419 new homes in River Valleys. The club fields teams at adult and juvenile level in Camogie, Hurling, and Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football. Two adult Rounders teams were founded in September 2020. St Finian's saw the Irish actor Brendan Gleeson play for the team during his twenties. Gleeson played as a full-forward for the club's Gaelic football team, where he was selected as a member of the club’s "Team of the Decade".

Brackenstown is a neighbourhood in the north Dublin suburb of Swords in Ireland. It developed in west Swords on the north side of the Ward River. It developed along the Brackenstown Road, which runs from Swords to the townland of Knocksedan. It has shops, including a supermarket and a pub, and is adjacent to the Ward River Valley Park. Brackenstown is also a parish in the Fingal North deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

Rivermeade is a housing development within the St. Margaret's area of Fingal, in the traditional County Dublin, Ireland.

Nethercross (Irish: An Chrois Íochtarach) is a feudal title of one of the baronies of Ireland. Originally part of the Lordship of Meath, it was then constituted as part of the County Dublin. Today, is in the modern county of Fingal. The barony was created by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath as his own feudal barony, held directly from himself in capite, and so once constituted a feudal title. His vassals were commonly called "De Lacy's Barons".

Rathbeale is a neighbourhood in the town of Swords in Ireland. It developed in west Swords along the Rathbeale Road (R125), which runs from Swords to the townland of Rathbeal. It has been designed around the Rathbeale Road, which has shops, including two supermarkets, with housing estates on either side of the road.

Applewood is a neighbourhood in the town of Swords in Ireland. It was built around the year 2002 by property developer Gerry Gannon. It has been designed village-style with a main street lined with shops in the centre, with housing estates surrounding the area. In 2006 Applewood won the Best Urban Village at the National Tidy Towns competition.

Collinstown (from Irish Baile Choilín) is a townland in Fingal, County Dublin, roughly 7 km north of Dublin in Ireland. This area is in the civil parish of Santry, within the barony of Coolock.The townland is entirely within the perimeter of Dublin Airport, which grew out of Collinstown Aerodrome, originally a Royal Air Force station. In the Irish War of Independence the aerodrome was converted to become Collinstown Camp, used for internment of Irish republicans. Construction of the airport followed, and it expanded over time, spreading into neighbouring administrative areas.

On 29 November 1975, a bomb exploded in the arrivals terminal of Dublin Airport, killing a man and injuring nine other people. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group from Northern Ireland, claimed responsibility for the bombing. It was one of a series of loyalist bomb attacks in the Republic of Ireland between the late 1960s and mid-1970s.

Dublin Airport (Irish: Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) (IATA: DUB, ICAO: EIDW) is an international airport serving Dublin, Ireland. It is operated by DAA (formerly Dublin Airport Authority). The airport is located in Collinstown, 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Dublin, and 3 km (1.9 mi) south of the town of Swords. It shares the same Eircode routing key area with both Swords and Collinstown. In 2019, 32.9 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the airport's busiest year on record. It is the 12th busiest airport in Europe, and is the busiest of Ireland's airports by total passenger traffic; it also has the largest traffic levels on the island of Ireland, followed by Belfast International Airport. The airport has an extensive short and medium haul network, served by an array of carriers, as well as a significant long-haul network focused on North America and the Middle East. It serves as the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier – Aer Lingus, Europe's largest low-cost carrier – Ryanair, and Ireland's newest regional airline Emerald Airlines, together with another two airlines, CityJet and ASL Airlines Ireland.United States border preclearance services are available at the airport for U.S.-bound passengers. Shannon Airport is the only other airport in Europe to offer this facility.

Ballymun Kickhams (Irish: Ciceam Bhaile Munna ) is a GAA club in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. The club has a clubhouse and its home pitch, Pairc Ciceam, just off the Ballymun (junction 4) exit of the M50. Ballymun also has a full size astroturf pitch. The club derives its name from Charles Joseph Kickham (1828–1882). They last won the Dublin Senior Football Championship in 2020.

Cloghran Parish Church was a Church of Ireland church for an ancient parish in the Barony of Coolock in North County Dublin, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Swords, Dublin. It was also known as Cloghran-Swords to distinguish it from another parish of the same name Cloghran, Castleknock in west, Dublin. Cloghran was united to Santry in 1872 by decision of the Dublin Diocesan Synod The graveyard is all that remains following the demolition of the church structure. The graveyard includes burials of Catholics as well as Protestants.