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Location | Dublin, Ireland |
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Coordinates | 53°24′14″N6°18′11″W / 53.4039°N 6.3031°W |
Address | St. Margaret's Road, Dublin 11 |
Opening date | October 2007 |
No. of floors | 2: Retail, 5: Apartments |
Website | charlestowncentre |
Charlestown Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located on St. Margaret's Road, Dublin, Ireland, north of Finglas village. [1] It opened in October 2007.
Dunnes Stores is the anchor tenant; other tenants include Sports Direct, Boots and Eddie Rocket's. [2]
Phase two of the shopping centre opened in October 2015. It consisted of a nine screen Odeon cinema, and a Leisureplex which includes bowling and Quasar facilities. Phase three consisted of 3 car showrooms and opened in 2019.[ citation needed ]
The shopping centre is served by Dublin Bus routes 9, 40/b, 83/a and 140 as well as Go-Ahead Ireland route N6.
A Luas extension has been proposed to serve the shopping centre, extended from the current Green Line terminus at Broombridge. [3] However, the project has failed to secure funding. [4]
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