Ward, Castleknock
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Ward
An Barda | |
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Civil parish | |
_at_Ward,_Co._Dublin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1271731.jpg) Milestone on the R135 road (old N2) at Ward | |
  Ward Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°26′30″N 6°21′00″W / 53.441568°N 6.349926°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| County | Fingal |
| Barony | Castleknock |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ward (Irish: An Bharda) is a civil parish in Fingal, Ireland.[1] It is part of the historical barony of Castleknock.[2] The Ward River, the major tributary of the Broadmeadow River, flows through the area, and probably gave the civil parish its name.
The civil parish lies to the north-east of the civil parish of Mulhuddart, and is bounded to the south-east by the civil parish of Finglas. Its centre of population, which was originally situated on one of the chief roads to the north of Ireland, has now been by-passed by the M2 motorway. The River Ward separates Ward from the barony of Nethercross to the north-east. At the confluence of the Ward and the River Pinkeen to the north-west, the parish borders County Meath. The old N2 national road, now the R135 road, runs through the parish from north to south. Only the townland of Newpark lies to the east of the R135.
Ward is known as the meeting place of the Ward Stag Hunt.[citation needed]