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Jobstown

Jobstown, also historically called Rathminton, is a townland and suburban area of Tallaght in Dublin, Ireland, and so an outer suburb of Dublin.

Jobstown
Jobstown · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Jobstown, also historically called Rathminton, is a townland and suburban area of Tallaght in Dublin, Ireland, and so an outer suburb of Dublin. It is in the local government area of South Dublin.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jobstown

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Tallaght Stadium

    Tallaght Stadium is an association football stadium in Ireland based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club Shamrock Rovers originally announced details of the stadium in July 1996.

    2.1 km · Soccer stadium in the suburbs of Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Institute of Technology, Tallaght

    The Institute of Technology Tallaght was a third-level institution in Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Established in 1992, IT Tallaght offered degree and postgraduate courses as well as adult education courses.

    3 km · constituent college of TU Dublin · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Baldonnel

    Baldonnel is a townland in County Dublin, Ireland. It is an agricultural and industrial area near Rathcoole, Clondalkin, Tallaght, Lucan, Saggart, Newcastle and Naas.

    3.1 km · Townland in South Dublin, site of the HQ of the Irish Air Corps · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Maelruain's Church, Tallaght

    St. Maelruain's Church is a church of the Church of Ireland located in Tallaght, South Dublin, Ireland.

    2.8 km · church building in Republic of Ireland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    County Hall, Tallaght

    County Hall is a municipal building in Tallaght in the county of South Dublin, Ireland.

    2.3 km · municipal building in South Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Corkagh Park

    Corkagh Park is a park situated in Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland, between the N7 and the Old Nangor Road. The River Camac flows through it, and within the grounds of the park there are fishing ponds.

    3.5 km · park in Dublin · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Dodder Park

    The Dodder Valley Linear Park or simply Dodder Valley Park is a suburban linear park in South Dublin, Ireland.

    3.7 km · suburban linear park in Dublin, Ireland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Jobstown

Airports
Dublin (DUB), 19 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 147 km · Belfast (BFS), 154 km
Stations
Casement Aerodrome, 4 km · Tallaght Luas stop, 2.2 km · Belgard Luas stop, 2.9 km · Kingswood Luas stop, 3.7 km · Cheeverstown Luas stop, 1.3 km
  • Charlestown → Jobstown
    400 km · quickest by air, 5h 55m · $220–330
  • Shannon → Jobstown
    1487 km · quickest by road, 26h 3m · $140–195
  • Cork → Jobstown
    207 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · €24–34
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jobstown

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jobstown. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inEurolines 871 runs on Saturday evening from London Victoria via Birmingham, Holyhead and the ferry to reach Dublin city centre early Sunday morning; the reverse run leaves Dublin Friday evening.
  • Get inhas ferries from Holyhead in Wales (Stena and Irish Ferries, 3 hr 30 min) and Douglas, Isle of Man (Isle of Man Ferries, 3 hr 30 min).
  • Get inThe former ferry port of Dún Laoghaire is no longer used.
  • Get inAnother ferry route is the short crossing from Cairnryan in Scotland to Belfast, then by road or rail to Dublin.
  • Get inIf you're visiting just for a day trip, don't bring a car into the congested centre, use a Park & Ride.

From Wikivoyage: Dublin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    222 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    262 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    268 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    295 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    301 km

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Around it

Next door to Jobstown

Jobstown is 4 km from South Dublin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.