Fingal
Area:	448.07 km²
Capital:	Swords
County:	County Dublin
Population:	196,413 (2002)
Province:	Leinster

Fingal (Irish: Fine Gall) is an administrative county part of the historic county of County Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. It was set up on January 1st, 1994 with the abolition of Dublin County Council, and covers the area north of Dublin City to the west of River Liffey and east to the Irish Sea.

Fingal County Council inherited the former Dublin County Council premises on O'Connell Street, as no suitable building was available within the county at the time. However, this gave it the unusual status of having its county council offices significantly outside the county, O'Connell Street being in the Dublin City Council area. In 2002, the council moved its main offices to a new building in Swords, however.

Fingal is bordered by County Meath and County Kildare as well as Dublin City and South Dublin. Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown and Dublin International Airport are located within the county.

Fingal is the fifth largest local authority area in Ireland by population. The main urban center in Fingal is Swords with other important centres at Balbriggan, Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Howth, Malahide and Mulhuddart.

External link

• Fingal County Council (http://www.fingalcoco.ie)