Rush

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Rush

Elevation13 m

Coordinates53.52°, -6.09°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Rush, officially An Ros, is a small seaside commuter town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. Rush lies on the Irish Sea coast, between Skerries and Lusk, and has a small harbour. It had a population at the 2022 census of 10,875.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Darragh O'Brien

Irish Fianna Fáil politician

Derek Landy

author, screenwriter

Martin Finnegan

Irish motorcycle racer (1979–2008)

James Reilly

Irish Fine Gael politician

Ruth Durlacher

British tennis player (1876-1946)

B

Brian Inglis

Irish journalist (1916-1993)

L

Luke Joseph Hooke

Irish theologian

M

Marie Kean

Irish actress (1918–1993)

Con Martin

Irish footballer (1923–2013)

Aebh Kelly

Irish soprano

Alan Farrell

Irish politician

D

David Wilkins

Irish sports sailor

Brendan Ryan

Irish Labour Party politician

Charles Cobbe

Irish Anglican bishop

C

Claire Scanlan

Irish footballer (born 1972)

Eddie Flynn

Irish footballer (1919–2002)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Dublin

• Portraine
  2.2 mi away
• Lusk
  3.1 mi away · pop. 8,806
• Donabate
  3.4 mi away · pop. 9,669
• Malahide
  5.6 mi away · pop. 18,608
• Balrothery
  6 mi away
• Balbriggan
  7.2 mi away · pop. 24,322
• Ballyboughal
  7.3 mi away
• Balscaddan
  8.8 mi away
• Oldtown
  9.2 mi away
• Howth
  9.5 mi away · pop. 8,277
• Garristown
  12.4 mi away
• Mulhuddart
  15.1 mi away

Browse all places in Dublin →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Rush

Dublin essays

Arthur Edward Clery · 1919

Care and social change in the Irish welfare economy

Bryan Fanning · 2007

Dublin streets (Dublin City only) and their 1911 census references

1996

The future of retailing in the "High Street"

Kieran Rush · 1995

Dublin streets and their resident's family surnames

2000

Materia Medica and Therapeutics

Royle · 2023

Palladium(II)-catalysed polymerisation of 3,3-disubtituted cyclopropenes

Stephen Howard Rush · 1996

Parnham's 1911 census references for Ireland

John T. Parnham · 1996

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Seen 2026-09-20

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-20

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-20

Sap-sucking Slug

Elysia viridis

Seen 2026-09-20

Hooded × Carrion Crow

Corvus cornix × corone

Seen 2026-09-20

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-20

Ivy-leaved cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Seen 2026-09-20

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Seen 2026-09-20

common hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).