Where is Swords Ireland? Map of Swords

Swords (Sord Cholm Cille in Irish) is a predominantly middle-class suburban town, near the periphery of the city of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The city has seen unprecedented growth over the past 15 years, and has a higher projected future growth for the next 20 years than any city in the Dublin Region, at the 2006 census the population was 37,806.

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