Fingal

Fingal, Irish Fhine Gall, county in the province of Leinster, eastern Ireland. The county of Fingal was created in 1994 when the geographic county of Dublin was split administratively into three separate units. Fingal now constitutes the northern component of the Greater Dublin metropolitan area. Swords is the county seat.

Fingal is bordered to the east by the Irish Sea, to the south by the city of Dublin, to the southwest by Counties South Dublin and Kildare, and to the west and north by County Meath. Dublin’s international airport is in the southern part of the county. Area 176 square miles (455 square km). Pop. (2002) 196,413; (2011) 273,991.