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The Square Tallaght is the name of a shopping centre located in the heart of Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland. The Square Tallaght was founded in 1990, which in 2015 celebrated its 25th anniversary. It is located at the junction of the Belgard Road (the R113) and the N81 and is beside the Luas terminus stop, The Square. The centre is spread across 3 floors and currently has up to 160 stores to offer, as well as plenty of other services which are available in the centre. When The Square Shopping centre opened it was the largest shopping centre located in the Republic of Ireland. ==History== The shopping centre opened on 23 October 1990 to a crowd of 45,000 by An Taoiseach at the time Charles Haughey, having been built at a cost of £85 million. Others who were in attendance was Gay Byrne, who hosted his 2FM radio show from the Crows Nest in the shopping centre, as well as Mary Harney, Pat Rabbitte, the then Director-General of RTÉ Vincent Finn and the Fine Gael leader at the time Alan Dukes.〔http://search.proquest.com.dcu.idm.oclc.org/docview/530554845?accountid=15753〕 It was the first of four large shopping complexes built in the towns surrounding Dublin from the late 1980s onwards and was for a while the largest shopping centre in Ireland.〔http://search.proquest.com.dcu.idm.oclc.org/docview/530554845?accountid=15753〕 The others are Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and Dundrum Town Centre. There was a fantastic atmosphere as the centre was opened to the 45,000 people in attendance who wanted to get a look inside Ireland’s best and largest shopping centre. Dunnes Stores and McDonalds, who are still in The Square today, were just two of the shops in the centre along with many others such as Roches Stores, A-Wear and of course the 12 screen cinema when the centre opened to the public. Such was the excitement of the people of Tallaght and Ireland for this new shopping centre was the release of a song to commemorate it. In October 1990 a Dublin rock band called Achill released their song “The Square”, the single lasted two weeks in the Irish charts with the song peaking at number 26. The opening of the centre would be the beginning of many new developments in the area over the coming years. Institute of Technology, Tallaght (ITT), the National Basketball Arena (The Arena), the Civic Theatre and Tallaght Hospital all opened within a few years of the shopping centre opening its doors, signifying its importance to the area. The centre celebrated its 25th anniversary on October 23, 2015. The centre was recently granted permission by An Bord Pleanála for a major redevelopment to the centre. The proposed project will add c.200,000 sq.ft of retail space to the to The Square Shopping Centre.〔http://www.thesquare.ie/development-plans/plans/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Square Tallaght」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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