or semi-detached houses of 2-4 bedrooms. Bayside train station was built on the line between Howth and the city centre in the early seventies. A decade later this line would become the first section of the Dublin Area Rapid Transport (DART) development. There is park officially called "Bayside Park" but often known locally as the Lamb Chop. Amenities Bayside is built up around a central shopping and civic area. Plans to build a multi-storey apartment and retail complex at the location of the current shopping centre car-park were resisted by local residents from 2007 to 2011, but have, after multiple modifications, been approved by planning authorities. As of October 2017 work has been done to upgrade the centre, which includes installing a new three storey Aldi building, demolishing the squash courts and the community centre, some of the apartments and making the Spar general shop smaller. There is a modern Roman Catholic parish church, the Church of the Resurrection, within this civic area. The area has a chipper known as 'Munchies' which has been there for decades and the 'Bayside Inn'. Education There is one primary school, Scoil Mhuire agus Iosef, and the district is serviced by a number of post-primary schools in nearby area. Culture Bayside is home to the Third Day Chorale multi-denominational musical group, operating since 1975. Under the musical directorship of Ruaidhrí Ó Dálaigh the group meets every Wednesday night between 7:45 and 10:00 to sing a wide range of sacred and secular choral music. People Alex Barclay, crime fiction writer and former journalist Martin Fay of The Chieftains was a resident in Bayside Pat Hooper, Olympian Ronan Keating of Boyzone is a former resident of Bayside. Fergal O'Brien, professional snooker player, is a former resident Averil Power, former Fianna Fáil Senator Steve Wickham, of The Waterboys References and footnotes See also List of towns and villages in Ireland