Belfield, Dublin

Belfield is close to Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Clonskeagh, Goatstown, Stillorgan, Booterstown, Merrion and Mount Merrion and takes its name from Belfield House and Demesne, one of eight properties bought to form the main campus of University College Dublin.

Nowadays, Belfield is synonymous with University College Dublin, being the location of that institution's main 132-hectare campus.

[citation needed] In 1934, UCD bought Belfield House and from 1949 to 1958 purchased a group of adjoining properties to form a potential campus estate.

The other faculties moved to Belfield on a phased basis as their new buildings were completed, although as of 2007, parts of a few remain in Dublin city centre.

Some of the companies located here include Hewlett-Packard (until 2008 most call centre activities were based in HP's Belfield Office Park),[citation needed] Ericsson,[4] Smurfit Kappa (head office), and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.