*** Updated August 14 2024 ***
An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a portable, simple to use, computerised device. When someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest it delivers a shock to the heart to allow it to resume its normal rhythm.
A defibrillator used by a trained person increases the survival rate from Sudden Cardiac Arrest by 50% if CPR and defibrillation occurs within the first four minutes of the incident (Irish Red Cross).
The HSE have been tasked with compiling a national AED database but there is currently no list readily available. A resident suggested we compile a masterlist of Defibrillators in Mount Merrion so everyone knows where the closest one is in the event of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Please note access hours are site-specific e.g. school building only open during school hours weekdays.
Defibrillator locations in Mount Merrion:
- Church of St Thérèse – The Rise Car Park A94 R2Y4: Fixed to wall between the Free Little Library and Black Gates of Mount Merrion Community Centre
- Church of St Thérèse – Inside Church: Fixed to wall as you enter the sacristy from altar
- SuperValu, 27 The Rise: near the checkouts, up on wall on the way out
- Mount Merrion Medical Centre, 71 Deerpark Road, upstairs/1st floor
- Mount Merrion Medical Clinic, 71 Deerpark Road, at reception on ground floor
- Deerpark Tennis Club: outside wall in white box just past the club house.
- Mount Merrion Youths FC clubhouse in Deerpark pavilion: straight inside the main door mounted on the wall.
- Mount Merrion Community Centre: inside the building
- Scoil San Treasa: in main school building
- O’Dwyers Pub: on the outside wall beside the rere entatrance opposite the Turkish Barber and Hoops & Scoops
- Church of St Laurence O’Toole: Fixed to wall as you enter the sacristy from altar
- Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club: On wall as you enter the club house, ground floor
- McCabes Pharmacy ‘heart health hubs’, Stillorgan Village
- Click here for AED Map for Ireland
If you know the location of other Defibrillators in the area please email mmra@mountmerrion.ie so we can update our list.
DEFIBRILLATOR LOCATIONS:
The Rise Car Park, Church of St Thérèse: North Avenue, Mount Merrion, A94 R2Y4.
Defibrillator: Fixed to wall between the Free Little Library and Black Gates of Mount Merrion Community Centre
Church of St Thérèse, North Avenue, Mount Merrion, A94 YW74. Parish office: Phone 288 1271
Church of St Thérèse
Defibrillator: Fixed to wall as you enter the scaristy from altar
Access: When Church is open
Mount Merrion Community Centre, North Avenue, Mount Merrion, A94 R2Y4. Phone: 01 288 4485
Access: Current hours: 8am to 7pm Monday to Friday. NOTE: Access only when Community Centre is open.
SuperValu, 27 The Rise, A94 HP90. Phone: 01 288 1404
Defibrillator Location: near the checkouts, up on wall on the way out
Access: Shop Open Mon-Wed 7.30am-8pm, Thurs-Fri 7.30am-9pm, Sat 8am-7pm, Sun 9am-6pm.
Mount Merrion Medical Clinic, 71 Deerpark Road, ground floor. Phone (01) 283 4110. Mon–Fri
8:30am–13:00pm, 2:30pm–6:00pm
Mount Merrion Medical Centre, 71 Deerpark Road, upstairs/1st floor. Phone (01) 288 1297. Mon–Fri 8:30am–12:30pm, 2:00pm–5:30pm
Deerpark Tennis Club, Deerpark Pavillion, Glenabbey Road, A94 YA44. Phone: (01) 278 1466
Defibrillator Location: in white box outside the club house.
Access: Summer Hours: 9.30am to 9.30pm; Winter: 9.30am to 11.30am, 7pm to 9.30pm. Members have a FOB. Open for coaching and members playing outside official hours.
Mount Merrion Youths FC clubhouse in Deerpark Pavillion, Glenabbey Road.
Defibrillator Location: straight inside the main door mounted on the wall.
Scoil San Treasa, The Rise, Mount Merrion, A94 EK75. Phone: 01 288 1505
Defibrillator Location: in the main school building. Contact school secretary/principal.
Access: School Hours ONLY – 8.30am to 3pm Monday to Friday.
Note: The School is closed after school hours, at weekends, bank holidays and during school holidays – mid-term, Easter, Summer, Christmas etc.
KILMACUD:
Church of St Laurence O’Toole, Kilmacud Road Upper, A94 CY83. Phone: 01 288 4009
Defibrillator Location: Fixed to the wall as you enter the scaristy from the altar
O’Dwyers Bar & Restaurant, 118 Lower Kilmacud Road, A94 TN99
Defibrillator Location: Fixed to the wall beside rere door on Rathmore Avenue opposite shops
STILLORGAN:
Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club, Glenalbyn House, Glenalbyn Road, A94 E7K8. Phone: 01 288 0857
Defibrillator Location: On wall as you enter the club house, ground floor.
McCabes Pharmacy, Stillorgan Village
Defibrillator Location: In shop
Defibrillator Location: Under main stairs in the square
There are also defibrillators in Coláiste Eoin, Oatlands College and The Talbot Hotel.
OTHER DUBLIN LOCATIONS:
Lloyds Pharmacy ‘heart health hubs’ (Now McCabes)
- Lloyds Pharmacy, Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14
- Lloyds Pharmacy, 11B Braemor Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14
- Lloyds Pharmacy, 8 Terenure Rd East, Rathgar, Dublin 6
- Lloyds Pharmacy, 282 Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
- Lloyds Pharmacy, Crumlin Road, Dublin 12
- Lloyds Pharmacy, 39 Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
- Lloyds Pharmacy, Aylesbury S.C., Tallaght, Dublin 24
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
AED Training Courses:
Irish Heart https://irishheart.ie/heartsaver-aed-course/
Public Access Defibrillators are AEDs placed in strategic locations in the community for public use in the event of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Despite the name, many defibs are in fact located in sports clubs and other places not, strictly speaking, accessible to the general public.
A defibrillator used by a trained person increases the survival rate from Sudden Cardiac Arrest by 50% if CPR and defibrillation occurs within the first four minutes of the incident. (source: Irish Red Cross)
There are three main types of Public Access Defibrillators:
1. Devices for use by uniformed first responders such as the Garda Síochána or fire service.
2. Devices positioned in public buildings and communal areas (eg shopping centres, sports clubs, open public spaces) intended for emergency use by any member of the public.
3. Devices held by volunteer Community First Responder groups trained in treating cardiac arrest.
If you know of other Defibrillators in the area please email us at mmra@mountmerrion.ie so we can update the list.