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Chapelizod is a village preserved within the city of Dublin, Ireland. It lies in the wooded valley of the River Liffey, near the Strawberry Beds and the Phoenix Park. The village is associated with Iseult of Ireland and the location of Iseult's chapel. Chapelizod is under the administration of Dublin City Council. Chapelizod is also a parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.Location and accessThe civil parish of Chapelizod is part of the barony of Castleknock. The barony is one of seven and a half baronies that comprised the traditional county of Dublin. The parish stretches from Cabra to Blanchardstown (from east to west) and from Finglas to Chapelizod (from north to south).HistoryThe origins of Chapelizod are at once old but obscure. There is evidence of Neolithic settlement between the southern ridge of the Phoenix Park and the Liffey and several burial mounds exist to the north of the village. Aerial photography has also revealed several prehistoric and early medieval settlements in the vicinity of the modern village. Aside from these archeological remains, the etymology of the village indicates an association with Princess Iseult/Isolde from the Arthurian legend of Tristan and Isolde - indeed, the village derives its name from a chapel consecrated in her honour.