Editing Swords, Dublin (section)

=== Landscape ===
[[File:Swords in Dublin K67.jpg|thumb|Swords Main Street lined with [[Platanus × hispanica|London Plane]] trees, August 2022]]
Swords is situated roughly in the centre of the modern county of Fingal and the ancient [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Nethercross]]. The [[Ward River (Ireland)|Ward River]], coming from County Meath, runs west to east to near the centre of the town, and then turns to run north, before flowing into the Broad Meadow Water or [[Broadmeadow River]] to the east of the town, across the former northern road. A small stream joins the Ward near the town centre and the holy well. The Broadmeadow, also flowing from Meath, borders the north of the town. It runs from [[Dunshaughlin]] in the west and across the north of Swords, before receiving the Ward and flowing into the wide Broadmeadow Estuary, then into the Irish Sea past Malahide. The estuary is crossed by a railway embankment and bridge from Malahide.<ref name="TenDozenW_BM and Ward Rvrs">{{cite book |last1=Doyle |first1=Joseph W. |title=Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin |date=1 December 2013 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |location=Dublin, Ireland |isbn=978-0-9566363-8-6 |pages=8–10 |edition=8th}}</ref> Swords is surrounded by a protected green belt. Dublin Airport has prevented the town from expanding further south and the large Broadmeadow Estuary and Malahide beyond limit expansion further east. To the north and west of Swords, there is sparsely-populated, relatively flat, farmland.