Churchtown is a largely residential suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 on the southside

Southside (Dublin)

The Southside is not an official administrative area but a colloquial term referring to the area of County Dublin bounded to the north by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the south and west by the boundaries of County Dublin...

 of Dublin, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, between Dundrum

Dundrum, Dublin

Dundrum , originally a town in its own right, is now a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland.The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16.-History:...

 and Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham or Rathfarnam is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils.The area of Rathfarnham...

. It is in the postal districts Dublin 14 and Dublin 16.

Ely's Arch

Braemor Road is still marked by a triumphal arch from the 18th century, which originally led to Rathfarnham Castle. The erection of this gateway is attributed to Henry Loftus, Earl of Ely

Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely

Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely KP, PC , styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Irish peer and politician....

 from 1769 to 1783 who was also responsible for the classical work on the castle itself. The arch is named the new gate on Frizell’s map of 1779. After the division of the estate in 1913 the arch became the entrance to the Castle Golf Club but was later abandoned in favour of the more direct Woodside Drive entrance. The arch is located at the bottom of the 'big hill' which gave the name to the road, "Brae Mor". 'Bré' means 'hill' in Irish while 'mor' is the Irish for 'big' the name is used in an anglicised spelling as 'Braemor'. An alternative explanation of the name is more likely to be true: Braemor Road was developed in the late 40s and early 50s by builders called Brady and Morgan. They conflated the names, and adopted a spelling which mimics Braemar in Scotland.

Bottle Tower

The Bottle Tower (or Hall's Barn) is a structure on Whitehall Road. It was built by Major Hall in 1742 in imitation of the better constructed Wonderful Barn

The Wonderful Barn

The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew-shaped barn built on the edge of Castletown House Estate of the Conolly family, which borders Leixlip and Celbridge, Ireland. It was built in 1743 on the Leixlip side of the Castletown Estate...

 erected about the same period near Leixlip. The floors and other timber work have long disappeared and the winding stone steps are not considered safe to ascend. While the ground floor may have been used as a barn, the first and second floors appear to have been residential as they are both fitted with fireplaces. A smaller structure behind the barn, built on somewhat similar lines was a pigeon house.

The old house named Whitehall, which was demolished some years ago, stood adjacent to the barn. It was also built by Major Hall around the same time. In 1778 it became the residence of Rev. Jeremy Walsh, curate of Dundrum, and in 1795 it was converted into a boarding house by Mr. Ml. Kelly. A newspaper advertisement in 1816 invites enquiries from prospective visitors. In a description written in the last century the old-fashioned kitchen and panelled staircase are specially noted.

Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) features many of the old houses in Churchtown under the reference village of Rathfarnham. The houses include Landscape, of H. O'Callaghan, Esq.; Whitehall, of W. P. Matthews, Esq.; Newtown, of John Kirby, Esq., LL.D., M.D., in the grounds of which there are some very fine evergreens. Also included is Barton Lodge, of W. Conlan, Esq. which probably gave the name of Barton Road, Rathfarnam and Barton Road East, Churchtown. Nutgrove, of P. Jones, Esq. which was suituated on Nutgrove Avenue, half way between the Good Shepherd church and Rathfarnam village and Whitehall, of T. Laffan, Esq., an out-office of which is built in the shape of a pottery furnace, with a winding flight of steps on the outside to the top, whence there is a commanding prospect of the surrounding country repeats our description of the Bottle Tower.

Rocque’s 1760 map of Dublin shows Newtown House at the bottom on the South Dublin county council historical map site. To the left of Newtown (or south) and along The Glen river would be Landscape House and Whitehall House. Above these (or west) would be Nutgtrove House – half way to Rathfarnam village.

Taylor's 1816 map of the environs of Dublin gives a view of Churchtown, east of Ely’s Demense. This shows the present Landscape area, Newtown House (now Villas), Whitehall and Whitebarn. Landscape Road features between the Glen River and Newtown House and this seems to swing left onto modern day Braemor Road before meeting the modern day Dodder Park Road at Ely’s Arch. Nutgrove School also features, then The Ponds and further south is Barton Lane.

William Duncan's maps of the county of Dublin (1821) you can see White Barn and Newtown Villas. To the left of Newtown is a large house on what probably became Braemor Park. This was prossibly Fetherstonaugh House which became the Church of Ireland Theological College or more likely Ardavon House which was the original Mount Carmel hospital building.

Berwick House

Berwick House is a tall building at the bend in the Braemor Road. Recently occupied by the De La Salle Brothers, it seems to be identical to a house named Waxfield where the death is recorded in 1766

1766 in Ireland

The year 1766 in Ireland is characterised by certain events, arts and literature occurrences, births and deaths. For a fuller date context the year should be termed 1766 AD in Ireland.-Arts and literature:...

 of John Lamprey. In 1836 it was known as Hazelbrook, a name which was later transferred to the nearby, now defunct, Hughes Brothers

HB (Unilever)

HB Ice Cream is an ice cream brand in Ireland and is part of the Unilever Group's Heartbrand ice cream brand....

 milk bottling plant. The Hughes Brothers original house, built in 1898, and called Hazelbrook House, was rebuilt in the Bunratty Folk Park

Bunratty Castle

Bunratty Castle is a large tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It lies in the centre of Bunratty village , by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport. The name Bunratty, Bun Raite in Irish, means the 'bottom' or end of the 'Ratty' river. This river, alongside...

 in 2001. From 1844 to 1899 it was known as Bachelor's Hall, after which it became the headquarters of a Charitable Institution under the name of Berwick Home. In 1944 it again became a private residence and the name was changed to Berwick House.

The Ponds

Loreto Terrace on the north side of Rathfarnam's Loreto Abbey was formerly known as "the Ponds", a name originating apparently from the large pond which two hundred years ago occupied the low lying field between Loreto Terrace and Nutgrove Avenue. This area was described in Weston St. John Joyce's in 1912 as 2the dilapidated locality known as the Ponds" but it has since been largely rebuilt. An old photograph from Larry O'Connor's collection shows what it looked like at that time. The last of the old houses was demolished in the mid 1980s. It was a very early 18th century gabled residence named Grove Cottage and was probably the oldest occupied house in Dublin.
This place was the scene of a skirmish at the outbreak of the rising of 1798

Irish Rebellion of 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also known as the United Irishmen Rebellion , was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against British rule in Ireland...

. The insurgents of the south county assembled at the Ponds on 24 May 1798 under the leadership of David Keely, James Byrne, Edward Keogh and Ledwich. The latter two had been members of Lord Ely's yeomanry but had taken to the field with the United Irishmen. The insurgents were attacked by the local yeomanry

Yeomanry

Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Territorial Army, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments. Today, Yeomanry units may serve in a variety of different military roles.-History:...

 corps but were able to defend themselves and the yeomanry was forced to retreat. A party of regular troops was then sent against them and a stiff encounter took place. A number of the insurgents were killed or wounded and some prisoners taken including Keogh and Ledwich. The survivors retreated, joining up with a party from Clondalkin

Clondalkin

-Today:Modern Clondalkin is a busy satellite town of Dublin, with a population of 43,929 in 2006. Retail facilities include Tesco Ireland- and Dunnes Stores-led shopping centres, and Aldi and Lidl stores on the Fonthill Road and New Nangor Road respectively, and the village centre is a base for...

, and a further engagement took place at the turnpike on the Rathcoole

Rathcoole

Rathcoole may refer to:* Rathcoole, Dublin, a village in south Dublin, Republic of Ireland* Rathcoole , a large housing estate in Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK* Rathcoole Aerodrome Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland...

 road where the enemy was successfully repulsed.

Population

Based on the 2006 Census, the population of Churchtown is 8,736, a small decrease from the 2002 census. The break-out by electoral area is as follows:
Churchtown-Castle 1,244
Churchtown-Landscape 1,198
Churchtown-Nutgrove 3,100
Churchtown-Orwell 1,871
Churchtown-Woodlawn 1,323
For further information see the CSO.i.e. website http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf

Amenities

Churchtown has a number of shops and pubs, including a mid-size supermarket, which has one of Dublin's few kosher sales facilities. It is also one of Dublin's centres for the driving test

Driving test

A driving test is a procedure designed to test a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle. It exists in various forms worldwide, and is often a requirement to pass the exam to obtain a driver's license...

.

Nutgrove Shopping Centre

Nutgrove Shopping Centre

Nutgrove Shopping Centre

Nutgrove Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland. Anchor tenants include Tesco, McDonald's, Dunnes Stores, Penneys and Argos. Since opening in October 1984 Nutgrove Shopping centre has been serving the shoppers of South County Dublin...

 was opened in October 1984 in what was then still a rural part of Dublin. The site for the shopping centre was located on part of the old Lamb's Jam orchards.

The centre included Ireland’s first drive through restaurant when McDonald's opened a branch there. The American style experience of driving up to the window, ordering your food and driving away was a novelty at the time.

There were other firsts when Nutgrove, including the country’s first social welfare services office was located in a shopping mall.

Religion

The suburb of Churchtown is probably named after St. Nahi's Church

St. Nahi's Church

St. Nahi is an 18th-century church in Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.-History:The name Taney derives from Tigh Naithi meaning the house or place of Nahi, and who may also be associated with Tobarnea, a seashore well that near Blackrock...

 (Church of Ireland) just off the Churchtown road. It is more easily viewed these days from the William Dargan Bridge, close to Dundrum village. St. Nahi's was rebuilt several times—in 950, 1650 and 1750. The present restoration was completed in 1910. The public housing flats in Churchtown, across from the Bottle Tower pub, are named St. Nathy's after the church.

The local Roman Catholic church is the Good Shepherd Church. It was the site of the state funeral

State funeral

A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honor heads of state or other important people of national significance. State funerals usually include much pomp and ceremony as well as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition...

 of former Taoiseach

Taoiseach

The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...

 Sean Lemass

Seán Lemass

Seán Francis Lemass was one of the most prominent Irish politicians of the 20th century. He served as Taoiseach from 1959 until 1966....

, who lived on Hillside Drive.

The Church of Ireland Theological Institute (the theological seminary of the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...

) and the Representative Church Body Library (the central library of the Church of Ireland) are both on Braemor Park, Churchtown.

The Quakers

Religious Society of Friends

The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...

 have a Meeting House on the Lower Churchtown Road.

Education

The Good Shepherd National School

The Good Shepherd National School

The Good Shepherd National School is a co-educational national school in the parish of Churchtown, Dublin. It was formed in 1989 when Our Lady of Loreto Girls and De La Salle Boys were combined.- External links :*...

 is a co-educational national school in the parish of Churchtown while the boys' secondary school is De La Salle College

De La Salle College Churchtown

De La Salle College is an all-male secondary school in Churchtown, a southern suburb of Dublin, in Ireland. It is a state school. De La Salle College, Churchtown was officially opened in 1952 and moved to its present location in 1957. Since then, the college has extended on two different occasions ...

. The De La Salle Brothers are the trustees of the college and it is under the control of a Board of Management. Famous past pupils include Damien Duff

Damien Duff

Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish footballer who plays for Premier League team Fulham and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he has participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012...

 of the Republic of Ireland national football team

Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

, and of Fulham FC. Jim Stynes

Jim Stynes

James "Jim" Stynes OAM is an Irish former professional Australian rules footballer who is currently a businessman, philanthropist, writer, youth worker, qualified teacher and chairman of Melbourne Football Club since 2008....

 who won an All-Ireland Minor (under 18) football championship medal for Dublin in 1984, and the Brownlow medal in Australian Rules Football in 1991. Jim's younger brother, Brian Stynes

Brian Stynes

Brian Stynes is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Dublin and now resides in Australia. He Attended De La Salle College, Churchtown,Dublin-Australian rules football career:...

, also went to De La Salle College; he won a senior All Ireland football medal for Dublin in 1995. Des Fitzgerald, the former Irish international prop forward and father of current internation player Luke, is a past pupil of DLS National and DLS College. He played in Croke Park in 1968 as a member of the DLS N.S. Gaelic football team and in Landowne Road for the DLS Senior Rugby team later in 1975. Another player on both teams was John Treacy, the former Dublin Hurling full back and father of current Dublin Hurling star, David Treacy.

The local girls' secondary school is Notre Dame de Missions, one of whose alumni is Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald is an Irish politician, the current Vice President of Sinn Féin and a Teachta Dála for Dublin Central...

, the current Vice President of Sinn Féin and a Teachta Dála (TD). McDonald was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), from 2004–2009 representing the Dublin constituency (Leaving Certificate

Leaving Certificate

The Leaving Certificate Examinations , commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert is the final examination in the Irish secondary school system. It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for those students it takes place three years after the Junior...

 class of 1988).

The De La Salle Preparatory School, now closed, was located in Camberley House (also known as Inish More or Inish Ealga) on the Churchtown Road Upper. A previous owner was the widow of Eamon Ceannt, one of the signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Camberley House was bought for the De La Salle boys' school and later developed as the preparatory school when the secondary school moved to its present location.

Health

Mount Carmel Hospital on Braemor Park was acquired by the Mount Carmel Medical Group in 2006. The hospital offers a variety of medical services from maternity care and specialist clinics to surgery and a dedicated orthopaedic unit.

Politics

Churchtown is part of the Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote...

 constituency of Dublin South

Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...

. Although most of Churchtown is part of the Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown County Council

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. Located to the south-east of Dublin city, its county seat is the town of Dún Laoghaire. It is one of the four constituent parts of the Dublin Region...

 area, because the parish originated from Rathfarnam Parish, many of the historical aspects can be viewed at the South Dublin County Council

South Dublin County Council

South Dublin County Council is the local authority for the county of South Dublin in Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolition, and one of four councils in the Dublin Region...

 website

Ice Cream

Churchtown's greatest claim to fame was HB Dairy – the home of the country's favourite ice cream. HB Ice Cream was named after the Hughes Brothers dairy and was produced at Hazelbrook Farm, across the road from the Good Shepherd national school until recently.

People

• Joseph Ainsworth, Assistant Garda Commissioner (retired).
• Séamus Brennan
  Séamus Brennan
  Séamus Brennan was a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Teachta Dála for Dublin South. He served as a Minister of State, Minister for Tourism and Transport , Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications , Minister for Education , Minister for Transport , Minister for Social and...
  
   16 February 1948 – 9 July 2008, senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South
  Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)
  Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...
  
   constituency.
• Dick Farrelly
  Dick Farrelly
  Dick Farrelly born Richard Farrelly was an Irish songwriter, policeman and poet, composer of "The Isle of Innisfree", the song for which he is best remembered. His parents were publicans and when Dick was twenty-three he left Kells, County Meath for Dublin to join the Irish Police Force...
  
   is best remembered for his song "The Isle of Innisfree". On a bus journey from his native Kells, County Meath Dick got the inspiration for his now timeless composition and by the time he reached Dublin he had written the words & music of "The Isle of Innisfree
  Isle of Innisfree
  The Isle of Innisfree is a song composed by Dick Farrelly , born Richard Farrelly, who wrote both the music and lyrics. Dick got the inspiration for "Isle of Innisfree", the song for which he is best remembered, while on a bus journey from his native Kells, County Meath to Dublin...
  
  ". The melody was used as the main theme of the film, The Quiet Man.
• Fionnuala Flanagan
  Fionnuala Flanagan
  Fionnghuala Manon Flanagan is an Irish actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television.-Early life:...
  
   born December 10, 1941. The Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television, lived in Churchtown before settling in Los Angeles.
• Maria Gatland
  Maria Gatland
  Maria Gatland , is a councillor in the London Borough of Croydon for the Conservative Party. She is also a former Council cabinet member for education, a post she resigned from after being exposed as a former member of the Irish Repubulican Army ,-Early life:Gatland was born Maria McGuire, to a...
  
  , (née McGuire), is a councillor in the London Borough of Croydon for the Conservative Party. She is also a former Council cabinet member for education, a post she resigned from after being exposed as a former member of the Irish Repubulican Army (IRA).
• Into Paradise
  Into Paradise
  Into Paradise were a indie rock group from Dublin, Ireland, whose influences included Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen. They formed in 1986 as Backwards into Paradise, and released their debut EP, Blue Light, in 1989 on the independent record label, Setanta...
  
   a band whose members, Dave Long, Ronan Clarke, Rachael Tighe & James Eadie, were from the Churchtown area. They named their 1991 album "Churchtown"; this was produced by Adrian Borland
  Adrian Borland
  Adrian Borland was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, bestknown as the lead singer of post-punk band The Sound...
  
   and published by Chrysalis Songs (BMI) and Ensign Records
• Dermot Keely
  Dermot Keely
  Dermot Keely, is the former manager of Irish football team Shelbourne.-Family:Keely's family have played League of Ireland football at various levels. His late father Peter Keely played for Shelbourne, his brother Joe played on the same Home Farm FAI Cup winning side of 1775 as Dermot Keely himself...
  
   (born 8 March 1954) is the current manager of Irish football team Shelbourne FC. Although not born or raised in Churchtown, Dermot has been employed in De La Salle Churchtown for many years.
• Dervla Kirwan
  Dervla Kirwan
  Dervla Kirwan is an Irish actress famous for roles in British television shows such as Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart...
  
   born 24 October 1971. Actress who starred in Goodnight Sweetheart & Ballykissangel.
• Seán Lemass
  Seán Lemass
  Seán Francis Lemass was one of the most prominent Irish politicians of the 20th century. He served as Taoiseach from 1959 until 1966....
  
   (15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971), Fianna Fáil politician and third Taoiseach of Ireland from 1959 until 1966. A veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising
  Easter Rising
  The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...
  
  , the War of Independence and the Civil War, Lemass was first elected as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South
  Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)
  Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...
  
   constituency in a by-election on 18 November 1924
• Martina Shanahan, (born 1966), one of the Winchester Three, an IRA active service unit, who was given a 25-year sentence for conspiring to kill Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tom King, in 1987.
• John Millington Synge
  John Millington Synge
  Edmund John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre...
  
   (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was born in Newtown Villas, off Braemor Road, and lived here until his family moved to Dún Laoghaire
  Dún Laoghaire
  Dún Laoghaire or Dún Laoire , sometimes anglicised as "Dunleary" , is a suburban seaside town in County Dublin, Ireland, about twelve kilometres south of Dublin city centre. It is the county town of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County and a major port of entry from Great Britain...
  
   in 1888.
• Maureen O'Hara
  Maureen O'Hara
  Maureen O'Hara is an Irish film actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne...
  
   (born August 17, 1920) is an Irish film actress and singer. O'Hara was born Maureen FitzSimons on the Lower Churchtown Rd. She was the second oldest of six children by Charles Stewart Parnell FitzSimons and Marguerita Lilburn FitzSimons. Her father was a Dublin businessman and part owner of Shamrock Rovers Football Club.
• John P. Wilson
  John P. Wilson
  John Patrick Wilson was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected as a Teachta Dála for Cavan in 1973 and served in Dáil Éireann until 1992...
  
   (8 July 1923 – 9 July 2007), Fianna Fáil politician and All-Ireland football medal winner (for Cavan at the Polo Grounds
  Polo Grounds
  The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...
  
  , NY in 1947). He was first elected as a Teachta Dála for Cavan in 1973 and served in Dáil Éireann until 1992. Wilson served variously as Minister for Education, Minister for Posts & Telegraphs, Minister for Tourism & Transport and Tánaiste. He lived on Braemor Avenue.
• Elizabeth Yeats
  Elizabeth Yeats
  Elizabeth Corbett Yeats , known as Lolly, was born at 23 Fitzroy Road, London. She was the daughter of the Irish artist John Butler Yeats and sister of W. B., Jack and Susan Mary "Lily" Yeats. She trained and worked as an art teacher and was a member of William Morris's circle in London before her...
  
   and Lily Yeats sisters, founders of Cuala Press
  Cuala Press
  The Cuala Press was an Irish private press set up in 1908 by Elizabeth Yeats with support from her brother William Butler Yeats that played an important role in the Celtic Revival of the early 20th century.-Origins:...
  
   at Churchtown after it was reorganized separate from the Dun Emer Press
  Dun Emer Press
  The Dun Emer Press was an Irish private press founded in 1902 by Elizabeth Yeats and her brother William Butler Yeats, part of the Celtic Revival. It was named after the legendary Emer and evolved into the Cuala Press.-History:...
  
   and Studio at Dundrum
  Dundrum, Dublin
  Dundrum , originally a town in its own right, is now a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland.The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16.-History:...
  
  . Sisters of Jack
  Jack Butler Yeats
  John "Jack" Butler Yeats was an Irish artist. His early style was that of an illustrator; he only began to work regularly in oils in 1906. His early pictures are simple lyrical depictions of landscapes and figures, predominantly from the west of Ireland—especially of his boyhood home of...
  
   and William Butler Yeats
  William Butler Yeats
  William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
  
  . Lived at Gurteen Dheas, Churchtown Road, which was also the site of Cuala Industries.

Transport

An Aircoach

Aircoach

Aircoach is a Republic of Ireland based subsidiary company of the United Kingdom based FirstGroup. It provides airport bus express coach services from Cork, Greystones, Bray, South Dublin and Dublin City Centre to Dublin Airport. It also operates contracted bus service for airport car parks...

 service links the area with Dublin Airport via the M50 24 hours a day.

Live at the Braemor Rooms – Niall Toibin

Until the late 1980s the County Club pub on the Churchtown Road Upper had a cabaret attached called the Braemor Rooms. The Dubliners

The Dubliners

The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...

 had a residency every August and Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell, born Albert George Cernik, was an American pop singer, successful in his homeland, the U.K. and Australia...

 also played there. Unfortunately, the owners of the County Club decided to go the way of the disco / nightclub and changed The Braemor Rooms to Faces; this eventually led to the demise of the pub and club. It’s now leased out, called Rodeo Joe’s but only open two nights a week.

There’s a sound recording of one artist, Niall Toibin

Niall Toibin

Niall Tóibín is an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He has appeared in Ryan's Daughter, Bracken, The Irish R.M., Caught in a Free State, Ballykissangel, Far and Away, and Veronica Guerin, and has...

 which is testimony to the style of humour of the day.


Encore [sound recording] :
Author/Creator: Niall Toibin

Niall Toibin

Niall Tóibín is an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He has appeared in Ryan's Daughter, Bracken, The Irish R.M., Caught in a Free State, Ballykissangel, Far and Away, and Veronica Guerin, and has...

Published: Dublin : Livia Records, 1985.

Recorded in the Braemor Rooms, Dublin, in October 1985.

Side 1. The new liturgy ; Recession ; A lesson in Irish ; Economics ; Roots & Noah's Ark

Side 2. Golf and allied sports ; The Irish abroad ; Fond thoughts of Cork ; Waterford and women's lib ; Onward to Kerry.

Clubs and Associations

Association Football:

Leicester Celtic
http://www.leicesterceltic.ie/

Broadford Rovers

Athletics:

Dundrum South Dublin Athletic Club
http://www.dsdac.com/

Cricket:

Sandyford Cricket Club
http://www.sandyfordcc.org/index.php/directions

Cycling club:

Orwell Wheels
http://www.orwellwheelers.org/

South Dublin Cycling Club
http://www.southdublincc.com/artman2/publish/ourclub/index.shtml

Gaelic Games:

Churchtown GAA Club....Baile An Chlochain

Ballinteer St Johns GAA club
http://www.ballinteerstjohns.com/

CLG Baile Buadáin Naomh Éanna
http://www.bodengaa.ie/

Kilmacud Crokes GAA
http://www.kilmacudcrokes.com/

Naomh Olaf GAA club
http://naomholaf.tripod.com/history.htm

Golf:

Castle golf club
http://www.castlegc.ie

Milltown golf club
http://www.milltowngolfclub.ie/

Gymnastics:

Phoenix gymnastics club
http://www.phoenixgymnastics.ie/

Hiking Clubs:

Hill Top Treks
http://www.hilltoptreks.ie/

The Bog Trotters
http://www.bogtrotters.ie/

Hockey:

Old Alex
http://www.oldalexhc.ie/

Past Pupil associations, Local Schools:

Ballinteer Community School
http://www.ballinteercs.ie/pastpup.html

De La Salle College
http://www.delasallecollege.com/alumni/

The High School
http://www.highschooldublin.com/past.htm

Rugby:

De La Salle Palmerstown rugby club
http://dlsprfc.tripod.com/links.html

Set Dancing club:

Craobh Naithi Comhaltas
http://www.setdancing.com/

Closest towns, villages & locale

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

External links

• http://www.taneyparish.ie/stnahi.htm
• Duff quick to reach milestone – Times Online
• RTE Libraries and Archives: preserving a unique record of Irish life