Building Dublin’s neighbourhoods on the Internet
DCU’s Intergenerational Learning Project aims to bring together third level students and older learners in a third level learning environment so as to exchange knowledge and learn from each other. As part of this project, DCU are organising an “Introduction to Computers” module.
This module is for beginners, or a little more advanced learners or indeed [...]
January 2010 saw a lot of snow and freezing weather around Ireland. Marino was no exception. Here are some photos from Marino Green, Griffith Avenue, the D-Walls and Philipsburgh Avenue.
If you have any pictures that you’d like to feature on the website, please e-mail them to photos@dublinlocal.com and we will publish the best.
Happy New Year! [...]
January 2010 saw a lot of snow and freezing weather around Ireland. Fairview was no exception. Here are some photos from Fairview Park, Marino Crescent Park and the Pitch & Putt course at the CY.
If you have any pictures of your neighbourhood that you’d like to feature on the website, please e-mail them to photos@DublinLocal.com [...]
Santry (Irish: Seantrabh, meaning “Old tribe”) is a suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, bordering Coolock, Glasnevin and Ballymun. Today it straddles the boundary of Dublin City and Fingal County Council area.
The character of the area has changed in the last 100 years, from a district centred on a large demesne / estate, and [...]
Kilmore West (Irish: An Choill Mhór Thiar, meaning “Big Forest West”) is a locality within Coolock, situated on Dublin’s Northside, Ireland. Located in the Dublin 5 district, it borders Santry, Beaumont, Artane, and other areas within Coolock.
Kilmore West has national schools for both boys and girls, Scoil Fhursa and Scoil Ide, respectively. It also has [...]
See also History of Clonturk 1 and History of Clonturk 2
In Georgian Times
At the time of the accession of George the First, Belvedere was the residence of Sir John Coghill’s eldest son, Marmaduke Coghill, who was, like his father, a civilian, and had succeeded him as judge of the prerogative court. At the same [...]
See also History of Clonturk 1 and History of Clonturk 3
From the Stuart to the Hanoverian Succession
John Bathe, to whom William Bathe surrendered at the close of Elizabeth’s reign his inheritance, was the chancellor of the exchequer’s second surviving son by his first wife, and at the time of the surrender to him he [...]
See also History of Clonturk 2 and History of Clonturk 3
The Parish of Clonturk (i.e. The Meadow of the Swine)
The Parish of Clonturk is stated in the 17th century to have contained the townlands of Clonturk, Drishoge, Donnycarney, and Drumcondra.
It contains now the townlands of Ballybough (i.e. the poor town), Clonturk, Donnycarney (i.e. Caemach’s Church), Drishoge (i.e. the [...]
East Wall (An Port Thoir in Irish) is an area of the Northside of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is bounded by the North Strand Road to the west, by North Wall to the south, and by East Wall Road, Dublin to the north. It is linked to Ringsend by the East-Link bridge; it [...]
Maria Philomena Potter (1925 - 7 April 2004), known as Maureen Potter, was an acclaimed Irish singer, actor, comedian and performer.
The daughter of a commercial traveller, born in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland and educated at St. Mary’s, Fairview, on Dublin’s Northside, she had a long career in the Irish theatre, mainly as a comedian, but also [...]
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