Abbey Court (Killester)
A continuation of Abbey Park, the houses were built in 1987(?) and advertised for sale at €32,500.
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Abbey Park
Running from Killester Avenue to Abbey Court, Abbey Park is named (presumably) from Killester Abbey, which was located nearby to the east, where the Killester Park houses are now. In May 1948 houses on Abbey Park were advertised for sale as ‘Attractive well-built Houses, 2 reception rooms, 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, separate w.c.‘ Prices started…
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Abbeyfield (Killester)
Running from St Brigid’s Road to Middle Third, Abbeyfield is named (presumably) from Killester Abbey, which was located nearby to the west. It is one of three lots of houses built on the Killester House lands for ex-servicemen who served in the British Army in the First World War. Work on the development began in…
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Adare Avenue
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Adare Castle, County Limerick, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. In a report of 15 February 1965 the Council’s Coisde Cuspoiri Coiteann (General Purposes Committee) recommended: ‘That the names of the new roadways in Sections 1 and 2 of the…
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Adare Drive
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Adare Castle, County Limerick, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Adare Green
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Adare Castle, County Limerick, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Adare Park
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Adare Castle, County Limerick, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Adare Road
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Adare Castle, County Limerick, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Bonnybrook
Bonnybrook House stood on the townland of the same name, in the barony of Coolock, from as early as the early 1800s. It is described in the O.S. Name Books as: ‘A two story slated house, with slated offices houses, all in good repair, garden in good order & neatly laid out. Occupied by Mr….
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Bunratty Avenue
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Bunratty Castle, County Clare, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Bunratty Drive
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Bunratty Castle, County Clare, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Bunratty Road
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Bunratty Castle, County Clare, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Charlemont Road
Charlemont Road runs north east from the Howth Road to the Malahide road, in Clontarf. Colm Lennon identifies Charlemont Road (north and south) and Marino Avenue as different roadways but, as far as I can see, Charlemont Road as shown on the 1907 OS map, follows the line of Marino Avenue as it appears on…
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Foxfield Park
Foxfield Park, off the Howth Road in Raheny, dates from the 1950s[?]. The name derives from Foxfield House, which stood on the site, and which first appears on the OS map surveyed in 1907.1 The similarly named ‘Fox Hall’ is shown on the 1837 map on the other side of the Howth Road, where Fox…
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Greencastle Avenue
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Greencastle, Donegal, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Greencastle Crescent
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Greencastle, Donegal, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Greencastle Road
Developed in the 1960s, and named for Greencastle, Donegal, this is one of several streets in this development in Bonnybrook named after castles. See the entry for Adare Avenue for the background.
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Killester Abbey
There is a reference to ‘a decayed chapell’ in Killester as far back as 1654, in the Civil Survey, and Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary says ‘Killester House, the property of Gen. Luscombe, in which are incorporated the remains of an old abbey‘. In the Ordnance Survey Name Books, ‘Killester Abbey’ is described as a ‘two story…
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Kilmore Avenue
One of several streets in this estate, named after the townland on which the houses were built. For the history of the estate see the entry for Kilmore Close.
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Kilmore Close
West of Coolock village, this is one of several streets in an estate built by the Corporation in the late 1960s. The houses were offered for sale under the ‘tenant purchase scheme’, under which existing Corporation tenants, and people on the housing list, could buy a house, paying back the Corporation in a mortgage-like arrangement.1…
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Kilmore Crescent
One of several streets in this estate, for the history of which see the entry for Kilmore Close. Called ‘crescent’, this street is laid out in a completely straight line, making it one of the most stupid street names that I’ve come across. My theory is that the names for this street and that of…
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Kilmore Drive
One of several streets in this estate, named after the townland on which the houses were built. For the history of the estate see the entry for Kilmore Close.