Terenure (), originally called ''Roundtown'', is an affluent, middle class suburb of

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in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6W postcode area.

Location and transport

Terenure lies primarily in the administrative area of

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but with parts falling in South Dublin. It is located south of

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and north of

Rathfarnham Rathfarnham () 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 Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Counci ...

, and also borders the suburbs of

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Rathgar Rathgar (), is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It was originally a village which from 1862 was part of the township of Rathmines and Rathgar; it was absorbed by the growing city and became a suburb in 1930. It lies about three kilometres south of ...

Kimmage Kimmage ( or ''Camaigh uisce'', meaning "crooked water-meadow", possibly referring to the meandering course of the River Poddle), is a suburb on the south side of the city of Dublin in Ireland. Location Kimmage is to the south of Dublin city c ...

and

Perrystown Perrystown ( ga, Baile Pheire) is a suburb in South Dublin, Ireland. It is in the Dublin 12 postal district and is adjacent to the areas of Crumlin, Greenhills, Kimmage, Templeogue, Terenure, and Walkinstown. Location and transport Perry ...

. ''Terenure Cross'' (Vaughan's Corner) was at one time a terminus for the

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, and is mentioned in

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's novel '' Ulysses'' (Episode 7, 'Aeolus'). There were three tram depots in Terenure at one time, the main tram depot for the number 15

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(DUTC) trams on Terenure Road East, another DUTC depot for number 16 trams on Rathfarnham Road, and the terminus of the Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway on Templeogue Road. The modern tram system — the

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— does not serve Terenure, but it is still served by bus routes numbered 15, 15a and 16 bus, among others. The bus route numbers were originally allocated based on historic tram route numbers. D6W sign

History

Terenure, Drimnagh and Kimmage, then well to the south of the city of Dublin, were granted to the Barnewell family by King John in 1215. The Barnewells gave some of the land to St John The Baptist Hospital outside Newgate, and Cromwell confiscated the remainder from them. Following this Terenure passed through the hands of various owners, including what is now

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(bought by the

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in 1860). In the seventeenth century, the main landowners were the Deane family, whose most notable member was Joseph Deane,

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; his estates later passed to the Bourne family. Fortfield House was built around 1785 by a later Chief Baron, Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore. It was later owned by

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, the

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and passed by inheritance to the Perrin family. It was demolished in 1934. The earliest reference to these areas can be found in a grant (ref ''Grant CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/1206'') stored in the Canterbury Cathedral Archives, by which King Henry II granted the lands Terenure and Kimmage (Cheming) in Rathfarnham to Walter the goldsmith ('aurifauber') in 1175. It has not yet been established how the lands reverted to the crown within 40 years. On 2 January 1941, during

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, the German

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bombed Terenure, injuring seven people and destroying two houses.

Education

Schools within the Terenure area include St. Joseph's BNS,

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Primary School, Presentation College (was Presentation secondary school; renamed in 2004),

and Our Lady's Secondary school.

Religion

The

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parish church of St. Joseph in Terenure is an impressive edifice with a stained glass window by Harry Clarke. St. Joseph's school is on the church grounds. Along with Rathgar and the area around

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, Terenure has traditionally been the home of many of Dublin's

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population. Terenure Synagogue, Dublin's main synagogue (Orthodox) is on Rathfarnham Road.

People

James Joyce birth and baptismal certificate

The author

, who was born nearby at 41 Brighton Square in Rathgar on 2 February 1882, was baptised at St. Joseph's church on 5 February by Rev. John O'Mulloy. His mother, Mary Jane (May) Murray, was born 90 metres from the church at Terenure Cross in 1859 in the

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owned by her father, John Murray, called The Eagle House. The village was home to actors, writers and musicians including the artist Mary Perrin, who grew up in Fortfield House,

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and Máirtín Ó Direáin. Broadcaster

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former Formula One driver, comedian Dave Allen, Olympic boxer

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, musicians Republic of Loose, Rob Smith, The Coronas and Grammy-winner Susan McKeown all hail from Terenure.

Sport

Terenure is the home of

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, a senior rugby club in Division 1A of the AIB All Ireland League. Terenure Rangers Football Club provide schoolboy, schoolgirl and adult football for men and women to the surrounding area. Terenure Sports Club is also in Terenure.Terenure Sports Club
Terenure Sports Club, 2020.

Notes

References

External links

Terenure College websiteTerenure College RFC websiteSt. Joseph's BNS websiteTerenure Rangers Football Club websiteOur Lady's Secondary School
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