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Dartry
Dartry () is a small suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, often referred to as a corridor between Rathmines area and Milltown, Dublin, Milltown. Among the locations in Dartry are Dartry Road, Temple Road, Orwell Park and Palmerston Park, Dublin, Palmerston Park. Boundaries Part of Dartry Road is the boundary between the Dáil constituencies of Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency), Dublin Bay South and Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency), Dublin Rathdown Dáil constituencies, constituencies. This is also the city/county boundary (between the local government areas of the city of Dublin and the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) and is physically marked by the River Dodder. Transport Darty holds the terminus for the 140 bus (beside Palmerston Park). Dartry was also the terminus for the 12 and 14 Dublin tramways routes. The former terminated outside Palmerston Park, Dublin, Palmerston Park and the latter on Dartry Road around Orwell Park. The routes of the old tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Hall, Dublin
Trinity Hall (Irish language, Irish: ''Halla na Tríonóide'') is the main extramural hall of residence for students of Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. It is located on Dartry Road in the Dartry neighbourhood, part of the affluent suburb of Rathmines and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the College's Trinity College Dublin#Main campus, main campus. Trinity's Botanic Gardens share the site. Trinity Hall is linked to the city centre campus by direct Dublin Bus route and the Luas light rail system via the Milltown Luas stop. History The first Trinity Hall The first extramural hall established by Trinity College under the name Trinity Hall was located near Hoggen Green (now College Green, Dublin, College Green), on land which had originally been intended for use as a 'bridewell' or house of correction for vagrants. The land, located to the west of Trinity, was sold to the college by Dublin Corporation for the sum of £30 on condition that it be convert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin Tramways
Dublin tramways was a system of trams in Dublin, Ireland, which commenced line-laying in 1871, and began service in 1872, following trials in the mid-1860s. Established by a number of companies, the majority of the system was eventually operated by forms of the Dublin United Transport Company, Dublin United Tramways Company (DUTC), dominated for many years by William Martin Murphy. Most of the services ran within the city centre and near suburbs, with the majority of major suburbs served (and many of the remainder handled by mainline rail). Additionally, there were two longer-range services, one reaching the "excursion" destination of Poulaphouca Falls, and two services concerning Howth. At its peak, with over of active line, the system was heavily used, profitable and advanced in technology and passenger facilities, with near-full electrification complete from 1901. Heavy usage lasted from the late 19th century into the 1920s. The tram system was also central to the Dublin Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obadiah Williams
Obadiah Williams was a 19th-century wealthy Irish merchant of Huguenot origin. About 1810 he built and resided in the Dartry House, an imposing two-storey mansion in the Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ... suburban area of the same name. In 1891, he was a co-founder of the Penygraig Industrial Co-Operative Society. , '' Rhondda Cynon Taf Library Service'', URL retrieved November 19, 2006. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592 through a royal charter, it is one of the extant seven "ancient university, ancient universities" of Great Britain and Ireland. Trinity contributed to Irish literature during the Georgian era, Georgian and Victorian era, Victorian eras, and areas of the natural sciences and medicine. Trinity was established to consolidate the rule of the Tudor dynasty, Tudor monarchy in Ireland, with Provost (education), Provost Adam Loftus (bishop), Adam Loftus christening it after Trinity College, Cambridge. Built on the site of the former Priory of All Hallows demolished by King Henry VIII, it was the Protestant university of the Protestant Ascendancy, Ascendancy ruling eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Coughlin
Timothy Coughlan (1906-1928) was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army, mainly known for his part in assassinating Kevin O'Higgins in 1927 and for the controversy surrounding the circumstances of his death in 1928. Early life The second-eldest in a family of nine, Coughlan lived with his parents in the family home in Inchicore, Dublin. While only in his teens during the Irish War of Independence, he took up arms against the Black and Tans and later against the Free State forces in the Irish Civil War. Assassination of Kevin O'Higgins As a known member of the Dublin Brigade of the IRA, he was interned by the "Free Staters" during the Civil War, but if anything became even more active and determined to continue the fighting though his side had lost the war. Together with two fellow detainees - Archie Doyle and Bill Gannon - he took part in forming a secret "vengeance grouping". The three vowed that once free of imprisonment they would take revenge on their opponents, whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston Park, Dublin
Palmerston Park () is a public park and residential area in Dartry, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The park is situated at the top of Palmerston Road. It is split into two sections, the east section consisting of open grass areas with a path around leading to a playground, the west section being more enclosed with a pond, flower beds and numerous routes to walk. The park has opening and closing times that vary throughout the year. These times are displayed on the gates to the park. History The park is situated to the North of what was Rathmines Castle which was constructed around 1636 on the site of an earlier tower house at the top of a hill facing the River Dodder. It is likely this was also close to the original Rath which contributed to the Rathmines name. The castle appears to have been restored by George Radcliffe after it was badly damaged during the Battle of Rathmines and was later occupied by Captain William Shore until his death in 1668. In 1746, the castle wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dodder
The River Dodder () is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the River Liffey, Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the River Tolka, Tolka. Course and system The Dodder rises on the northern slopes of Kippure in the Wicklow Mountains and is formed from several streams. The headwaters flow from Kippure Ridge, and include, and are often mapped solely as, Tromanallison (Allison's Brook), which is then joined by Mareen's Brook, including the Cataract of the Brown Rowan, and then the combined flow meeting the Cot and Slade Brooks. In the river's valley at Glenasmole are the two Bohernabreena Reservoirs, a major part of the Dublin water supply system. The Dodder is long. It passes the Dublin suburbs of Tallaght and then Firhouse, travels by Templeogue, passes Rathfarnham, Rathgar, Milltown, Dublin, Milltown, Clonskeagh, and Donnybrook, Dublin, Donnybrook, and goes through Ballsbridge and past Sandymount, before entering the River L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milltown Luas Stop
Milltown () is a stop on the Luas light rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland which serves Milltown, Dublin and southern parts of Dartry, including Trinity Hall, Dublin, Trinity Hall. It opened in 2004 as a stop on the Green Line (Luas), Green Line, which re-uses the alignment of the Harcourt Street railway line which closed in 1958. Milltown Luas stop is located a few yards north of the site of the former rail station of the same name. History Railway station (1860-1958) The Harcourt Street railway line was built by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway and opened in 1854, running from a temporary terminus at Harcourt Road near the city centre to Bray Daly Station, Bray. Milltown was added as an infill station in 1860. The station was located on an embankment to the north of Milltown Road. The main station building was located on the up (Dublin-bound) platform. A footbridge allowed passengers to cross the tracks. A signal cabin existed on the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milltown, Dublin
Milltown () is a suburb and townland on the southside of Dublin, Ireland. Milltown was the site of several working mills on the River Dodder and is also the location of the meeting of the River Slang with the Dodder. It is located adjacent to other suburban areas such as Windy Arbour, Ranelagh, Rathmines, Dartry, Clonskeagh, and Donnybrook. History The townland of Milltown, also known as Milton, was so named from at least the 14th century. Both Milltown and Clonskeagh were liberties of Dublin following the 13th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. In his 1903 work, ''A History of the County Dublin'', the historian Francis Elrington Ball describes Milltown as being the "scene of industrial enterprise" from a "very early period" and that as "early as the fourteenth century the existence of a mill is mentioned". Ball also states that "mediaeval quarrying operations carried on at Milltown" provided stone for repairs to Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral. By the 18th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Martin Murphy
William Martin Murphy (6 January 1845 – 26 June 1919) was an Irish businessman, newspaper publisher and politician. A member of parliament (MP) representing Dublin from 1885 to 1892, he was dubbed "William ''Murder'' Murphy" among the Irish press and the striking members of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union during the Dublin Lockout of 1913. He was arguably both Ireland's first "press baron" and the leading promoter of tram development. Early life Murphy was born on 6 January 1845 in Castletownbere, County Cork, and educated at Belvedere College. It is frequently incorrectly stated (including in the cited article) that he was an 'only child' when in fact he had two brothers who died young, and a sister Margaret Cullinane, who lived to be 93, and was buried with Murphy in Glasnevin. When his father, the building contractor Denis William Murphy (1799–1863), died, he took over the family business. His enterprise and business acumen expanded the business, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathmines
Rathmines (; ) is an inner suburb on the Southside (Dublin), Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It begins at the southern side of the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranelagh to the east, and Harold's Cross to the west. It is situated in the city's List of Dublin postal districts, D06 postal district. Rathmines is a commercial and social hub and was well known across Ireland as "Flatland"—an area where subdivided large Georgian and Victorian houses provided rented accommodation to newly arrived junior civil servants and third-level students from outside the city from the 1930s. However, in more recent times, Rathmines has diversified its housing stock and many historic houses formerly divided into often tiny flats and bedsits have in a process of gentrifying been re-amalgamated into single-family homes. Rathmines gained a reputation as a "Dublin Belgravia" in the 19th Century. Name Rathmines is an Anglici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Máirtín Ó Cadhain (; 20 January 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century. Perhaps best known for his 1949 novel , ÓCadhain played a key role in reintroducing modernist literature, literary modernism into modern literature in Irish, where it had been dormant since the 1916 execution of Patrick Pearse. Politically, ÓCadhain was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican and anti-clericalism, anti-clerical Marxist, who promoted the ("Re-Conquest of Ireland"), (meaning both decolonization and re-Gaelicisation). ÓCadhain was also a member of the post-Irish Civil War, Civil War Irish Republican Army (1922–69), Irish Republican Army and was interned by the Irish Army in the Curragh Camp with Brendan Behan and many other IRA members during The Emergency (Ireland), the Emergency. Literary career Born in Connemara, he became a schoolteacher but was dismissed due to his Irish Republican Army (1922–69), Irish Republican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
