:''Alternate uses: Nutgrove, St Helens'' Nutgrove () is an area in

Rathfarnham Rathfarnham () is a Southside (Dublin), southside suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland in County Dublin. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16, 16. It is between the Lo ...

, County

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 ...

. It is a suburban area at the foot of the Dublin mountains between Churchtown and

around the

Nutgrove Shopping Centre Nutgrove Shopping Centre is one of two shopping centres located in Rathfarnham, a southern suburb of Dublin. The centre was built on part of the old Lamb's Jam orchards. The first drive-through restaurant (a McDonald's McDonald's Corpo ...

. It used to be the home of HB, an

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company in

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. HB was originally an abbreviation for Hughes Brothers' Dairy, now produced by

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and part of the

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. HB Dairies was demolished in 2005 and replaced with several new retail units,

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and office space. Tenants in the new units include Homebase Hardware, Harvey Normans, an

Aldi Aldi (German pronunciation: ), stylised as ALDI, is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and ...

supermarket and Harry Coreys Furniture. Nutgrove has a very young population. The area's Loreto Park opposite

often hosts a circus during the summer months. Loreto Park hosts home games of

Leicester Celtic Leicester Celtic A.F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Rathfarnham, Dublin. The club's senior team compete in the Leinster Senior League where they have enjoyed reasonable success. Youth sides compete in the Dublin and Distri ...

and Nutgrove Celtic. Leicester Celtic also have a floodlit, all-weather pitch located off the Barton Road Extension close to Grange Manor and Grange Downs. Its most famous inhabitant was William Domville Handcock, the eldest son of William Elias Handcock and a descendant of William Handcock (Westmeath politician), William Handcock, who came to Ireland with

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's army during the

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and settled at Twyford in

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. He was born on 2 September 1830, and having been educated at Nutgrove School,

, and at Trinity College, Dublin, took his degree in 1852. As a magistrate for the County Dublin, Mr. Handcock constantly presided on the Tallaght Petty Sessions bench, of which he was a much-valued member. He was also a Guardian of the South Dublin Union, and a frequent attendant at the meetings of that board. For many years he was an active supporter of the

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. He died on 5 June 1887.

Transport

Nutgrove is served by the following

Dublin Bus Dublin Bus () is an Irish State-owned enterprise, state-owned bus operator providing services in Dublin. By far the largest bus operator in the city, it carried 145 million passengers in 2023. It is a subsidiary of CIÉ, Córas Iompair Éireann ...

and

Go-Ahead Ireland Go-Ahead Transport Services (Dublin) Limited, trading as Go-Ahead Ireland, is a bus operator in Dublin that commenced trading in September 2018. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group. History With the aim of improving efficiency, in 2015 t ...

Routes Dublin Bus: 14 Dundrum Luas - Ardlea Road 14c Dundrum Luas - Eden Quay 74 Dundrum Luas - Eden Quay via Whitechurch Go-Ahead Ireland: S6

Tallaght Tallaght ( ; , ) is a southwestern outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The central village area was the site of a monastic settlement from at least the 8th century, which became one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres. Up to th ...

( The Square) -

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via UCD S8 - City West (Kingswood Avenue) -

Dun Laoghaire Dun most commonly refers to: *Dun gene, which produces a brownish-gray color (dun) in horses and other Equidae *Dun (fortification), an ancient or medieval fort Dun or DUN may also refer to: Places Scotland * Dun, Angus, a civil parish in S ...

via Sandyford Industrial Estate 161 Dundrum Luas -

Rockbrook Rockbrook () is a small area, once site of a small settlement, now semi-suburban, in County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the local government area of South Dublin. Location Rockbrook is situated approximately from Templeogue, south of Ballyboden, ...

''Former services:'' 17

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via UCD 17d Dundrum Luas - Rialto 75

( The Square) 75a Dun Laoghaire - Tallaght (The Square) via Sandyford Industrial Estate 175 City West (Kingswood Avenue) - UCD

Schools

The following schools are located in or close to Nutgrove;* * The Good Shepard Primary School * Divine Word National School, Marley Grange. * Rathfarnham

Educate Together Educate Together () is an educational charity in Republic of Ireland, Ireland which is the patron body to "equality-based, co-educational, child centred, and democratically run" schools. It was founded in 1984 to act as the patron body for the ...

National School. St. Mary’s boys national school

References

Rathfarnham Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown {{Dublin-geo-stub