Sallynoggin () is an area of
Dublin
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in
Ireland
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, in
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former ...
,
County Dublin
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. The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the
Corporation of Dún Laoghaire
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.
Location and boundaries
On early 20th-century maps, Sallynoggin and
Glenageary
Glenageary ( ) is an area on the Southside, Dublin, Southside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. While it has no formal boundary, it is surrounded by the areas of Dalkey, Dún Laoghaire, Glasthule, Johnsto ...
are indicated as being the same place; however, with the development of the local authority housing estate on the townlands of Honeypark and Thomastown, Sallynoggin became a distinct area.
The boundary of the former
borough of Dún Laoghaire
The Borough of Dún Laoghaire was a borough on the southern coast of County Dublin, Ireland from 1930 to 1994. Its local authority was the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.
The borough was formed under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 from ...
, which was dissolved in 1994, excluded a section of the local authority housing, mainly Pearse Villas and a part of Pearse Street which were in the
Dublin County Council
Dublin County Council () was a local authority for the administrative county of County Dublin in Ireland.
History
The county council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative count ...
area. The entire area of Sallynoggin, Rochestown, and the surrounding areas was included in the new county of
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown () is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former ...
formed in 1994.
It is in the
Dáil constituency of
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built up alongside a small existing settlement following 1816 legislation th ...
.
Etymology
The Irish Placenames Commission has researched the origin and meaning of Sallynoggin as a placename. In fact, the name is not Irish at all but English deriving from the "sally noggins" which referred to old timber-frame houses that were known to be situated there. The Irish name for Sallynoggin is Saile an Chnocain. The modern Irish word for noggin is the phonetic "naigín" hence "An Naigín" (The Noggin) as it is commonly called. More than likely this is a placename of English origin. Examples of the word naggin or noggin were collected in Hiberno-English, meaning ‘a wooden vessel’. The origin of the word is unclear to lexicographers. The following meaning of the word noggin also appears in the English Dialect Dictionary, ‘the clay and sticks, or bricks used to fill the interstices of half-timbered houses’. This is a more likely explanation of ‘sallynoggins’; in other words, sally-rods may have been used in the construction of the houses.
History
A long straight road connecting
Rochestown Avenue and
Glenageary
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was laid out in the eighteenth century and in 1787 was known as Woodpark Avenue, now Sallynoggin Road. Woodpark was the name of an old eighteenth-century house which is now part of the Sallynoggin Inn pub. In the 1830s the west side of Sallynoggin Road was lined with low, small-windowed
thatched
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cottages.
[Pearson, (Dun Laoghaire Kingstown) p. 133.] As of 1988 there were still ruins of some houses, probably built for employees of the Glenageary House estate, standing opposite the pub. In 1899
Kingstown
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Urban District Council became established with a jurisdiction including the villages of
Sandycove
Sandycove () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is southeast of Dún Laoghaire and Glasthule, and northwest of Dalkey. It is a popular seaside resort and is well known for its bathing place, the Forty Foot, which in the past was reserved for m ...
,
Glasthule
Glasthule ( ; ) is a suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is along County Dublin, County Dublin’s south coast, between Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove, Glenageary and Dalkey.
Amenities
Sandycove and Glasthule are served by a number ...
,
Glenageary
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, Sallynoggin and
Monkstown. In 1904 the
Kingstown
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Urban District Council sought tenders for
artisans dwellings to be built in Sallynoggin. These subsequent houses, designed by architect William Caldbeck, became the first of a huge local authority building programme which eventually produced the largely residential area of Sallynoggin as it appears today. Sallynoggin Villas, a group of two-storey,
terraced house
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s near Glenageary roundabout were amongst the earliest houses produced,
[Pearson, (Between the Mountains and the Sea) p. 147.] as were those on Sarsfield Street.
By 1950 the population of the area had increased to such an extent that it was considered prudent to build a church. The Church of Our Lady of Victories was opened in 1955 at a cost of £140,000, constructed in concrete in an
Italian-Renaissance revival style.
The distinctive steeple of the church can be seen for many miles around. Eighteenth-century houses of note in the area include Somerton Lodge, The Cedars, Woodpark and Kensington.
Amenities
There are playing fields on either side of Sallynoggin Road with a clubhouse for St Joseph's Boys AFC football club on Pearse Road.
There are both large and small retail units in Sallynoggin, including on Sallynoggin Road, Pearse Street and Church Place.
Sallynoggin has a primary school, St. Kevin's National School, located on Pearse Street, from which some pupils move on to the nearby Holy Child Community School. The former Technical School on Pearse Street is now the Sallynoggin College of Further Education and offers third-level courses. Rathdown School, a Church of Ireland girls school is located here too.
Sallynoggin Youth and Community Centre, which opened in October 2008, offers youth groups, youth clubs, under 10's group, a senior citizens group, estate management, local voluntary groups and Sallynoggin Neighbourhood Watch.
The
Dublin Bus
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and
Go-Ahead Ireland
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History
With the aim of improving efficiency, in 2015 t ...
routes which serve the Sallynoggin area include the 7/A (
Loughlinstown
Loughlinstown () is a southern Dublin suburb, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, on the N11 national road.
Loughlinstown is the location of St. Columcille's Hospital, which serves both south Dublin and Wicklow. The European Foundation for ...
Park/
Brides Glen Luas stop to
Mountjoy Square
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), 7b (
Shankill to Mountjoy Square), and 45a (
Kilmacanogue to
Dún Laoghaire
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) and 111 (Brides Glen Luas stop to
Dalkey
Dalkey ( ; ) is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became a port in the Middle Ages. According to chronicler John Clyn (c.1286–c.1349), it was one of the port ...
).
Glenageary Train Station is nearby.
Religion
The Roman Catholic Parish of Sallynoggin covers the estates of Sallynoggin, Rochestown, Beechwood and Thomastown.
The Catholic church is situated in the centre of the parish and was opened in 1955 and dedicated to Our Lady of Victories.
Prior to the building of this church a small church dedicated to St. Kevin was located on the west side of Sallynoggin Road (Townland of Honeypark) serving the village of Sallynoggin from 1927.
People
Former or current residents of Sallynoggin have included:
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Raymond McGrath (1903–1977), Australian-born
architect
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who for the greater part of his career was Principal Architect for the
Office of Public Works
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in Ireland, lived at Somerton House
[Pearson, p. 148.]
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Sir Boyle Roche
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (October 1736, as cited in
Some sources, including earlier versions of the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', give the date as 1743. However, since the later date would make Roche rather young to have served wit ...
(1736–1807), Irish politician lived in Woodpark House in the 1780s
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Dustin the Turkey
Dustin the Turkey, a character performed by John Morrison is a former star of RTÉ television's '' The Den'' between 1989 and 2010 and from 2020. He has been described as "the most subversive comedy force on Irish television".
A turkey vultur ...
, Irish television character comes from the area.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
Sources
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References
{{Dublin residential areas
Places in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
Towns and villages in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown