Templeogue is a southwestern suburb of

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 ...

in Ireland. It lies between the

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and

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, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south.

Geography

Location

Templeogue is from Dublin city centre to the north, from the

Dublin Mountains The Wicklow Mountains (, archaic: '' Cualu'') form the largest continuous upland area in Ireland. They occupy the whole centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into the counties of Dublin, Wexford and Carlow. Where the mountai ...

to the south, and from the coast at

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, on the

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. It is above sea level and occupies an area of . Suburbs adjacent to Templeogue are Ballyroan,

Firhouse Firhouse () is an outer suburb of Dublin, in the county of South Dublin, in the south of the traditional County Dublin in Ireland. It developed from a rural village by the River Dodder, with a second settlement, Upper Fir-house, nearby. It is ju ...

, Greenhills,

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, Ireland. Location Kimmage is to the south of Dublin city ce ...

Knocklyon Knocklyon () is a suburb of the city of Dublin, located in South Dublin, Ireland. Unlike many Dublin suburbs, Knocklyon was not developed around a village; rather it largely consists of modern housing, with a number of old cottages and farmhous ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

, and

Terenure Terenure (), originally called ''Roundtown'', is a middle class suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6 and D6W postal districts. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Terenure was 17,972 as of the 2022 ce ...

Transport

The three main routes through the suburb are the R112 regional road (Templeville Road), the R137 regional road (Templeogue Road), and the R817 regional road (Cypress Grove Road and Wainsfort Road). The M50 motorway borders the suburb to the west.

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 ...

operates the following bus routes through Templeogue: 15, 15A, 15B, 15D, 49, 54A, 65, 65B and 150.

Natural features

The

forms a natural southern border with Rathfarnham and Knocklyon, while the

forms the northern border with Greenhills and Kimmage. The historical artificial watercourse from the Dodder at Firhouse to the Poddle passed through Templeogue. Prominent views from Templeogue are of

Montpelier Hill Montpelier Hill () is a 383-metre (1,257 foot) hill in County Dublin, Ireland. It is topped by the Hell Fire Club (), the popular name given to the ruined building. This building – an occasional summer residence built in around 1725 by Will ...

to the southwest, topped by the ruin of the Hellfire Club at , and of

Three Rock Mountain Three Rock Mountain (; archaism, archaic: ''Sliabh Ruadh'') is a mountain in County Dublin, Ireland. It is high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mou ...

(450 m), topped by transmitter masts, to the southeast.

Etymology

Before the

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

was standardised officially by the (official standard), the original name of Templeogue in Irish varied, including such spellings as ("new chapel") referring to a chapel that was built there in about 1273, as well as , , and . An early

anglicisation Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

was spelled Temple Oyge. The standardised modern spelling in Irish used by the official ''

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'' is .

History

Templeogue was originally a village in the rural, southern part of

County Dublin County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin. It is located on the island's east coast, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Until 1994, County Dubli ...

. In Elizabethan times it was owned by the Talbot family, who later became prominent as the owners of Mount Talbot. The Talbot's estate was forfeited to the Crown on the

Restoration of Charles II The Stuart Restoration was the reinstatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in Kingdom of England, England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland. It replaced the Commonwealth of England, established in January 164 ...

. In the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was owned by the Domviles. The Domviles effectively had some control over the canal drawn from the Dodder to the Poddle, which passed through their estates- at that time it provided Dublin's main drinking water supply, as well as critical power for multiple watermills.

An illustration of the Doric temple at Templeogue House by

Gabriel Beranger Gabriel Beranger (1725–1817) was a Dutch artist, known for his works showing Irish antiquities. Life Beranger was born in Rotterdam on 9 March 1725, as the son of Henry Beranger and Marie le Duc/Anne Marie Leduc. His parents, who had married in ...

from around 1751 illustrates the grounds of the Domville estate as it would have looked when lived in by

Sir Compton Domvile, 2nd Baronet Sir Compton Domvile, 2nd Baronet (1696 – 13 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Domvile was the son of Sir Thomas Domvile, 1st Baronet and in 1721 he inherited his father's baronetcy. Between 1721 and 1768 Domvile was Clerk of the Crown ...

. The temple was later moved to another family property,

Santry Court Santry Court was a Georgian house and demesne in Santry, north County Dublin built between 1703 and 1709 on the site of an earlier medieval residence. History The Santry estate appears to have been acquired by Richard Barry, a Dublin merchant and ...

, along with a number of other follies in 1781 when Charles Domvile vacated the estate as the house had fallen into disrepair. Today Templeogue House still contains many of the original features and is one of the oldest structures in the area. In 1801, the Templeogue Road was constructed, originally as a toll road. Urban expansion of Dublin during the 1950s and '60s absorbed the village.

Amenities

Schools

The local schools are St. Pius X National School, Our Lady's Secondary School,

Templeogue College Templeogue College C.S.Sp is a boys' voluntary secondary school in the suburb of Templeogue, Dublin in Ireland. It was founded in 1966 and is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), a Roman Catholic religious institute. The motto of the sch ...

, St. Mac Dara's Community College, Bishop Galvin National School, Bishop Shanahan National School, and

Ashfield College Ashfield College is a private post-primary school founded in 1977 and located in Dundrum in Dublin, Ireland. The school offers preparation for the Leaving Certificate examination, both as a two-year leaving certificate senior cycle, but also a ...

Sports

Local sports facilities are

Faughs GAA Club Faughs GAA Club () is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) hurling and camogie club in Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland. They have won 31 titles. History Faughs GAA Club was founded in Easter 1885 in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Its inaugural meetin ...

, St. Judes GAA Club,

St. Mary's College RFC St Mary's College Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in South Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, playing in 2024–25 All-Ireland League (rugby union)#Division 1A, Division 1A of the All-Ireland League (rugby union), All-Ireland Le ...

, Templeogue Swimming Club, Templeogue Tennis Club, and Templeogue United Football Club.

Shops and services

Shops, restaurants, and small business services are located in the village on Templeogue Road, as well as in Fortfield Park, Cypress Park, Wainsfort Drive, Orwell Shopping Centre, and Rathfarnham Shopping Centre. Although surrounded by

pubs A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...

in adjacent neighbourhoods, Templeogue has only one pub inside its boundaries, The Templeogue Inn, also known as The Morgue. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the

Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway The Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway (DBST), later the Blessington and Poulaphouca Steam Tramway, operated steam-powered trams between Terenure in Dublin and Blessington in Co. Wicklow from 1888 until 1932. History On Wednesday, August 1, 18 ...

passed through Templeogue so close to the pub that pedestrians were sometimes hit. Some corpses were sheltered in the pub until taken away and the pub acquired the permanent, morbid nickname. The Templeogue Inn was, for a while, the most expensive pub in Ireland when it changed hands on 12 October 1983 for IR£660,000, a remarkable sum at the time.

Churches

The Roman Catholic parish church is St. Pius X which opened on 27 November 1960 on College Drive. A historical chapel was built in the 13th century beside the graveyard which survives at Wellington Lane, where the original village of Templeogue was located. St. Jude's church was built at Orwell Park on 7 December 1975 to serve the newer

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s of Orwell, Willington, Rossmore and surrounding areas.

Politics and administration

Templeogue straddles two

Dáil constituencies There are 43 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, to elect 174 Teachta Dála, TDs to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, Republic of Ireland, Ireland's parliament, on the system of propor ...

, with five of its electoral divisions (Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, and Templeogue Village) in the Dublin South-West constituency, and one electoral division (Templeogue-Kimmage Manor) is in Dublin South-Central. It is administered by

South Dublin County Council South Dublin County Council () is the local authority of the county of South Dublin, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities created by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 to succeed the former Dublin County Council before its abolitio ...

, and its

local electoral area A local electoral area (LEA; ) is an electoral area for elections to Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authorities in Ireland. All elections in the Republic of Ireland, elections use the single transferable vote. Republic of Ir ...

for county council elections is Rathfarnham–Templeogue. Templeogue is part of the

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postal district.

Population

Templeogue's population at the 2022 census was 18,076, a rise of 3.9 percent from the previous 2016 census. In the 36 years from 1986 to 2022, the population fell by 1,566, a decrease of 8 percent.

Culture

Literature

The author

James Joyce James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...

, who was born 2km to the northeast in

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, refers to Templeogue in his novel, ''

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''. The poet Austin Clarke lived in Bridge House beside Templeogue Bridge, which spans the

. After his death, there was a proposal to preserve the house and his library of 6,500 books as a memorial. This was not possible owing to long-term plans to demolish the house and widen the road. The old Templeogue Bridge, built in 1800, and Bridge House were removed and a new bridge at the same location was opened by Councillor Mrs. Bernie Malone, Chairman Dublin City Council on 11 December 1984, which was renamed Austin Clarke Bridge in his honour. The novelists

Mary Beckett Mary Beckett (1926–2013) was an Irish author. Biography She was born in Belfast. She attended St. Dominic's High School and then proceeded to St. Mary's Teacher Training College. She married and moved to Dublin where she worked as a teacher ...

Charles Lever Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 – 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist and raconteur, whose novels, according to Anthony Trollope, were just like his conversation. Biography Early life Lever was born in Amiens Street, Dublin, the secon ...

, and

Flora Shaw Flora Louise Shaw, Baroness Lugard (born 19 December 1852 – 25 January 1929), was a British journalist and writer. She is credited with having coined the name ''Nigeria''. Early life She was born at 2 Dundas Terrace, Woolwich, South London ...

resided in Templeogue as did journalists

Ursula Halligan Ursula Halligan is an Irish journalist who was the political editor of Ireland's main independent television station, TV3. Biography Halligan grew up in Templeogue, Dublin. She is a Catholic. Her late brother, Professor Aidan Halligan (1957–20 ...

and Michael Mills, and radio music host

Larry Gogan Lorcan "Larry" Gogan (3 May 1934 – 7 January 2020) was an Irish broadcaster working for RTÉ. He was a disc jockey on RTÉ Gold having previously worked on RTÉ 2fm. His show was ''The Golden Hour'', during which he played old favourites a ...

Sculpture

An outdoor bronze sculpture in Templeogue Village, ''Love All'' by Irish artist

Rachel Joynt Rachel Joynt (born 1966 in Caherciveen, County Kerry) is an Irish sculpture, sculptor who creates public art. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1989 with a degree in sculpture. Her father, Dick Joynt, was ...

, was unveiled by the mayor of South Dublin, Billy Gogarty, on 14 July 2007. Commissioned by the South Dublin County Council and installed near the Templeogue Tennis Club, the 1.1metre artwork depicts a tennis ball which, on closer scrutiny, reveals a miniature world including streets, road traffic, houses, people, and mountains, and the seam of the tennis ball resembles a winding river with bridges, inspired by the local River Dodder. The tennis-ball world rotates on its axle like a globe on its axis, when pushed.

Notable residents

— Novelist and short story writer. * Austin Clarke — Poet, novelist, playwright, author,

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lecturer. *

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—

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; leader of

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. *

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— First

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. *

— Disc jockey; radio and television broadcaster. *

Hermann Görtz Hermann Görtz (also anglicised as Goertz; 15 November 1890 – 23 May 1947) was a German spy in Britain and Ireland before and during World War II, liaising with the Irish Republican Army (IRA). After the war, he committed suicide rather ...

— Nazi spy, stayed at 245 Templeogue road during May 1940. *

— Journalist and broadcaster. *

— Doctor and novelist. * John McCann —

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( ; ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish language, Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The official Engli ...

for Dublin South; Alderman on

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;

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; playwright and author; journalist; father of the actor

Donal McCann Donal McCann (7 May 1943 – 17 July 1999) was an Irish stage, film, and television actor best known for his roles in the works of Brian Friel and for his lead role in John Huston's last film, '' The Dead'' (1987). In 2020, McCann was listed ...

. * Kevin McManamon — Football player for

St Jude's GAA St Jude's ( Irish: ''Naomh Jude'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Templeogue on the southside of Dublin. The club fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and Ladies football. Teams are fielded from Senior Grade down to ...

club and formerly for

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(2010 to 2021). * Michael Mills — Political journalist with the ''

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'' and Ombudsman of Ireland. *

— Writer who coined the name "

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" for the African country. *

Sir Frederick Shaw Sir Frederick Shaw, 3rd Baronet (11 December 1799 – 30 June 1876) was an Irish Conservative MP in the United Kingdom Parliament, and a judge. He was the second son of Colonel Sir Robert Shaw, Bt of Bushy Park, Dublin and his first wife M ...

—

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of Dublin 1830–76 and

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; built Kimmage Manor. * Sir Robert Shaw —

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MP for Dublin City 1830–1831 and 1832; member of the

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; owner of

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estate. *

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—

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;

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and

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. *

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—

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lor,

, Minister for Labour, and Minister for Equality and Law Reform.

Gallery

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File:Cypress Grove House.jpg, Cypress Grove House File:R112 road (Templeville Road).jpg, Templeville Road (R112) File:St. Pius X National School.jpg, St. Pius X National School File:Templeogue Inn in Dublin.jpg, The Templeogue Inn (The Morgue)

Notes

References

Sources

External links

''The Story of Templeogue''
Templeogue Ladies' Club, 1992–05. Text in PDF form at South County Dublin Libraries. Retrieved 2010-12-24. {{Dublin residential areas Towns and villages in South Dublin (county) Uppercross