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

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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 census.

Location and transport

Terenure lies primarily in the administrative area of

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but with parts falling in

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. It is located south of

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and north of

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 ...

, and also borders the suburbs of

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, Kimmage and Perrystown. ''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 Dublin United Transport Company (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 the bus routes serving it still include routes numbered 15, 15a and 16. These 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 Terenure College (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

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, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer; 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 John Hatchell, 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), Terenure College 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

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window by

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. St. Joseph's school is on the church grounds. Along with Rathgar and the area around Portobello, 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, Donal McCann and

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. Broadcaster Mike Murphy, Derek Daly former Formula One driver, comedian Dave Allen, Olympic boxer Mick Dowling, musicians Republic of Loose, Rob Smith,

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and Grammy-winner Susan McKeown all hail from Terenure.

Sport

Terenure is the home of Terenure College RFC, a senior rugby club in Division 1A of the AIB All Ireland League. Terenure Rangers Football Club provide schoolboy, schoolgirl and adult

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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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