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Ballyfermot House, known locally as 'the tiled house', was built by the Verveer family. [7] In his A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Samuel Lewis places a Captain Lampier and his wife Bridget (Cavanaugh of Goldenbridge) (Lieutenant Joseph Lamphier, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers and Bridget Mary Cavanagh) as living there in 1834. It ...
The first church in modern-day Ballyfermot existed in a former Dublin Corporation paint depot on O'Hogan Road which Father Donal O'Scannaill had purchased from Dublin Corporation c.1950 for £200. [2] This building had originally been a storage unit known as 'the painters hut' during the first housing phase of Ballyfermot.
Dublin Ballyfermot was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
This is a list of historic houses in the Republic of Ireland which serves as a link page for any stately home or historic house in Ireland. County Carlow [ edit ]
Timeline of Irish History 1840–1916 (1916 Rebellion Walking Tour) A Concise History of Ireland by P. W. Joyce; Sources: A National Library of Ireland database for Irish research; The Ireland of Yesterday Archived 5 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine – slideshow by Life magazine; Irish history stories recalled on dvd, free web videos online ...
A "palmer" in medieval times was a pilgrim who returned from the Holy Land with a palm branch or leaf. [2]Between 1185 and 1188 Ailred the Palmer and his wife took religious vows and founded a priory and monastic hospital of Crutched Friars outside the West Gate of Dublin, on the road to Kilmainham, which they endowed with all their property. [3]
Castletown house was a milestone in Irish architecture, designed originally by the Italian Alessandro Galilei, circa 1717, in the manner of an Italian town palazzo, for Ireland's most influential man, the politician Speaker William Conolly, it set a new standard and fashion in Irish architecture. The original architect had returned to Italy ...
Originally a largely rural area, Dublin City Council developed social housing in the Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard areas from the mid-20th century. [3] One of the first large developments in the area, [3] Cherry Orchard Hospital, opened in 1953. [4] [5] Cherry Orchard F.C., a local association football (soccer) club, was formed in 1957. [6]