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Rathmines is an Anglicisation of the Irish Ráth Maonais, meaning "ringfort of Maonas"/"fort of Maonas".The name Maonas is perhaps derived from Maoghnes or the Norman name de Meones, after the de Meones family who settled in Dublin about 1280; Elrington Ball states that the earlier version of the name was Meonesrath, which supports the theory that it was named after the family. [5]
Rathmines and Rathgar is a former second-tier local government area within County Dublin. It was created as the Township of Rathmines in 1847. In 1862, its area was expanded and it became the Township of Rathmines and Rathgar. In 1899, it became an urban district. It was abolished in 1930, and its area absorbed into the city of Dublin.
Rathgar (Irish: Ráth Garbh, meaning 'rough ringfort') [1] is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Originally a village, which from 1862 was part of the township of Rathmines and Rathgar, it was absorbed by the growing city and became a suburb in 1930. [2] It lies about three kilometres south of the city centre.
The town commissioners established their first town hall at 71 Rathmines Road but, after it expanded to become the township of Rathmines and Rathgar in 1862 and after other townships in Dublin erected their own town halls, the Rathmines town commissioners decided to erect a more substantial building on the same site. [2]
Dublin Rathmines was the only constituency outside Ulster or Dublin University to elect a Unionist MP. Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the area was combined with Dublin Pembroke, North Dublin and South Dublin as a 6-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a two-seat constituency at Westminster. [2]
From 2014 to 2019 it was in the Rathgar–Rathmines LEA and prior to that in Pembroke–Rathmines. It is located in the Dáil constituency of Dublin Bay South with effect from the 2016 general election, formerly Dublin South-East. It was part of the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar, which was abolished in 1930.
Changes to the Dublin South-West constituency 1948–1977 Years TDs Boundaries Notes 1948–1961 5 The Crumlin, Kilmainham, Kimmage and Terenure Wards, the portion of the Rathfarnham Ward which is not included in the borough constituency of Dublin South-East and the portion of the Rathmines West Ward which is not included in the borough constituency of Dublin South-East.
Kenilworth Square is a Victorian square in the Rathgar area of Dublin 6, Ireland. It was developed by several different developers between 1858 and 1879. [2] [3] The houses are in a variety of different styles although all are finished in red brick.