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Ballyroan (Irish: Baile Uí Ruáin, meaning 'O'Rowan's town') [2] is a suburban area within Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Dublin mountains, alongside Ballyboden , Butterfield, Knocklyon , Old Orchard, and Scholarstown.
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The Yellow House, Rathfarnham. Pubs in the area include the "Buglers" pub in Ballyboden House on Ballyboden Road in Ballyboden. John Blake was the first known publican to be granted the licence in 1799. On Rathfarnham's main street, near Rathfarnham Castle, is "The Castle Inn". [citation needed] "The Eden House" pub is on Grange Road near ...
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.
Within the Archdiocese of Dublin, Rathfarnham parish is the parent of several local parishes. To accommodate the increasing need for ministry to the residential development of the Rathfarnham area over the last century, Terenure was developed in 1894, Churchtown (1965), Ballyroan (1968), Tallaght (1972), Ballyboden (1973) and Knocklyon (1974).
Irish Times article on Riversdale at time of its sale; University of Delaware Library's WB Yeats page - The University of Delaware has correspondence of Yeats' from Riversdale. Yeats Chronology - Mentions Riversdale in passing. Article in Irish Architecture on Riversdale - This article refers to a planning permission which was later revoked ...
The Hughes Brothers original house, built in 1898, and called Hazelbrook House, [4] was rebuilt in the Bunratty Folk Park in 2001. From 1844 to 1899 it was known as Bachelor's Hall , after which it became the headquarters of a Charitable Institution under the name of Berwick Home.
For 16 years the house served as a Preventorium. By 1959 tuberculosis was under control but a new need had arisen in this beautiful area of South Dublin, i.e. education. The population of Ballyroan was increasing and a school was needed. On 8 September 1960, Sancta Maria College was opened. Around the year 1963 the assembly hall was built.