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Clontarf (Irish: Cluain Tarbh, meaning 'meadow of bulls' [2]) is an affluent [3] coastal suburb on the Northside of Dublin in the city's Dublin 3 postal district. [4] Historically, there were two centres of population, one on the coast towards the city, and the fishing village of Clontarf Sheds, further north on the coast at what is now Vernon Avenue.
Dollymount is primarily residential, having just a few shops and a restaurant near the fountain pond of St. Anne's Park. Most commercial facilities are found in the main Clontarf centres. The area has a Roman Catholic church, St. Gabriel's, the third of the three Catholic churches in Clontarf, completed in the 1950s.
Marino Crescent (Irish: An Corrán, meaning 'The Sickle') is a Georgian crescent of 26 houses at the junction of Marino, Fairview and Clontarf in Dublin 3, Ireland. It is the only Georgian crescent in Dublin.
In 1996 the Cosgrave Property Group bought the house from Berland Homes for £2m to develop it into a hotel. [7] In 1996 Shannon Homes paid £5.6m for 13.69 acres to the rear northeast of the house and built the Seamount apartments. [8] They were completed for sale in 1998. [9]
The architect Edwin Lutyens in 1911 restyled the 14th-century castle built here, overlooking Ireland's Eye and the north Dublin coastline. The estate previously included much of coastal northern Dublin, including the lands of Kilbarrack, Raheny and parts of Clontarf, but these were gradually sold off from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council, County Dublin: 1804: Private dwelling house: Listed for sale in 2016 at €1.8m after extensive renovations by architect Simone Stephenson and eventually sold for €1.78m. [21] [22] 11 South: Tower and battery: James Joyce Tower and Museum, Sandycove
Manresa House is a retreat centre run by the Society of Jesus in the Dollymount area of Clontarf in Dublin, near Saint Anne's Park. In the 19th century it was home to Robert Warren and Arthur Guinness, and it is a protected structure. [1] [3]
The parish takes in the main centre of modern Clontarf, where Vernon Avenue meets the coast road, and from Castle Avenue near Killester to Dollymount, and then around Dollymount to Saint Anne's Park. It has a population of over 7,000. Near to the parish church is a convent and school of the Sisters of the Holy Faith.