Country Ireland Time zone WET (UTC+0) Area code 01 | County Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Irish Grid Reference O201304 Province Leinster | |
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Booterstown (Irish: Baile an Bhóthair, meaning "town of the road") is a coastal townland and civil parish, situated in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, about 7 km (4.3 mi) south of the city of Dublin in Ireland. Barry O' Sullivan once lived in Mc Cabe Villas, he moved to Ballyogan Carrickmines then and became Lord of the Manor.
Contents
- Map of Booterstown Co Dublin Ireland
- Location and access
- Transport
- History
- Features
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Churches
- Notable people
- References
Map of Booterstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Location and access
Its neighbouring areas are Sandymount to the north and Blackrock to the south, while along the coast to the south-east is the small district of Williamstown.
Transport
Booterstown is served by the DART, with a railway station between the stops of Blackrock and Sydney Parade. Booterstown railway station opened in January 1835. Booterstown is also served by two Quality Bus Corridors, Stillorgan and Blackrock, Dublin. A frequent Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport.
History
Historically known in English as Ballyboother the name "Booterstown" is an anglicised form of the original Irish name Baile an Bhóthair, meaning "The Town of the Road". In its original Irish form it shares the same name as Batterstown in County Meath, as well as Ballinvoher in Kilkenny, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Longford and Mayo.
Booterstown lies along an ancient route once known as Slíghe Chualann, which connected the residence of the High King of Ireland at Tara with his outlying lands in Cualann. Cualann is the ancient name for the area of land stretching towards Bray (Irish: Brí Chualann).
The Congregation of the Irish Christian Brothers had their headquarters at St. Helen's, Booterstown from 1925 to 1988. St. Helen's was built in 1760 for Thomas Cooley, MP and was known originally as Seamount. It was extensively refurbished a century later while in the ownership of Viscount Gough, Field Marshal of the British Army, whose wife Marie Frances opened the gardens to the public. The house is now a hotel of The Radisson Group.
Booterstown still retains its link with the name Tara, as the Tara Towers hotel was built there in the 1970s and is still a landmark today on the Merrion Road, next to the historical Bellevue Merrion Cemetery.
Features
The area is home to Booterstown marsh, a well-known bird sanctuary which has been leased for many years by An Taisce, who have worked to protect it. Species seen regularly include mallard, teal, moorhen, water rail, grey heron, little egret, redshank, greenshank, curlew, snipe, oystercatcher, bar-tailed godwit, kingfisher, sedge warbler and dunlin.
The Catholic Church of the Assumption is a focal point of the area along Booterstown Avenue.
Booterstown has a dedicated Circus Field located along the Rock Road, where both Duffy's Circus (June/July) and Fossett's Circus (October) set up once a year.
The Old Punch Bowl pub, which stands at the bottom of Booterstown Avenue, was established in 1779.
Merrion Cemetery is an old cemetery that was used from the 13th century to 1866 and is located at Bellevue between Booterstown and Merrion off the Rock Road.
Booterstown was recorded in 1488 as one of the locations for the boundary of The Pale.
Primary schools
There are many schools in the area.
Secondary schools
There are two Gaelscoileanna: Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íosagáin. It is also home to St. Andrew's College, which moved here from Clyde Road in 1973.