Rathfarnham - Resources
Triumphal Arch
Triumphal Arch, Lower Dodder Road, also known as Lord Ely's Gate, was once the main entrance to Rathfarnham Castle demesne
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Motte and Bailey
Motte and Bailey, Rathfarnham c. 1977.
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Rathfarnham Castle
Rathfarnham Castle in 1977
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Archbishop Loftus
Archbishop Loftus was granted the lands of Rathfarnham in 1583.
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Gateway to Rathfarnham Demesne
Remaining portion of the gateway to Rathfarnham Demesne which opened on to the Main Street.
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Butterfield Lane
Butterfield Lane, now Butterfield Avenue as it was in 1903.
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Entrance to graveyard.
Entrance to graveyard, Main Street Rathfarnham.
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Ruins of church
Ruins of church, Rathfarnham Graveyard
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New Church
Church of Ireland, Main Street, Rathfarnham
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Old Orchard House
Old Orchard House, Butterfield Avenue
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Butterfield House
Butterfield House, Butterfield Avenue
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Washington Lodge
Washington Lodge, Butterfield Avenue
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St. Enda's, formerly Hermitage
St. Enda's, formerly known as Hermitage is the home of the Pearse Museum. This photograph was taken while renovations were in progress after its handover to the State in 1968.
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Rathfarnham House
Rathfarnham House now lies at the centre of the Loreto Abbey group of buildings
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Bloomfield
Bloomfield c. 1960.
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Fairbrook
Fairbrook c. 1960.
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Glenbrook House
Glenbrook House, c. 1960.
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Silveracre
Silveracre in 1977.
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Brookvale
Brookvale, formerly known as Ashfield is an 18th Century Glebe House.
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Priory
Priory was the home of John Philpot Curran and his family
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Mill Ruin
Remains of mill walls c. 1977.
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Dodder Bridge
Dodder Bridge, Rathfarnham in the early 1900s. In 1952, the bridge was renamed in honour of the Pearse Brothers.
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Memorial plaque, Pearse Bridge
Memorial plaque, Pearse Bridge, Rathfarnham.
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Church of the Annunciation
Church of the Annunciation
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Ancient font
Ancient font near the door of the Church of the Annunciation
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The Yellow House
The Yellow House, c. 1977.
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Loreto Abbey
Loreto Abbey
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16A bus
16A bus leaves Rathfarnham for Nutgrove Avenue. The 16 tram, its predecessor, served Rathfarnham
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AIB Bank
The AIB Bank building is built on the site of the Rathfarnham RIC Barracks, destroyed in 1922.
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Boys' School
Former Boys' School. Established in January 1842.
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Statue of Anne Devlin
Statue of Anne Devlin. Stands at the end of the Main Street of Rathfarnham looking in the direction of Butterfield Avenue. Unveiled on the 4th of March 2004
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Court of Petty Sessions
This example dates back to 1912. The Courts of Petty Sessions were forerunners of our modern day District Courts
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18th Century Doorway
Blocked up doorway of an early eighteenth century type, Church Lane.
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Former entrance to Rathfarnham Castle
Portion of the former entrance, with gate lodge, to the castle. Main Street.
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Woodview Cottages
The cottages are built partly on the site of an old paper mill
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Fields near the bridge
This site was formerly occupied by a mill pond and extensive mill buildings.
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Nutgrove House
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St. Bridget's Parochial House
Described by the historian D 'Alton as a "cruciform edifice with galleries disproportionately low"
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Former entrance to Beaufort House
The fine carved granite pillars of the former entrance to Beaufort House now flank the pedestrian entrance to Beaufort Downs estate.
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Riversdale
Riversdale was the last home of W. B. Yeats in Ireland.
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Willbrook Village Main Street
A quiet retreat lying between two busy thoroughfares, it has seen few changes in the last hundred years.
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Woodview Cottages
Woodview cottages which can be seen from the brow of Church Lane are built partly on the site of an old paper mill.
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Beaufort House
Beaufort House, Grange Road, is now the headquarters of the Loreto Order in Ireland. On the grounds is Loreto High School Beaufort, which was founded in 1925.
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Willbrook
Former site of Brooklawn Mill
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