By Michael J. Hurley

2011

©Michael J. Hurley 2011

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A brief explanation of local place names in the Baldoyle area. The number after the majority of entries is the page number in the paperback edition of “Baldoyle, Portmarnock, Sutton, A Local History” by this author (2009), where detailed information is available on the topic.

Abbey Park: 1966 estate named from Grange Abbey.63

Accommodation paths: Name given to paths built by the railway company for the convenience of passengers. Such paths connect Grange Road with Howth Junction, and Sutton Station with Lauder’s Lane at Cush Crossing.

Admiral Park: Built in 1991 takes its name from the title Admiral of Baldoyle which was bestowed upon The Prior of All Hallows at the Grange in 1473. The Admiral had rights to all wrecks (which were frequent) on the foreshore here. 54

Aikenhead, Mary, Holiday Home: A holiday home and retreat house housed in three ex-US army Nissan huts on the site of the hospital. Operated from 1920 until 1942 when it was converted to hospital use. 128

Back Lane: From College Street to Main Street by rear of St Mary’s Secondary School.

Back Street: An early name for College Street.

Baldoyle: Comes from the Irish ‘Baile Dubhghaill’ which means ‘town of the dark stranger’. These foreigners were the early Viking settlers here. Modern Irish has modified the name to Bail Dúill. Old English versions have been

Beldoyle, Balldoyle, Bulldoyle, Balduleg.

Baldoyle Cottage: The thatched home of the Gill Family which was

situated off Weldon’s Lane until around 1945. 58

Baldoyle Creek: The name given to the Maine and Sluice Rivers when they enter the estuary, join together, and meander out past Cush Point at low tide. 112

Baldoyle House: One time name of Seaview House which is now St Mary’s Secondary School. Later public house on Main Street. 227

Ball Court: The area on which the Convent Chapel was built. 124

Ball Hedge: An old name (1659 Balhodge or Belhodge) which referred to the line of thatched cottages on Main Street, between the two-storied houses and the extant thatched house north of the church.

Bath House: A public wash house on Coast Road in 1800s. 153

Bayside: A housing development by Wates & Company in 1967.

Beau Park: Former name of Grange Lodge. 150

Bellevue School: Private school for Protestant children on Station Road Sutton. 39

Bell’s Well (or Pond): Ornamental pond and field in Stapolin. 79

Bishop-Rice’s: The name sometimes given to Newgrove Cross. A family of the name Bishop-Rice lived in a fine thatched farmhouse named Grange Cottage where Newgrove Estate fronts onto Old Grange Road today. 69

Black Rock: A sizeable rock, visible at low tide, off the entrance to the estuary and much respected by fishermen of yore.

Blacksmiths: 150 years ago there were four blacksmiths in the village. They were Thomas Rickard, Thomas Radcliffe, Nicholas Tallon, and John Hammett. The only one here by the 1940’s was Jack French who had his forge on Willie Nolan Road. 212

Bon-Ami: The name of the first bus service operated between Baldoyle and Dublin in the 1920s. 60,95

Bookmakers: The Main Street shop was previously a Chemist Shop run by Desmond Drugan, and John O’Leary’s bookmakers shop. Prior to this Frank White was a butcher here and was pre-dated by Mrs Lawlor, also a butcher.

Bottoms, the: The areas on either side of the Moyne River, the Bottoms of Maine and the Bottoms of Stapolin. 112

Boys’ Club: Now the Parish Office, this former school was a boys’ club in the 1940’s. 38

Boys’ School: On Brookstone Road since 1942. 33

Brickfields or Sandpits: The area off Brookstone Lane from where sand was taken for Plunkett’s Brick Factory in Portmarnock and for building work in Dublin City. 63

Breffni: A small hotel cum guest house on seafront, now site of Breffni Gardens. 234

Brookstone Road: Takes its name from Brookstone Cottage and Lane (now Meadowbrook). This road was previously part of Grange Road. 63

Brookstown The name given to Brookstone in the 1845 Ordnance Survey map. 63

Brownes’: Sarah, Marion and Brigid Browne (sisters) who were born in India had their shop on Main Street, on the site of part of Peter Cosgrave’s house, opposite the Parish Office. 216

Building, The: The odd name given to the two cottages which stood on the south side of the Moyne Road between the railway bridge and Snugboro corner.

Burrowfield: Derivation of the large rabbit warren in this area. 9

Carriages, The: two wheels-less railway carriages in which people lived at Sutton Station sidings. There was another at Grange Road, home for years of the Hinch Family.

Carrick Stores: This shop was opened by Michael Burns in the former boathouse of the Coastguard Station. Peadar MacMahon bought the premises and moved from the temporary shop on Main Street (opposite Hackney Office). Frank McNamara opened Bayview Stores here for a short period until 1992.

122, 216

Castlerosse: This estate, built in 1994, is on the site of part of the racecourse. A horse named Castlerosse ran 38 times in Baldoyle winning on 3 occasions and being placed 13 times. He was owned by a lady named Mrs Stewart Catherwood. 54

Cats’ Shrubbery: Was the triangle of land formed by Marian Park and Grange Road and the first bungalow. It was a camping ground for travellers and was originally part of the Stapolin House land. Another name for this spot was Tinker’s Corner. 64,224

Caughoo: Horse owned by McDowell of Sutton won 1947 Grand National at Aintree. The name translates as ‘temptation’. 172

Christian Brothers: Came to Baldoyle in 1885 and opened a holiday house here in a house named Park House. They then bought Strand Lodge (where St Mary’s Secondary School is now) and opened a novitiate for boys who wished to join the Order. Courthill House was added in 1920 as a sanatorium. In 1966 the Brothers built St Patrick’s Hospital and the adjacent Blessed Edmund Rice Cemetery has had some 600 burials since it opened in 1915. 227

Clarkeville: See Library. 234

Coastguard Station: The Coastguard Station dates from the late 1700’s and once housed the lifeboat and crew for this part of the coastline. The nine-man crew were also the ‘revenue police’ or customs officers for the area. 115

College Street: Was named after the Christian Brothers School there having been previously known as Back Street.

Collins, Michael: The War of Independence leader had an aunt Bridget married to Jeremiah (James) Butterly who was a native of Baldoyle and whose family owned building supply and coal importing businesses in Baldoyle and Howth. They lived in Howth.

Community Hall: In the 1930’s the bookmakers coming to the races here had no venue in which to meet, talk, have some refreshment and play cards after the races. They heard of a plan to build a hall beside the boys’ school and offered some money towards the cost of building. The men of the locality did the work and the Parish Hall was completed with the library upstairs. The hall was completely restored in 1980 when its condition had dictated that it either be restored or demolished. It then received the title Community Hall.

Convent: The Irish Sisters of Charity arrived here in 1869 and began visitation of the poor, sick and elderly. The nuns lived in a house named Sunnyside which had been owned by Judge Henry Hutton. In 1942 Cappagh Hospital was full to the doors with children who were suffering from the effects of polio, a crippling disease. The Sisters decided to open an auxiliary hospital here. 124

Convent Lodge: The house on Willie Nolan Road in which the maintenance man of the hospital lived until its demolition in 1968. 207

Cosgrave Builders Providers: Was situated exactly where the road into Georgian Hamlet from Willie Nolan Road now is. 208

Courthill House: Formerly a private residence on Dublin Street later became sanatorium for Christian Brothers. 157

Cuckoo Stream: See Maine River.

Cush Point: The spit of land on which stands Sutton Golf Club. Cush may be from the Irish ‘cois’ (near) or ‘cos’ (foot: foot of Howth Peninsula).

Cyclist’s House: The pub on the site of the sorting office on College Street was owned by Bella Duff. 217

Daly’s: Farm at Moyne Lodge. 135

Daunaugh Water: Is the stream that takes storm water from Belcamp, Donaghmede, and into the racecourse to join the Maine River just 200m from the sea.

Dingle’s Bank: The name given to the shingle bank at the end of the sea wall on the Coast Road to Portmarnock. Robin Dingle lived near here and operated a ferry service from a jetty to Portmarnock Golf Club. If the tide was out the golfers were carried across on vis-à-vis horse drawn cars. 182

Dispensary: Originally in thatched cottage at Ball Hedge. See Health Centre. 211

Donahies, The: The fine Queen Anne style residence on the site of the estate of the same name was the home for many years of the Dublin baker, Peter Kennedy. 70

Donaghmede: The name comes from the Irish Domhnach Míde which means the middle church (Dé Domhnach is Irish for Sunday). The other two churches were at Kilbarrack and Kinsaley. Donaghmede House was home to King, Gill, and later Morrow Families. 14

Drugan’s Pharmacy: Owned by Desmond Drugan was on Main Street where Guilio’s Take Away and the bookmakers are now situated. Mr Drugan also had a pharmacy at Kilbarrack Road and his wife (grand-daughter of Captain Kane) was a teacher in St Mary’s Secondary School.

Dublin Street: Was the site of a long terrace of small cottages until the 1970’s. It was known as Slate Row.

Duff’s: see Cyclist’s House. 217

Dunphy, Sean: Singer lived at Willie Nolan Road. Second in Eurovision Contest in 1967. 208

Edmund Rice Cemetery: The name of the burial ground of the Christian Brothers at Dublin Street.

Elphin, The: The public house on Baldoyle Road was opened by a man named Brady. Site of original inn named Warren House in 1700s.

Endcamp Limited: The company which purchased the racecourse and Stapolin lands in the 1970s. 77

Farney: House now occupied by veterinary practice on Warrenhouse Road.

Fishing: Baldoyle was a well known east coast fishing port during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. Silting of the mouth of the estuary, caused in part by the building of Howth Harbour in 1820, meant that boats could only enter the harbour here at high tide. Consequently, the Baldoyle fishing fleet gradually moved to Howth. 99

Fish Table: A granite block which was situated at the fountain at the junction of College Street and Dublin Street. The block was used by the village women who filleted fish there.

Fitzsimons: Stapolin House was the home of the Fitzsimons Family for several generations. The last of the line here was Dr. John who was an eminent surgeon and who died in 1954. 75

Flintstone’s: Has been the newsagents shop (Liam Creaven) on this site since the opening of the shopping centre.

Football field: The field used by Baldoyle United was donated by the Gill Family for the benefit of the youth of the village. Prior to this, the footballers used part of what became the car park for the racecourse, with entrance from College Street by side of last cottage. 36

French: blacksmiths on Willie Nolan Road. 212

French, Percy: songwriter and artist spent holiday time at The Mall. 233

Frizell Family: Captain Richard Frizell farmed at Stapolin in middle 1800s. 75

Front Street: An early name for Main Street.

Furnace’s (or Shaw’s) Bridge: The bridge over the railway on Grange Road was built on the lands of Captain Norbury Furnace. Since the 1960’s the bridge came to be known as Shaw’s Bridge after Dick and Teresa Shaw who lived beside it. The bridge was replaced in 1998. 82

Gill’s: Fine thatched house named Baldoyle Cottage and adjacent lands became part of the racecourse in the 1940’s. The Gill family donated the main altar and heating system to the Church, and the site for present boys’ school. 58

Gill’s Lane: Name sometimes given to Weldon’s Lane. 58

Gill’s Pond: A shallow pond situated east of the Brickfields until filled in by the Christian Brothers in the 1960’s.

Girls’ School: On Grange Road since moving from Main Street in 1967. Original school was beside parish church until the school was taken over by the nuns. 33

Grainger’s Baldoyle House: A public house has been on this site for many, many years now. Down through the years it has been ‘Hoey’s’, ‘Leonard’s’, ‘Duffy’s’, Trigo (named after a racehorse) and Paddy McKiernan’s The White House. 218

Grainger’s Shop: at the rear of the pub was on the site of a bungalow named St Francis which was on the site of an old thatched cottage used as a band room for the Dawn of Freedom Fife and Drum Band of the 1920’s.

Grange Abbey: The abbey here was founded in 1166. In 1369 a parliament met here, but by 1630 the abbey was in ruin. The name grange (or granary) means the home farm attached to a monastery, in this case Grange Abbey. 16

Grange Abbey House: Large house beside old abbey at Donaghmede Cross. Survived until 1960s. 144

Grange Builders Providers: The old premises occupy the yard or haggard that was part of the farm of Talavera and later Stapolin House. The long stone building to the back of the yard was a potato store. The new premises were formerly the factory of Newport Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 66

Grange Lodge: Fine residence on Grange Road beside current community school. Knocked 1981.67

Grangemore; The home of Charles Haughey prior to his move to Abbeville at Kinsaley. Grangemore stood near where Donaghmede Church is today.71

Grange Park: 1964 estate named from Grange Abbey.

Great Northern Railway, GNR: the main transport provider in the locality. 91

Grianán, An: On Warrenhouse Road was the home of Jack Kelly who ran a dairy and sold milk from here. Now home of the Nolan Family. 235

Hackney office: Was originally a small dairy and sweet shop owned by Esther Ennis. Al Meehan came here as a cobbler and after his death in 1996 a computer company came here.

Hawk Cottage: The late Kathleen Antley’s (nee Howard) home on College Street. Previously home of Kit Hawk, a tailor who emigrated to Australia. This house was thatched until 1960’s. 232

Health Centre: Was built on Willie Nolan Road on a piece of ground known as Lacey’s Garden, where this family owned a forge. The old dispensary had formerly been in one of the thatched cottages opposite the Community Hall. 211

Heather Belle: owned by Christopher Farran was the last boat to fish out of Baldoyle. 110,114

Hole-in-The Wall Road: Between Donaghmede and Balgriffin is the name given after a local land-owner’s body was brought from his house through a hole broken in the wall for the purpose. He had sworn never to pass through his gates again after his son had married a Catholic and brought disgrace on the family.

Horse sidings: Special railway sidings at Sutton for the arrival of horses to Baldoyle races. Now site of Tramway Court. 59

Howth, Earl of: Owner of Howth Castle and landlord of Stapolin. 49

Hump-backed bridge: See Furnace’s Bridge. 88

Hutton, Judge Henry: Lived in Main Street and was landlord of village. 124

Industrial Estate: This large estate was built (from late 1960’s) on land purchased from two farmers named Connors and Flood. The lands had previously been part of the extensive farm of Stapolin House.

Jockey Hall: A licensed premises opposite the church, exact position unknown. About 1860

Junction: The official name of Howth Junction Station until about 1912. 89

Kelly’s shop: Was beside the green and opposite the thatched cottage on Main Street. Tom Kelly bought the shop from the estate of Michael Connolly. 216

Kilbarrack Graveyard: Burial place for many Baldoyle families. Originally a burial place for drowned mariners. 12

Kilbrogan Estate: Original name in 1950 of row of houses on Grange Road between Willie Nolan Road and Credit Union. 63

Knockoath: Also named The Knock of Howth was an ancient burial mound situated where Burrowfield Road meets Strand Road. 10

Knock of Howth Cottages: The row of cottages between Sutton Station and Burrowfield Road. 10

Lamplighter: The last official lamplighter of the old (oil) streetlights was Richie Montague.

L’arche: Organisation founded by Jean Vanier built a residence on land donated by the Christian Brothers on Warrenhouse Road in 1997. President Mary Robinson officially opened it.

Larkhill Bridge: The place where the stream from Seagrange Park goes under Brookstone Road. 63

Larkhill Farm: was the farm of the Christian Brothers and the yard was on the site now occupied by the Credit Union and The Youth Club. 64

Lauder’s Lane: Runs from Station Road to Burrow Road. It is named after a Scot named Lauder who owned La Fayette’s Photographic Studios in Dublin.

La Verna: see Respond. 38

Level crossing: Warrenhouse Road / Baldoyle Road was known in early years as Kilbarrack Crossing. .

Library: The seafront building which houses the library was built as a barracks for the policemen of the Royal Irish Constabulary. In 1922 after the founding of the Irish Free State the Gardaí decided that they did not need a station in Baldoyle. House named Clarkeville after 1916 leader Tom Clarke. The rebuilt and enlarged library was reopened in June 2004. 233

Lidl: Started life as Superthrift. It then became Supervalu, before its present ownership.

Little Lame Boy: a promotional film made in Baldoyle in aid of the hospital in 1956. 68

Little Willie Hospital: A pet-name for St Mary’s Hospital in the early years of fundraising.130

Maine (or Moyne) river: Rises at Collinstown, close to Dublin Airport and flows through Belcamp and under the Malahide Road near Campion’s Pub. Between here and Hole-in-the-Wall it joins up with the Cuckoo Stream which also flows under Malahide Road (but north of Campion’s).

Maine Bridge: The road bridge which was formerly sharply humped over the river on Coast Road. 182

Main Street: Previously Front Street.

Mall, The: This fine house dates from the same time as the library which adjoins it. Myles Reck who was Secretary of the Belfast Junction Railway Company held the lease. 233

Mall, The: The short roadway fronting the library.

Marian Park: Sixty houses were built by Dublin Corporation and named in honour of the year 1954, which was the Marian Year. In common with many new estates in Dublin, Marian Park received a nickname topical to its time of building. Thus Marian Park was known as Tulyar after a successful racehorse. 162

Mangerton Farm: Tom Cosgraves’s farm was on the site of Georgian Hamlet. The house is now owned by Michael Joe Cosgrave with access from College Street. 230,232

Marquis, James: artist lived at Park House on Dublin Street. His pictures still demand large prices internationally. 227

Martin’s Folly: The nickname of the two semi-detached bungalows formerly beside The Vet’s on Warrenhouse Road. A man named Michael Martin who bought the sites from the Coastguard, built them. 120

Mass path: Footpath from Coast Road, Kilbarrack, across the railway, through the fields, to Brookstone. 63

Maynetown: The townland through which flows the Maine River.

Mc Cormack Gardens: James McCormack who was killed at Moore Lane during the 1916-1922 Troubles. 238

Meadowbrook: A derivation of Brookstone Road. 63

Midland Cottage: Was owned by Tom Cosgrave and stood where the old Grange Road electricity station is now located. 67

Moors, The: The area of farmland between today’s Bayside Station and Howth Junction Station.

Morrow House: A new block in Red Arches development named after Robert Morrow of Stapolin House. 81

Morton’s Lane: The road into Meadowbrook. Jack and Lucy Morton (brother and sister) farmed a small holding here at Brookstone Cottage. 63

Moyclare: Built by Dublin Corporation in the 1980s on former Christian Brothers land. No apparent local derivation for name.

Moyne: See Maine. 135

Moyne Lodge: The home and farm of the Daly Family in the extant fine house (formerly thatched) beside the railway bridge at Moyne or Maine. This bridge was bombed on 16^th Feb. 1923.

Moyne Park: This halting site for ten traveller families was opened by Fingal County Council at Moyne Road in 1998. 135

Murrough, The: The rough grassland east of Portmarnock Road after Moyne Bridge on way towards Portmarnock. 182

Myrtle: The name of this development is taken from Myrtle Cottage which faced the sea on Coast Road and was home of Thunder Family. 81

National schools: In the early 1800’s there was a hedge school in the Baldoyle area. A dedicated teacher taught some dozen children in an unknown location in the parish. In 1831 the British Government established the National School Board and Fr William Young PP built two schools for Baldoyle. 33

Newgrove Cross: Named after Newgrove House which stood near the junction of Hole-in-The-Wall, Donaghmede, and Grange Roads. 69

New Road: original name for Willie Nolan Road. 207

Nook, The: The shop which was owned originally by Mrs Rice who had the Post Office there.

O’Reilly, Dessie: butcher on College Street in 1950s and 1960s.

O’Toole, St. Laurence, Church of: Designed by Ronnie Tallon. It was opened by Archbishop Dermot Ryan on Sunday 14^th November 1981. 18

Oyster beds: Early Dublin Corporation maps show oyster beds along the foreshore at Strand Road. These beds were restocked with oysters from Arklow. 98

Paint factory: The paint factory of Foochow Ltd., later McPherson’s, (Akzo Nobel) was opened in the power house of the hill trams. The chimney (which was the second highest structure in Dublin after Nelson’s Pillar) was demolished in 1966. 94

Parish Hall: Original name for Community Hall.

Parish Priests:

To 1912, Canon Flanagan

1912 – 1932 Robert Carrick

1932 – 1964 William Field

1964 – 1967 Patrick Power

1967 – 1986 George Finnegan

1986 – 1992 Joseph Corbett

1992 – 2000 Liam Murtagh

2000 – present Des Dooley. 18

Parliament: In 1369 William de Windsor held a parliament in Grange Abbey. The taxes voted were later vetoed as the venue was deemed inappropriate. 15

Park House: Christian Brothers’ monastery on Dublin Street, destroyed by fire in 2011. 227

Parker House: A housing block at Red Arches named after Parker Family of Talavera. 81

Park Vale: Part of the housing development on Brickfields. Probably named after Seagrange Park which bounds it.63

Parochial Avenue: Built in 1908 on village commonage and named after the Parochial House.

Parochial House: This fine two-storey house over basement was built on village commonage in the mid 1700’s as the residence of the parish priest of Baldoyle Parish. 32

Plunkett: The name of the family who owned Portmarnock House and its associated brick factory close to Portmarnock Station. 183

Pobalscoil Neasáin: Opened its doors to pupils in 1981, but was not officially opened for another two years. The first Principal was Mr Séan Ó Murchú. The school was built on part of the Maughan farmlands. 39

Ponds: The pond was an important meeting place of old village life. Animals drank there, ducks lived and carts were left standing in ponds in dry weather to prevent the wheels drying out and loosening. The local ponds were Reilly’s Pond on Grange Road, opposite the entrance to the Credit Union, Bell’s Pond near where the girls’ national school is now, and Gill’s Pond near where Pobalscoil Neasáin now stands.

Portmarnock Bridge: Over the Sluice River after the roundabout into Portmarnock Village from Baldoyle. Built 1919.

Power House, The: The red-brick building at Sutton Station wherein electricity was generated for the hill trams until connection to the ESB grid in the 1930s. It later became a paint factory and was destroyed by fire in October 2008. 94

Post Office: Down through the years the Post Office has been in various hands:

1840 Miss Markey in Ball Hedge.

1930 Michael Connolly in Strand Cottages.

1941 Mrs. Rice, Warrenhouse Road.

1950 Mrs. Ennis Woods, The Mall.

2003 Coleman Creavin, Flintstones.

Present Ronnie Carey, Willie Nolan Road. 236

Pumps / fountains: Long handled pumps were situated at Willie Nolan Road (Rafferty’s), Coast Road (opposite O’Rourke’s), rear of Station Road (still exists), Grange Road (Crum’s). Fountains were at Rooney’s (still exists), Willie Nolan Road (Hayes’), Dublin Street (corner of Meadowbrook), College Street (opposite Christian Brothers’), and College Street (opposite St Mary’s Hospital). The 1869 Ordnance Map shows a circular pump installation on village green opposite convent door. 194

Racecourse: The races were originally held at Deer Park in Howth with Corr Castle as viewing point. Lord Howth started the races and moved the event to Baldoyle in 1851. The principal races here were The Baldoyle Derby and The Baldoyle Steeplechase. The course closed in 1972. 48

Racecourse Inn: Public house built and run by Taylor family. The name is self explanatory. 230

Railway: In 1844 the line opened from Amiens Street to Drogheda with a station at Baldoyle, beside the bridge on Grange Road. This station closed two years later when the Howth branch line opened with stations at (Howth) Junction and Baldoyle & Sutton. 87

Railway Avenue: Houses built around 1901 to house families of Hill of Howth tram crews.

Red Arches: The name of the development is taken from the twin red-bricked arches beneath the railway at the Maine River. 81

Reilly’s Lane : Now known as Seapoint Avenue

Reilly’s Pond: See Ponds.

Respond: The development of semi-sheltered accommodation was built on the site of St Mary’s Girls’ School on the field known as Bell’s Well. The first residents arrived at La Verna in July 2000. 38

Richfield Cottage: The 1850s name of the cottage where the late Betty Dray’s house is now at Snugboro.

Riversie Golf Club: This extinct golf club at Portmarnock did not re-open after First World War. Clubhouse on site of Texaco garage. 188

Rookery, The: The stand of beech trees (at Grange Lodge) which was home to hundreds of rooks. 67

Rooney’s Cottage: The last remaining thatched cottage in Ball Hedge is now the subject of a preservation order. It is the last house on the left as one goes towards Portmarnock. 161,182

Sandpits / Brickfields: The area where Parkvale and Tuscany are built were formerly areas from which sand was drawn for Plunkett’s Brick Factory in Portmarnock. 63

Sarah’s Bridge: A small bridge over the Cuckoo Stream within the grounds of St. Doulough’s Park at Balgriffin.

Seagrange: A development of houses on the lands of Lark Hill farm. The houses were built in 1973 with flat roofs but, following extensive lobbying, Dublin Corporation financed the fitting of apex roofs in the 1980’s. 64

Seaview Avenue: A modern name given to the houses on Weldon’s Lane.

Seaview Terrace: A modern name given to the Coastguard Station Houses.

Sewage: Main sewer installed in village in 1963. A main arterial sewer for North Dublin passed through here from 2003, its paved top providing a walkway to Sutton Station. 154

Sheridan’s: First owned by Emmie Coogan, then, her niece Nanny Sheridan, this tiny sweet shop is now Sherwin’s house opposite the main gates of St Michael’s House. 215

Slate Row: See Dublin Street

Slowey: John and Kathleen ran a small shop where McNamara’s hardware is today. 215

Sluice River: Enters the estuary at Portmarnock Bridge. 112

Snugborough: A townland between Hole-In-The-Wall Road and Drumnigh.

Sorting Office: previously on site of Cyclist’s House in College Street.

Stapolin: The name means Steach Póilín, or the English translation, the house of Polin. Polin, or Paulinus was the second patron saint of Kilbarrack. He came from Wales. Stapolin Lawns estate dates from 1968. 75

Star of The Sea Hall: A small corrugated-iron hall which stood at Howth Junction and was the centre of social life in that hamlet for many years.

Stephens, James: The Fenian leader spent his final years at Station Road, Sutton. 193

St Fintan’s High School: St Fintan’s opened in 1943 in St Catherine’s Burrow Road and accommodated both junior and senior pupils until 1966 when the junior boys moved to the new school on the site of Warren House on Dublin Road. The entire school moved to Dublin Road in the 1970s. 40

St Mary’s Secondary School: There was no public secondary school in Baldoyle until 1967 when the Sisters of Charity, with principal Sr Raymond, opened St Mary’s Secondary School for girls. The first couple of years were spent in the old national school building on Main Street. They moved into the old St Joseph’s Juniorate of the Irish Christian Brothers on Dublin Street in 1972. 38

St Michael’s House: Have two residences on Warrenhouse Road. St Michael’s House took over the management of St Mary’s Hospital from October 2006. 132

Star of The Sea Cottages / Warren Cottages: Two terraces of houses on the Baldoyle side of the railway, just before Moyclare. These cottages were built by Howth Urban District Council in 1914 at £80 each.

Strand Cottages: Are the two houses (on the seaward side) which mark the end of the village on the Coast Road to Portmarnock.

Ss Peter & Paul, Church of: The Parish Chuch was built in 1831 on the site of a 1680’s thatched Mass House. 18

Sunnyside: home of Henry Hutton, landlord of the village. House later converted to a convent. 124

Supermac’s: Started out life as Lillis’ Electrical Shop. It then became Kathleen Slowey’s grocery, then Bernie and Aidan McNamara’s Supermac’s, and is now solely hardware as Robert McNamara’s Expert Hardware.

Sutton Grand Cinema: was on site now occupied by Superquinn. 240

Suttonians’: Rugby Football pitch is built on an ancient burial site of stone lined graves which was discovered and surveyed in 1928.

Sweetman House: A housing block in Red Arches named after Sweetman Family of Stapolin House. 75, 81,103

Talavera: This was the name of a fine house which stood between the entrance to Red Arches on Grange Road and the railway line. 82

Tide Mill: A mill at Portmarnock Bridge which was driven by the tidal waters stored in and released from the Sluice River. Owned by man named Dickson or Dixon. 182

Tinker’s Corner; or Cat’s Shrubbery at corner of Grange Road and Marian Park. 64

Tom Walsh Motors: Started in Tom’s domestic garage on Willie Nolan Road.

Trackside: The tennis courts and clubhouse were opened by President Mary Robinson in 1994.

Tram shed, the: The tall wooden building at Sutton Station which housed the hill tram cars. Built in 1901, it survived for some eighty years. 94

Trigo, The: now Grainger’s in Main Street, named after famous race horse. 257

Tulyar: Nickname for Marian Park. 162

Turf Lodge: The bungalow in which the foreman of the racecourse lived. The last two foremen were Captain Penrose and Lar Rooney. 78

Turf yard: Peter Cosgrave’s yard in Weldon’s Lane was the depot for the Social Welfare turf distribution in the 1960s and 1970s.

Turnbury: Built on part of Christian Brothers’ football field in 1990s. 230

Tuscany; Part of the housing development at Brickfields. 63

Velvet Strand: The beach at Portmarnock from where Jim Mollison (The Heart’s Content right) and Charles Kingsford Smith (The Southern Cross) made historic flights in the thirties to America and Newfoundland respectively.

Vikings: In 898 the first known Viking arrival in Baldoyle. 6

Vis-a-vis cars: horse drawn hackney cars employes to take golfers from Sutton to Portmarnock, as well as providing a local hackney service. A similar car plied between Howth Station and Summit up to 1901. 93

Warren Cottages: see Star of The Sea Cottages.

Warren Court: Built in 1990’s on a field owned by Christy Connolly who sold loose milk from here, and later had a Pitch & Putt Course. 221

Warrenhouse Road: Named after Warren House (on the site of St Fintan’s High School). A warren was the site of a colony of rabbits. Early maps record a vast warren from Kilbarrack to Sutton. 203

Weldon’s Lane: The short road at the back of the Health Centre was named after a family of coal and gravel merchants who lived here over one hundred years ago. Now known as Seaview Terrace. 102,193

Wellfield Bridge: Carries the road between Balgriffin and Hole-in-The-Wall over the Cuckoo Stream. Some maps mark this bridge on Hole-In-The –Wall Road.

White Frank: Ex Dublin hurler who ran a butchery at Sutton Cross and later on Main Street Baldoyle.

Willie Nolan Road: Willie Nolan was one of the finest golfers this country has produced. He was a professional at Howth and later Portmarnock and made a name for himself on the international circuit. 207

Xtravision: Was in shop now occupied by Ronnie Carey. 210

Drawings: Church : M. J. Hurley,

Library above: Pat Keenan.

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