Terenure

This article is about the suburb in Ireland. For the suburb in South Africa, see Terenure, Kempton Park.

Terenure
Tír an Iúir (Irish)
Suburb
Much of Terenure features red brick Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Bushy Park is a prominent local amenity.
Terenure
Location in Dublin
Terenure
Terenure (Dublin)
Coordinates: 53°18′35″N 6°17′01″W / 53.30985°N 6.2835°W / 53.30985; -6.2835
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyDublin
CouncilDublin City Council
Dáil ÉireannDublin Bay South
European ParliamentDublin
Elevation
54 m (177 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Electoral division(s)
17,972
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceO143301

Terenure (Irish: Tír an Iúir, meaning 'land of the yew tree'),[2] called Roundtown from around 1800-1870, is a middle class[3] suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6 and D6W postal districts. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Terenure was 17,972 as of the 2022 census.[1]

Location

Terenure lies primarily in the administrative area of Dublin City Council but with parts falling in South Dublin.[4] It is located south of Harold's Cross and north of Rathfarnham, and also borders the suburbs of Templeogue, Rathgar, Kimmage and Perrystown.

History

The earliest references to the area include a 12th century record of a grant (ref Grant CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/1206 stored in the Canterbury Cathedral Archives), by which Henry II of England granted the lands of Terenure and Kimmage (Cheming) in Rathfarnham to Walter the goldsmith ('aurifauber') in 1175. It has not been established how the lands reverted to the crown within 40 years.

Terenure, Drimnagh and Kimmage, then well to the south of the city of Dublin, were granted to the Barnewell family by King John in 1215.[5] The Barnewells gave some of the land to St John the Baptist Hospital outside Newgate, and Cromwell confiscated the remainder from them.

Later, Terenure passed through the hands of various owners. In the seventeenth century, the main landowners were the Deane family, whose most notable member was Joseph Deane, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer; his estates later passed to the Bourne family. Fortfield House was built around 1785 by a later Chief Baron, Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore. It was later owned by John Hatchell, the Attorney General for Ireland and passed by inheritance to the Perrin family. It was demolished in 1934.[6]

On 2 January 1941, during World War II, the German Luftwaffe bombed Terenure, injuring seven people and destroying two houses.[7]

Education

Schools within the Terenure area include St. Joseph's BNS, Presentation Primary School,[8] Presentation College[9] (was Presentation secondary school; renamed in 2004), Terenure College and Our Lady's Secondary school.[10]

Religion

The Catholic parish church of St. Joseph in Terenure contains a stained glass window by Harry Clarke. St. Joseph's school is on the church grounds.

Along with Rathgar and the area around Portobello, Terenure has traditionally been the home of much of Dublin's Jewish population. Terenure Synagogue, Dublin's main synagogue (Orthodox), is on Rathfarnham Road.[11]

Transport

The area, known as Roundtown until c. 1870,[12] was within the scope of the Dublin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham and Rathcoole Railway Act 1864 that provided for the "making of railways from the City of Dublin to Rathmines, Rathgar, Roundtown, Rathfarnham, and Rathcoole".[13]

Terenure Cross (also known as "Vaughan's Corner")[notes 1] was at one time a terminus for the Dublin tramways, and is mentioned in James Joyce's novel Ulysses (Episode 7, 'Aeolus'). There were three tram depots in Terenure at one time, the main tram depot for the number 15 Dublin United Transport Company (DUTC) trams on Terenure Road East, another DUTC depot for number 16 trams on Rathfarnham Road, and the terminus of the Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway on Templeogue Road.

The modern tram system, the Luas, does not serve Terenure, but the bus routes serving it still include routes numbered 15, 15a and 16.[14] These bus route numbers were originally allocated based on historic tram route numbers.

People

The author James Joyce, who was born nearby at 41 Brighton Square in Rathgar on 2 February 1882, was baptised at St. Joseph's church on 5 February by Rev. John O'Mulloy.[15] His mother, Mary Jane (May) Murray, was born 90 metres from the church at Terenure Cross in 1859 in the pub owned by her father, John Murray, called The Eagle House.[16]

The village was home to actors, writers and musicians including the artist Mary Perrin, who grew up in Fortfield House, Donal McCann and Máirtín Ó Direáin. Broadcaster Mike Murphy, Derek Daly former Formula One driver, comedian Dave Allen, Olympic boxer Mick Dowling, musicians Republic of Loose, Rob Smith, The Coronas and Grammy-winner Susan McKeown all hail from Terenure.

Sport

Terenure is the home of Terenure College RFC, a senior rugby club in Division 1A of the AIB All Ireland League.[17]

Terenure Rangers Football Club provide schoolboy, schoolgirl and adult football for men and women to the surrounding area.[18]

Terenure Sports Club is also in Terenure.[19]

See also

Notes and sources

Footnotes

  1. ^ Named after Vaughan's public house at the northeast corner of the crossroads.

References

  1. ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1008 Population by Electoral Divisions in County Dublin, by Birthplace". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Tír an Iúir/Terenure". logainm.ie. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  3. ^ Freeman, Michael. "Your guide to Terenure: Victorian grandeur around a proper old village centre". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The Council Explained, Your Area". Dublin City Council. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "A History Of Presentation Terenure". presterenure.scoilnet.ie. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "1785 - Fortfield House, Terenure, Dublin". archiseek.com. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  7. ^ Quigley, Capt. A.A. (1 June 1996). "The Day they bombed Dublin". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. ^ "All about Presentation Primary Terenure, Dublin 6W". presterenure.scoilnet.ie.
  9. ^ "Welcome / Fáilte". presentationcollege.ie. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Our Lady's School". olschool.ie. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Irish Jewish Community". jewishireland.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  12. ^ "A small circle of houses that developed at what is now Terenure Place gave Terenure village its original name of "Roundtown". It was called Roundtown until 1870" (PDF). dublincity.ie. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Dublin, Rathmines, Rathfarnham and Rathcoole Railway Act 1864" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Core Route Map" (PDF) (Map). Dublin Bus. Transport for Ireland. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  15. ^ James Joyce baptismal certificate, on display in Terenure public library.
  16. ^ James Joyce: Genealogical Appendix Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Ricorso. Retrieved: 2012-05-30.
  17. ^ "AIL Men's Divisions 1A & 1B: Round 1 Previews". irishrugby.ie. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  18. ^ "Terenure Rangers FC". terenurerangers.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  19. ^ Terenure Sports Club Archived 16 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Terenure Sports Club, 2020.
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