Arbour Hill ( ga, Cnoc an Arbhair) is an area of

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within the inner city on the

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of the

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, in the

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postal district. Arbour Hill, the road of the same name, runs west from Blackhall Place in

Stoneybatter Stoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh (), is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman. It is in the D7 postal district. Th ...

, and separates

Collins Barracks Collins Barracks ( ga, Dún Uí Choileáin) is a former military barracks in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin, Ireland. The buildings now house the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History. Previously housing both British Arm ...

, now hosting part of the

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, to the south from

Arbour Hill Prison Arbour Hill Prison () is a prison located in the Arbour Hill area near Heuston Station in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. The prison is the national centre for male sex offenders. Adjacent to the prison are the Church of the Sacred Heart, ...

to the north, whose graveyard includes the burial plot of the signatories of the Easter Proclamation that began the 1916 Rising. St Bricin's Military Hospital, formerly the King George V Hospital, is also located in Arbour Hill.

History

Arbour Hill is derived from the Irish ''Cnoc an Arbhair'' which means "corn hill". The area was owned by Christ Church Cathedral during the medieval period and was used to store corn. The area first appears on a map in 1603 as "Earber-hill". As part of his commissioned symphonic work "Irishmen and Irishwomen", the composer Vincent Kennedy included a movement titled "Arbour Hill". This movement is a tribute to the Easter Rising participants buried at Arbour Hill.

Gallery

File:County Dublin - Church of the Sacred Heart (Arbour Hill) - 20190904132020.jpg, Church of the Sacred Heart, Arbour Hill File:Easter Rising Memorial at Arbour Hill, Dublin - 138966 (26897914707).jpg, 1916 memorial garden at Arbour Hill File:Arbour Hill dublin city 1.jpg, 1916 memorial wall at Arbour Hill File:1916 Arbour Hill Wreath Laying 2010 (4580730197).jpg, Wreath laying ceremony at the 1916 memorial garden at Arbour Hill

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