:''Alternate uses: Nutgrove, St Helens'' Nutgrove ( ga, Ceathrú an Notaigh) is an area in Churchtown, County

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. It is a suburban area at the foot of the Dublin mountains between Churchtown and

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around the

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. It used to be the home of HB, an

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company in

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. HB was originally an abbreviation for Hughes Brothers' Dairy, now produced by

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and part of the Heartbrand. HB Dairies was demolished in 2005 and replaced with several new retail units, apartments and office space. Tenants in the new units include Homebase Hardware, Harvey Normans, an

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supermarket and Harry Coreys Furniture. Nutgrove has a very young population. The area's Loreto Park opposite

often hosts a circus during the summer months. Loreto Park hosts home games of

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and Nutgrove Celtic. Leicester Celtic also have a floodlit, all-weather pitch located off the Barton Road Extension close to Grange Manor and Grange Downs. Its most famous inhabitant was William Domville Handcock, the eldest son of William Elias Handcock and a descendant of William Handcock (Westmeath politician), William Handcock, who came to Ireland with

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's army during the

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and settled at Twyford in

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. He was born on 2 September 1830, and having been educated at Nutgrove School,

, and at Trinity College, Dublin, took his degree in 1852. As a magistrate for the County Dublin, Mr. Handcock constantly presided on the Tallaght Petty Sessions bench, of which he was a much-valued member. He was also a Guardian of the South Dublin Union, and a frequent attendant at the meetings of that board. For many years he was an active supporter of the

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. He died on 5 June 1887.

Transport

Nutgrove is served by the following

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Dublin Bus: 14 Dundrum Luas - Ardlea Road 14c Dundrum Luas - Eden Quay 61 Whitechurch- Eden Quay Go-Ahead Ireland: 75 Dun Laoghaire - Tallaght (The Square) 75a Dun Laoghaire - Tallaght (The Square) via SANDYFORD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 17 Rialto - Blackrock via UCD 17d Dundrum Luas - Rialto 161 Dundrum Luas - Rockbrook

Schools

The following schools are located in or close to Nutgrove;* * The Good Shepard Primary School * Divine Word National School, Marley Grange. * Rathfarnham Educate Together National School. St. Mary’s boys national school

References

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