Arbour Hill ( ga, Cnoc an Arbhair) is an area of
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
within the inner city on the
Northside of the
River Liffey
The River Liffey ( Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the Riv ...
, in the
Dublin 7 postal district. Arbour Hill, the road of the same name, runs west from
Blackhall Place in
Stoneybatter, and separates
Collins Barracks, now hosting part of the
National Museum of Ireland, 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
References
Places in Dublin (city)
Streets in Dublin (city)
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