Deansgrange () is a southern suburb of

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, centred on the crossroads of Clonkeen Road and Kill Lane. The area shares the name Clonkeen () with the area further east, known as

Kill of the Grange Kill of the Grange, often Kill o' the Grange, is an ancient parish in the half Barony of Rathdown, which contains an early religious site, within County Dublin, Ireland; the ancient site is a National Monument. The area, part of broader Deansg ...

(i.e. "Church of the Grange of ": referring to Grange Church (now in ruins)).

History and etymology

Since early medieval times the area was owned by the Augustinians, and used as a grange, giving rise to the

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of Kill, in the half-barony of Rathdown. The Ordnance Survey Ireland map 1837–1842 shows a "Grange Church" (now in ruins, the modern housing estate surrounding it is called ''Kill Abbey''), "Kill Abbey" (still existing), "Grange House" (demolished with the building of the ''South Park'' estate), and "Glebe House" (still existing). Deansgrange was a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

of Kill Parish. Presumably the

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of the grange lived in ''Grange House'', and so the area became known as "the Dean's Grange", and then simply, Deansgrange.

Geography

The crossroads are the commercial centre for the surrounding low-density housing estates, with a number of commercial outlets. The

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runs roughly north-south through Deansgrange from

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. South of the crossroads is Clonkeen Road, leading to Clonkeen College, while north is Deansgrange Road leading to

Deans Grange Cemetery Deans Grange Cemetery (; also spelled ''Deansgrange'') is situated in the suburban area of Deansgrange in the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown part of the former County Dublin, Ireland. Since it first opened in 1865, over 150,000 people have been burie ...

. Kill Lane runs roughly east (to Baker's Corner crossroads and Kill of the Grange) and west (to

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Amenities

Schools in the area include Kill o' the Grange National School and Clonkeen College. A Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council library is located at Deansgrange. Local sports clubs include Meadow Vale Tennis Club, Cabinteely GAA and

Foxrock–Cabinteely GAA Foxrock–Cabinteely GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Foxrock, Cabinteely, Johnstown and Cornelscourt areas of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The club was founded in 2005, following the merger of Foxrock Girls Gaelic Club a ...

and Granada (soccer) club.

Churches

Kill Church was designed by Welland and Gillespie architects in 1863 and built by James Douglass. James McAllister was the supervising architect. The foundation stone was laid in July 1863 and it cost €1,600. In 1931 Hubert McGoldrick designed a 'The Good Shepheard' leaded glass window.Biographical index of Irish Architects on Irish Architectural Archive website

Cemetery

Deansgrange Cemetery is, together with

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and Mount Jerome, one of the largest cemeteries in Dublin and is the burial place of many famous people, including Flann O'Brien, Count John McCormack, Frank O'Connor,

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, and the Nobel Laureate

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References

External links

Kill O' The Grange Church

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