Dolphin's Barn () is an inner city suburb of
Dublin
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of the city in the
Dublin 8
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, and partially in the
Dublin 12
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, postal district.
Etymology
The district's name possibly derives from an Anglo-Norman family named Dolphyn who owned a prominent storehouse there in medieval times. However it could also derive from its more ancient name of Carnán Cluana Úi Dhunchada (the little cairn of the meadow of the Úi Dhunchada) or its shortened version of Carn Úi Dhunchada (the cairn of the Úi Dhunchada), anglicised as "Dunphy's Cairn" and ending as "Dolphin's Barn
The Úi Dhunchada were one of the three branches of the Úi Dúnlainge dynasty from which came most of the Kings of Leinster from the 5th to the 11th century AD.
Location and access
Surrounding areas include
The Liberties
The Liberties (Irish: ''Na Saoirsí'' or occasionally ''Na Libirtí'') is an area in central Dublin, Ireland, located in the southwest of the inner city. Formed from various areas of special manorial jurisdiction, separate from the main city g ...
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Inchicore
Inchicore () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Located approximately west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin. The village developed around Richmond Barracks (built 1810) and Inchicore railway works (b ...
,
Islandbridge
Island Bridge (), formerly Sarah or Sarah's Bridge, is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey, in Dublin, Ireland which joins the South Circular Road to Conyngham Road at the Phoenix Park.
Island Bridge and the surrounding area (often known ...
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Kilmainham
Kilmainham (, meaning " St Maighneann's church") is a south inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland, south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre. It is in the city's Dublin 8 postal district. The area was once known as Kilmanum.
History
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Features
The
Grand Canal passes through the centre of the locality under Dolphin's Barn Bridge. The City Watercourse historically passed through the area too.
Sport
Dolphin's Barn is the home of Templeogue Synge Street GFC who own Dolphin Park in Dolphins Barn and who allow a local small Hurling Club use the ground called
Kevin's Hurling Club
Kevin's is a hurling club based in Dolphin's Barn in Dublin's south inner city, Ireland.
History
Kevin's began promoting hurling and Gaelic football in Dublin's south inner city in 1902. It evolved from the Craobh Chaoimhín of Conradh na Gaei ...
and former
League of Ireland
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club
Dolphins
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used to use the grounds many years ago.
The Dublin marathon passes down
South Circular Road in Dolphin's Barn.
Amenities
Dolphin's Barn is home to one of the city's fire stations which is situated on the corner of Parnell Road and Rutland Avenue.
Jewish cemetery
The official Jewish cemetery of Dublin is on Aughavannagh Road near Dolphin's Barn. It was established in 1898 by
Robert Bradlaw and the Dolphin's Barn Jewish Burial Society to replace the
Ballybough Cemetery
Ballybough Cemetery () is a Jewish cemetery in Ballybough, Dublin. Founded in 1718, it is Ireland's oldest Jewish cemetery.
Location
The cemetery is bounded on one side by a former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks (1830–1910). On the other ...
which was nearing capacity. Bradlaw was one of the founders of the St. Kevin's Parade Synagogue. The cemetery was dedicated to
Sir Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, (24 October 1784 – 28 July 1885) was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London. Born to an Italian Sephardic Jewish family based in London, afte ...
.
Hospital
The Coombe Lying-In Hospital moved from the Liberties to modern buildings in Dolphin's Barn in 1967. It was renamed the Coombe Women's Hospital in 1993 and again renamed as the
Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital in January 2008.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Ireland.
*https://www.logainm.ie/ga/57133
References
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