Fairview () is an inner coastal suburb of
Dublin
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in
Ireland
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, in the jurisdiction of
Dublin City Council
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and in the city's
D03 postal district. Part of the area forms Fairview Park, a recreational amenity laid out on land reclaimed from the sea.
Location
Modern-day Fairview is a popular inner suburb of Dublin that stretches northeast from the
River Tolka
The River Tolka (; , "the flood"), also once spelled ''Tolga'', is one of Dublin's three main rivers, flowing from County Meath to Fingal within the old County Dublin, and through the north of Dublin city, Ireland (the other main rivers are t ...
to Clontarf Road DART Station along Fairview Park to the south, and along the redbrick Victorian part of Philipsburgh Avenue to the north. It is bounded by
Marino which was developed in 1924 in the area of Fairview on the former estate lands of Lord Charlemont. The grounds of
St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview
St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview () is a small psychiatric hospital in Fairview, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
History
The hospital was established, following a bequest by Elizabeth Magan (sister of the informant, Francis Magan), at Rich ...
and
Drumcondra are to the west.
Fairview is reached on a main
road artery from Dublin city via
North Strand, which continues on as the Malahide, Howth and Clontarf Roads. It is served by the Clontarf Road
DART station. The area can also be reached by way of several
Dublin Bus
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routes from the city centre, including 14, 15, 27/ABNX, 29A/N, 31/B, 32/ABX, 42/N, 43, 123, 130 and the "H" bus corridor. It will include the segregated cycle path that goes from Amiens Street to Sutton, which began construction in 2022.
Neighbouring districts include Marino to the north, North Strand and
Ballybough
Ballybough () is an inner city district of northeast Dublin city, Ireland. Adjacent areas include the North Strand and Clonliffe.
Location
Ballybough is an inner city district of northeast Dublin. Neighbouring districts include Drumcondra to ...
to the west,
East Wall to the southwest, and
Clontarf to the east.
Name

Until the end of the 18th century, the area was known as Ballybough, with many street signs still giving the
Irish name of the area as ''Baile Bocht.'' The parish of Fairview was created in 1879, when it was separated from Clontarf, reputedly named for the local church, Our Lady of Fair View
dedicated to Our Lady of Pulchro Aspectu vulgo Fairview in 1819. Administratively, Fairview and Marino were part of the old townland of
Clonturk
Clonturk () is an area on the Northside (Dublin), Northside of Dublin, in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the south of the suburb of Drumcondra, Dublin, Drumcondra, just north of the River Tolka, but previously, Clonturk had been ...
, which also included Drumcondra.
History
Along with large areas of Ballybough,
Dorset Street,
Clonliffe Road
Clonliffe () is an area on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, between Ballybough and Drumcondra in the Dublin 3 postal district.
Location
Clonliffe Road, previously known as Fortick's Lane, is a wide thoroughfare that forms the central art ...
, and Lower Drumcondra, much of Fairview was part of the farmland owned by
St Mary's Abbey in the 14th century. During the
dissolution of the monasteries,
St Mary's was given to
Earl of Desmond
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and the tithes of the area then known as Ballybough were given to
William Howth. The area was later owned by a proprietor, John Bathe. The Bathe family held large areas of land for a long period, including
Drumcondra Castle, until the end of the reign of
Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
* Charles I of ...
, with Walter Peppard leasing Ballybough and the area now known as Fairview. After the
1641 Rebellion and the following wars, the population of Fairview remained low.
Around 1718, one of Dublin's earliest Jewish communities was established in the area, then known as Annadale.
The communities originated in Portugal and Spain to Dublin during the Cromwellian era due to his tolerance of Jews. They were escaping the Spanish Inquisition and initially settled near Crane Lane in Dublin city. Their village at Annadale was connected to Fairview by Ellis's Lane, which later became Philipsburgh Avenue from the mid-1700s. The community left the area, moving to the south side of the city, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. On Fairview Strand, near Luke Kelly bridge, is Dublin's oldest Jewish Cemetery,
Ballybough Cemetery.
The graveyard was built in 1718 on land leased on a peppercorn rent from
Chichester Phillips, but it was a different, prominent Jew also named Philips for whom Philipsburgh Avenue is most likely named. The mortuary chapel was added in 1857 and contains more than 200 graves. The last burial there was in 1958.
Before the extension of Philipsburg Avenue for the Marino housing estate, the northern end was a lane called Sally Park. In the mid-1800s it is reputed there was a Baptist chapel and congregation on Philipsburgh Avenue.
The Richmond Road connects Fairview with Drumcondra on the northern side of the River Tolka and was laid out to provide access to Drumcondra Castle. The thoroughfare was a laneway until reputedly a jeweller and merchant, Francis Jacob Grose, built a house called Richmond House in the mid-1700s,
from which the road is thought to take its name. His house was on the site now occupied by St. Vincent's Hospital. Kingston suggests that he named his house for
Richmond, London
Richmond is a town in south-west London,The London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended) categorises the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as an Outer London borough. Although it is on both sides of the River Thames, the Boundary Commis ...
, and that his building of his house in this area led to it becoming more fashionable with the merchant class. Grose's son was the antiquarian,
Francis Grose
Francis Grose (before 11June 173112May 1791) was an England, English antiquary, drawing, draughtsman, and lexicographer. He produced ''A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'' (1785) and ''A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local ...
, who is buried at
Drumcondra Church
Drumcondra Church of Ireland is a Church of Ireland church located in Drumcondra, Dublin, previously in the Civil Parish of Clonturk. The church and its churchyard contain memorials to a number of notable historical figures.
History
In 1743 the ...
. Richmond House was bought by the Daughters of Charity and incorporated into St Vincent's.
Kingston reports that reputedly some
Huguenots
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who sought refuge in Dublin built houses along the Richmond Road.
From the end of the 1700s, industries were established in the area, in particular the manufacture of
flint glass
Flint glass is optical glass that has relatively high refractive index and low Abbe number (high dispersion). Flint glasses are arbitrarily defined as having an Abbe number of 50 to 55 or less. The currently known flint glasses have refractiv ...
.
One factory was established by Philip Roche. A factory near Ballybough Bridge made glass for
Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle () is a major Government of Ireland, Irish government complex, conference centre, and tourist attraction. It is located off Dame Street in central Dublin.
It is a former motte-and-bailey castle and was chosen for its position at ...
, and Chebsey's glass house produced a chandelier for the
Irish Houses of Parliament
Parliament House () in Dublin, Ireland, was home to the Parliament of Ireland, and since 1803 has housed the Bank of Ireland. It was the world's first purpose-built bicameral parliament house. It is located at College Green, Dublin, College G ...
with 1233 glass pieces. The density of such factories resulted in Factory Lane, which is now Esmonde Avenue.
During the reign of
James II, the Fairview area was owned by Chicester Phillips and Sir John Eccles. Due to the extensive tidal areas which encompassed the area up the Fairview Strand at this time, there were not many houses built in the area, with the Clontarf strand much more popular for houses and recreation. After the closure of the glass factories, the Coghills of Drumcondra established a green to bleach linen on the Richmond Road which was later replaced with a factory for printing linen. This factory was admired by
Mary Delany
Mary Delany, earlier Mary Pendarves ( Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks", botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence.
Early life
Mary ...
. Fairview's population was still small, but some notable residents began to move to the area including Joseph Dioderice, the maternal grandfather of
Thomas Elrington, in 1748. In 1787 Fairview was described as containing "very neat and elegant houses".
Fairview began to grow after the building of
Annesley Bridge in 1797 opened up easy access to the land.
Until 1797 there had been no crossing of the River Tolka below Ballybough Bridge.
Fairview Strand was formally known as Owen Roe Terrace and Philipsburgh Strand.
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The boundary of Fairview and the area now known as Marino, but historically part of
Donnycarney
Donnycarney () is a Northside suburb in the city of Dublin, Ireland, in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council. It is mostly residential, around from the centre of Dublin. Dublin GAA's home stadium, Parnell Park, is located here.
Locatio ...
, was delineated by the walls of the demesne of
Marino House
Marino House and gardens was a Georgian house and estate in Marino in the northern suburbs of Dublin, Ireland, constructed sometime around 1755 and later remodeled by Sir William Chambers for the 1st Earl of Charlemont. Chambers later also desig ...
along Fairview Strand. The house and most of its surrounds are now demolished, apart from the
Casino at Marino
The Casino at Marino is a Neo-Classical summer or pleasure house, originally located in the grounds of Marino House in Dublin, Ireland. Sometimes described as a folly, it was designed by Scottish architect William Chambers and executed by Sim ...
and the original Georgian entrance gates which have been relocated to Griffith Avenue.
Annadale House was located in an estate that now comprises Melrose Avenue, Lomond Avenue, Waverly Avenue, and Inverness Road. Cadogan and Addison Roads were built in the mid-1800s, and were named for Dublin peers. A number of Georgian houses have since be demolished including Mulberry Lodge, Pennyville,
and Woodlands. A Carmelite monastery once stood on Fairview Avenue, on the site of Fairview cinema.
Pennyville was a small estate at the end of Fairview Avenue which was later known as Croydon Park. Bushfield House has survived and stands on Philipsburgh Avenue. It was previously known as Cutaldo and dates from . From the 1840s, houses were built on Richmond Avenue, which was seen as a fashionable area. The area which is now Merville Avenue was known as the Big Gun after a local tavern. When Fairview Church was opened in 1855 there were 20 houses on Fairview Strand, two on Windsor Avenue, and 41 houses on Philipsburgh Avenue. The horse trams and later the railway trams which crossed over Annesley Bridge and ran up to Clontarf increased the accessibility of Fairview.
From 1832 to 1909, 89 Fairview Strand was a
Royal Irish Constabulary
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Barracks and the now demolished Erlington House was home to
Thomas Erlington, and later the opera singer Josephine O'Brien.
A burial area for those who died by suicide is thought to have been located at the boundary of Fairview and Ballybough, at the corner of Clonliffe Avenue and the Ballybough Road, and is cited as one of the inspirations for
Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912), better known by his pen name Bram Stoker, was an Irish novelist who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel ''Dracula''. The book is widely considered a milestone in Vampire fiction, and one of t ...
's ''
Dracula
''Dracula'' is an 1897 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is Epistolary novel, related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens ...
''.
Amenities

The main commercial areas are Fairview, a busy road alongside Fairview Park, and Fairview Strand,
a narrower commercial and residential strip running from Edge's Corner around to Luke Kelly Bridge.
St Vincent's Hospital was founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1857. Located on Richmond Road, it provides psychiatric services for the northeast quadrant of Dublin city.
Parks
Fairview Park () has playing fields, a children's playground and tree-lined walks. Originally a tidal
mud flat
Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers. A global analysis published in 2019 suggested that tidal f ...
which was used for
land fill
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in the early 1900s, the park was developed in the late 1920s
and bye laws were formally adopted by Dublin Corporation in 1934. The River Tolka runs right past the park, Clontarf Road DART station is located near the park, and across the railway line there is a 400-metre athletics track and a
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann hall.
A memorial statue of
Seán Russell
Seán Russell (13 October 1893 – 14 August 1940) was an Irish republican who participated in the Easter Rising of 1916, held senior positions in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, and was Chief ...
was unveiled by
Cumann Uaigheann Na Laochra Gael, in Fairview Park, in September 1951. A new statue of him was erected in May 2009. The park also features a sculpture by Joe Moran, ''Family Unit 1''.
Alongside a number of other sites, Fairview Park was considered as a location for the
Garden of Remembrance in the early 1970s.
On 19 March 1983, prior to the first
Dublin Pride parade, a march was held from
Liberty Hall
Liberty Hall (), in Dublin, Ireland, is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU). Designed by Desmond Rea O'Kelly, it was completed in 1965. It was for a time the tallest building in the countr ...
to Fairview Park. This was in response to the murder of
Declan Flynn in the park, and the resulting trial.
Fairview Park was built on reclaimed land. It was temporarily reduced in size during the 2000s, due to the development of the
Dublin Port Tunnel
The Dublin Tunnel ( Irish: ''Tollán Bhaile Átha Cliath''), originally and still commonly known as the Port Tunnel, is a road traffic tunnel in Dublin, Ireland, that forms part of the M50 motorway.
The twin tunnels form a two-lane dual car ...
, the entrance to which is approximately a kilometre beyond the park perimeter. The park has now been restored. It contains two small playgrounds and a larger playground which includes a skate park. The park also contained a bandstand, which was removed during the construction of the Port Tunnel.
The park contains several
association football
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pitches. Both
Sheriff Y.C.
Sheriff Youth Club is an List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Sheriff Street, Dublin. Their senior team plays in the Athletic Union League (Dublin), Athletic Union League. They ha ...
and
Belvedere play home games in the park.
A smaller park,
Bram Stoker Park, is located in front of the
Georgian terrace of
Marino Crescent
Marino Crescent () is a Georgian crescent of 26 houses at the junction of Marino, Fairview and Clontarf in Dublin 3, Ireland. It is the only Georgian crescent in Dublin.
History
The crescent was built by Charles Ffolliott in 1792 as a spite ...
; both the park and the street are in a pocket of neighbouring Clontarf. Stoker was born in number 15 Marino Crescent.
File:Fairview 015.JPG, Flowers in Fairview Park
File:Sean Russell bronze statue.jpg, Statue of Seán Russell
File:Fairview Park playground.jpg, Fairview Park playground
Image:Fairview 018.JPG, Eastern side of Fairview Park
Public services
A
Garda Síochána
(; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissio ...
station is located in nearby Clontarf and a
Dublin Fire Brigade
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and ambulance station is located just across the Tolka, at Annesley Bridge. A credit union is located on Fairview Strand, and a Post Office on Marino Mart. Dublin City Libraries have a branch on the main road in Fairview.
Education

Past pupils of
St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S., Fairview
St Joseph's, Fairview, sometimes St Joseph's C.B.S., and previously St Joseph's Secondary Christian Brothers' School, is a co-educational Secondary school#Republic of Ireland, secondary school in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland, having been Single-se ...
include former
Taoiseach
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,
Charles Haughey
Charles James Haughey (; 16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who led four governments as Taoiseach: December 1979 to June 1981, March to December 1982, March 1987 to June 1989, and June 1989 to February 1992 ...
.
The secondary school Marino College is in nearby Marino. St. Marys
national school for girls is close to Richmond Road.
Politics
Fairview is in the administrative area of
Dublin City Council
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. It lies in the Dublin North Central Dáil constituency and the ''Clontarf Local Electoral Area'' for city council elections. It is served by the Fairview Residents Association.
Religion
Fairview is a
parish
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in the
Fingal South East deanery of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of Roman civilization
* Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter ...
. It is served by the Church of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The construction of this church began in 1853, and it was opened on 15 January 1855. Fairview Hall is a Gospel Hall at 13 Annesley Bridge Road, and is part of the Gospel Hall Brethren local assembly.
Notable people
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Cathal Brugha
Cathal Brugha (; born Charles William St John Burgess; 18 July 1874 – 7 July 1922) was an Irish republican politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1919 to 1922, Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann in January 1919, the first presid ...
, revolutionary and politician, born at 13 Richmond Avenue.
*
Brendan Cauldwell
Brendan Cauldwell (25 October 1922 – 12 January 2006) was an Irish radio, film and television actor.
Early life and education
Cauldwell was born in Fairview, Dublin. He was educated at O'Connell's Irish Christian Brothers School and went on ...
, actor.
*
Éamonn Ceannt
Éamonn Ceannt (21 September 1881 – 8 May 1916), born Edward Thomas Kent, was an Irish republican, mostly known for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Background
Ceannt was born in the little village of Ballymoe, overlooking the River Su ...
, one of the seven signatories of the
Proclamation of the Irish Republic
The Proclamation of the Republic (), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. ...
, lived at 23 Fairview Avenue.
[James Wren. From Ballybough to Scurlogue's Bridge. Dublin Historical Record, Vol. 37, No. 1 (December 1983), pp. 14-29]
*
Kathleen and
Tom Clarke, lived at 31 Richmond Avenue.
*
Sean Connolly
Sean Connolly () was an Irish republican, socialist and Abbey Theatre actor who took part in the Easter Rising. He was a captain in the Irish Citizen Army and was the first rebel to be killed during the Rising.
Early life and family
Connolly wa ...
, captain in the
Irish Citizen Army
The Irish Citizen Army (), or ICA, was a paramilitary group first formed in Dublin to defend the picket lines and street demonstrations of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) against the police during the Great Dublin Lock ...
and
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the p ...
actor, lived at 108 Philipsburgh Avenue.
[A.P. Caomhánach (ed.), Scoil Iosaif Marino, Iris Chuimhneacháin 1916-1966. (Dublin, 1966)]
*
Ned Daly
John Edward Daly (25 February 1891 – 4 May 1916; ) was commandant of Dublin's 1st battalion of the Irish Volunteers during the Easter Rising of 1916. He was the youngest man to hold that rank and the youngest executed in the aftermath.
Backg ...
, Irish revolutionary.
*
Larry Gogan, broadcaster.
*
Cathal Goulding
Cathal Goulding (; 2 January 1923 – 26 December 1998) was Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Official IRA.
Early life and career
One of seven children born on East Arran Street in north Dublin to an Irish republican f ...
, Irish republican, lived at 15 Cadogan Road.
*
Rosie Hackett, actively involved in the trade union movement,
1913 Lockout and
1916 Rising
The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an i ...
, lived in Fairview.
*
Frank Henderson, captain in the
Irish Volunteers
The Irish Volunteers (), also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by nationalists and republicans in Ireland. It was ostensibly formed in response to the format ...
.
*
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influentia ...
, lived at a number of addresses in Fairview between 1896 and 1901.
*
George Henry Kinahan, geologist, lived at Woodlands, Philipsburgh Avenue.
*
Charles Lever
Charles James Lever (31 August 1806 – 1 June 1872) was an Irish novelist and raconteur, whose novels, according to Anthony Trollope, were just like his conversation.
Biography Early life
Lever was born in Amiens Street, Dublin, the secon ...
, writer, lived on Philipsburgh Avenue.
*
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely
Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely Order of St Patrick, KP, Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783), styled The Honourable from 1751 to 1769 and known as Henry Loftus, 4th Viscount Loftus from 1769 to 1771, was an Angl ...
*
Charles Lucas, the patriot physician, lived at Pennyville.
*
Thomas McDonagh
Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh (; 1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclama ...
, one of the seven signatories of the
Proclamation of the Irish Republic
The Proclamation of the Republic (), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. ...
, lived at Woodlands, Philipsburgh Avenue.
*
Seán McGarry
Seán McGarry (2 August 1886 – 9 December 1958) was a 20th-century Irish nationalist and politician. A longtime senior member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), he served as its president from May 1917 until May 1918 when he was one o ...
, revolutionary and politician, lived at 37 Philipsburgh Avenue.
*
Liam Mellows
William Joseph Mellows (, 25 May 1892 – 8 December 1922) was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician. Born in England to an English father and Irish mother, he grew up in Ashton-under-Lyne before moving to Ireland, ...
and
Barney Mellows, Irish revolutionaries whose childhood home was 10 Annadale Avenue.
*
Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, broadcaster and former Gaelic footballer and hurler.
*
Fred O'Donovan, theatre and radio producer.
*
Maureen Potter
Maria Philomena Potter (3 January 1925 – 7 April 2004), known as Maureen Potter, was an Irish singer, actress, comedienne and performer.
Early life
Potter was born in Dublin and educated at St. Mary's school in Fairview. She had a long caree ...
, actress, singer and performer, grew up on St. Joseph's Terrace, off Philipsburgh Avenue.
*
Jack Shouldice, revolutionary, lived on Inverness Road.
*
Maureen Toal
Maureen Toal (7 September 1930 – 24 August 2012) was an Irish stage and television actress whose professional career lasted for more than sixty years.
She was born in 1930 and was originally from Fairview, Dublin. Toal began performing at th ...
, stage and television actress.
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