DUBLIN ST. PETER

In 1868, the parish of Dublin St Peter contained the following places:

"DUBLIN ST. PETER, a parish in the barony of Uppercross, and city and county of Dublin, in the province of Leinster, Ireland. [See Dublin].

"CULLENSWOOD, a village in the parish of Dublin St. Peter, barony of Uppereross, in the county of Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, a little over a mile S.E. of Dublin. A Chapel-of-ease was erected here in 1826 by Lord Mount-Sandford. It was here that 500 settlers from Bristol were put to death by a body of Irish on Easter Monday, 1209. It is supposed that the phrase" Black Monday " originates from this incident."

"HAROLD'S CROSS, a post-office village in the parishes of Dublin St. Catherine and Dublin St. Peter, in the barony of Uppercross, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles S.W. of the General. Post-Office, Dublin. It is situated near the Grand canal and the South Circular road. Mount Jerome cemetery was laid out on an area of 25 acres by the "General Cemetery Company of Dublin." Among other monuments is one to the memory of Thomas Drummond, Under-Secretary for Ireland. On the left side of the village stands the convent of St. Clare, with a chapel adjoining. Opposite to this is a Carmelite friary. Here are a female orphan school and the Greenmount linen factory. The village is within the radius of the General Post-Office district."

"MILLTOWN, a post-office village in the parish of Dublin St. Peter, barony of Uppercross, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Dublin. It is a station on the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford railway. It is situated on the road from thence to Ennis, and on the river Dodder. The higher grounds command views of Dublin Bay. The river is spanned by a bridge, and its banks adorned by numerous seats. It gives title of earl to the Leeson family of Rusborough."

"PORTOBELLO, a village in the parish of Dublin St. Peter, in the barony of Uppercross, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 1 mile S.W. of the castle in Dublin, of which it is a suburb. It is situated on the banks of the Grand canal, and contains the barracks."

"RANELAGH, a post-office village in the parish of Dublin St. Peter, barony of Upper Cross, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 1½ mile S.E. of the post-office at Dublin. It is situated on the Enniskerry road. It is divided into North and South, and contains a nunnery, with a charity school annexed. The Bishop of Derry has a residence here. Cullenswood, near the village, was the scene of the slaughter of 500 British colonists in 1209. The spot is sometimes called "the Bloody Field.""

"RATHMINES, a post-office, village, and suburb of the city of Dublin, in the parish of Dublin St. Peter, barony of Uppercross, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of the General Post-office. It is situated on the Rathfarnham and Tallaght road. The village consists of a long line of fashionable residences, commencing at Latouche bridge over the Grand canal, and extending for nearly 2 miles. There are a church, and a Roman Catholic chapel, also free and National schools. There is a good water supply, and frequent omnibus conveyance. Here was the battle in which the Duke of Ormond was routed by Colonel Jones in 1649."

"SANDFORD, a village in the parish of Dublin St. Peter, barony of Uppercross, county Dublin, province of Leinster, Ireland, 1½ mile S. of Dublin, near Ranelagh, on the road to Enniskerry. A chapel was founded here by Lord Mountsandford, from which circumstance the place derives its name. There is a school and a library."

 

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018