Fairview, Dublin facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Fairview Fionnradharc
Suburb
Fairview pictured from a pedestrian bridge, with Fairview Park to the left
Fairview Location in Ireland
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Dublin
Local authority	Dublin City Council
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Fairview (Irish: Fionnradharc) is an inner coastal suburb of Dublin in Ireland, in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council 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

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 routes from the city centre, including 14, 15, 27/ABNX, 29A/N, 31/B, 32/ABX, 42/N, 43, 123, and 130.

Neighbouring districts include Marino to the north, North Strand and Ballybough to the west, East Wall to the southwest, and Clontarf to the east.

Fairview is a parish in the Fingal South East deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin. It is served by the Church of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Name and history

The Irish name seen on street signs opposite Fairview Park, as well as on Fairview Avenue and Fairview Terrace, is Baile Bocht, rather than the current Fionnradharc, which suggests that this area was originally part of Ballybough, the neighbouring community on the far side of the river Tolka.

Fairview began to grow after the building of Annesley Bridge in 1797 opened up easy access to the land; since 1488 there had been no crossing of the River Tolka below Ballybough Bridge.

Administratively, Fairview and Marino were part of the old townland of Clonturk, which also included Drumcondra.

Fairview Strand was formally known as Owen Roe Terrace and Philibsburgh Strand. Philipsburgh Avenue was called Ellis's Lane and a small area around there was known as Annadale, home to one of Dublin's earliest Jewish communities. Annadale House was located in an estate that now comprises Melrose Avenue, Lomond Avenue, Waverly Avenue, and Inverness Road. On Fairview Strand, near Luke Kelly bridge, is Dublin's oldest Jewish Cemetery, Ballybough Cemetery. The graveyard was built in 1718, with a mortuary chapel added in 1857 (the Hebrew date 5618 is inscribed on the front), and contains more than 200 graves. The last burial there was in 1958.

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 the Richmond Road, it provides psychiatric services for the northeast quadrant of Dublin city.

The area also includes Dublin's first 50-metre swimming pool, at the West Wood Club, built on a former waste depot adjacent to Fairview Park. Other facilities at West Wood include tennis courts, a climbing wall, gym, childcare, day spa, café, squash, football, an Irish Montessori, and the Dracula Museum.

Ireland's largest sporting stadium and home to the Gaelic Athletic Association - the GAA - Croke Park is located near Fairview. Fairview and Marino both contain restaurants, cafes and pubs, which draw trade from events at Croke Park.

Parks

One of the area's main features, Fairview Park, built on reclaimed land, was reduced in size during the 2000s, due to the development of the Dublin Port Tunnel, whose entrance is just beyond the old park perimeter. The park has now been restored. Along with the two smaller playgrounds which remain, a large children's playground has been constructed, a band stand, skate park, new paths in parts and greenery continue to be improved on.

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  Flowers in Fairview Park

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  Statue of Seán Russell

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  Fairview Park playground

A smaller park, Bram Stoker Park, is named after the author of Dracula, and is in front Marino Crescent of a terrace of Georgian houses. Stoker was born in one of them, 15 Marino Crescent.

Community

There is an active residents association, Fairview Residents Association.

Fairview Hall

Fairview Hall is a Gospel Hall located in 13 Annesley Bridge Road. [1] Fairview Hall is part of the Gospel Hall, Brethren local assembly.

Education

Marino college

Past pupils of St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S., Fairview include former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey. The secondary school Marino College is in nearby Marino. St. Marys national school for girls is close to Richmond Road.

Notable people

• Cathal Brugha, revolutionary and politician, born at 13 Richmond Avenue.
• Brendan Cauldwell, actor.
• Éamonn Ceannt, one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, lived at 23 Fairview Avenue.
• Kathleen and Tom Clarke, lived at 31 Richmond Avenue.
• Sean Connolly, captain in the Irish Citizen Army and Abbey Theatre actor, lived at 108 Philipsburgh Avenue.
• Ned Daly, Irish revolutionary.
• Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely
• Larry Gogan, broadcaster.
• Cathal Goulding, Irish republican, lived at 15 Cadogan Road.
• Rosie Hackett, actively involved in the trade union movement, 1913 Lockout and 1916 Rising, lived in Fairview.
• Frank Henderson, captain in the Irish Volunteers.
• George Henry Kinahan, geologist, lived at Woodlands, Philipsburgh Avenue.
• Charles Lever, writer, lived on Philipsburgh Avenue.
• Charles Lucas, the patriot physician, lived at Pennyville.
• James Joyce, lived at a number of addresses in Fairview between 1896 and 1901.
• Liam Mellows and Barney Mellows, Irish revolutionaries whose childhood home was 10 Annadale Avenue.
• Thomas McDonagh, one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, lived at Woodlands, Philipsburgh Avenue.
• Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, broadcaster and former Gaelic footballer and hurler.
• Fred O'Donovan, theatre and radio producer.
• Maureen Potter, actress, singer and performer, grew up on St. Joseph's Terrace, off Philipsburgh Avenue.
• Maureen Toal, stage and television actress.

Images for kids

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  Fairview Strand street sign using Baile Bocht

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  Central Fairview

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  Eastern side of Fairview Park