Rockbrook
Rockbrook (Irish: Sruth na gCloch)[1] is a small area, once site of a small settlement,[2] now semi-suburban, in South Dublin, Ireland.
Location
Rockbrook is situated approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Templeogue,[2] south of Ballyboden, on the R116 regional road, which is Cruagh Road uphill and Edmondstown Road downhill. The area lies between Edmondstown, Tibradden and Whitechurch,[3] within the civil parish of Whitechurch.[1] The area is traversed by multiple streams within the Owendoher River system, including Glendoo Stream; there were several watermills in the vicinity.[4]
Amenities
Rockbrook Park School, located in the area, is a fee-paying boys secondary school which had an enrollment 167 as of January 2020.[5] The school is located in Rockbrook House, a former country house built c. 1770.[6] The ruin of Rockbrook Mill, a paper mill operated by a Quaker family until the 1830s, is nearby.[7] Also located in the area is the Merry Ploughboy public house.[8]
In and near the area are several cemeteries.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sruth na gCloch / Rockbrook". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ferrar, John (1807). A View of Ancient and Modern Dublin. Dublin: Graiseberry and Campbell. p. 166.
Rockbrook [..] A small village, two miles and a half from Temple-oge [..] situated near the foot of the mountains
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Geohive.ie - searched for Rockbrook". Geohive (State mapping tool). Ordnance Survey Ireland (Government of Ireland).
- ↑ Doyle, Joseph W. (2018). The Rivers and streams of the Dublin Region : Dublin city, Fingal, South Dublin & Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. Dublin: Rath Eanna Research. p. 63. ISBN 0-9566363-8-1. OCLC 1237252174. Search this book on
- ↑ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Rockbrook Park School". gov.ie. Department of Education. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
Rockbrook Park School is a single-sex fee-charging voluntary secondary school with 167 male students
- ↑ "Rockbrook Park School, Edmondstown Road, Newtown (Ra. By.), Dublin". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "Rockbrook Mill, Rockbrook Park School, Edmondstown Road, Cruagh, Dublin". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "My day: Shane O'Donoghue". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
Coordinates: 53°15′N 6°18′W / 53.250°N 6.300°W
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