North Dublin

North Dublin

By Dillon Cosgrove. Originally published in 1909.

Chapter 1. West of Church Street and the Finglas Road.

Chapter 2. The Phoenix Park and the Barony of the Tyrells (Castleknock)

Chapter 3. The Tolka, Glasnevin and the Naul Road.

Chapter 4. Grattan Bridge, Old Essex Bridge and the Pill.

Chapter 5. West of the Great North Road.

Chapter 6. East of the Great North Road.

Chapter 7. The Great North Road and Fingal.

Chapter 8. The Centre of the North City.

Chapter 9. The Old Road to the Sea.

Chapter 10. Between the Old and New Roads to the Sea.

Chapter 11. The New Road to the Sea.

Chapter 12. The North Wall and the North Lotts..

Chapter 13. Clontarf Island.

Chapter 14. Fairview and Marino.

Chapter 15. The Malahide Road.

Chapter 16. Clontarf.

Chapter 17. Howth

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Contents of North Dublin by Dillon Cosgrave

1. West of Church St. and the Finglas Road. — CHAPTER I. West of Church Street and the Finglas Road
2. Phoenix Park. The Tyrells. — CHAPTER II. The Phoenix Park and the Barony of the Tyrells (Castleknock)
3. Tolka, Glasnevin, Naul Road. — CHAPTER III. The Tolka, Glasnevin and the Naul Road.
4. Grattan Bridge, Old Essex Bridge. — CHAPTER IV. Grattan Bridge, Old Essex Bridge and the Pill.
5. West of the Great North Road. — CHAPTER V. West of the Great North Road. Westward of Capel Street we find Chancery Place, (1825) formerly called Mass Lane, from a Church of the Jesuits…
6. East of the Great North Road. — \ CHAPTER VI. East of the Great North Road. Proceeding once more from Grattan or old Essex Bridge, there are many interesting memorials on the eastern or…
7. Great North Road and Fingal. — CHAPTER VII The Great North Road and Fingal Those who travel by the main roads on the north side of Dublin may remark that the country proper is more…
8. Centre of the North City — CHAPTER VIII The Centre of the North City. Having disposed of the great northern highway the next thoroughfare to be traversed in the northern half of Dublin…
9. The Old Road to the Sea. — CHAPTER IX. The Old Road To The Sea Great Britain Street, Summer Hill and Ballybough Road are a very old thoroughfare, but were quite rural until about the…
10. Between the Old and New Road to the Sea. — CHAPTER X. Between the Old and the New Roads to the Sea
11. The New Road to the Sea — CHAPTER XI. The New Road to the Sea. Starting from the Custom House, the new road to the sea runs by Store Street, Amiens Street and the North Strand, and…
12. North Wall, North Lotts — CHAPTER XII. The North Wall and the North Lotts. Custom House Quay dates from 1791 when the new Custom House was built. (The name Custom House Quay had been…
13. Clontarf Island. — CHAPTER XIII. CLONTARF ISLAND It is hard to realise now, when three or four miles, of land occupy a space where once the sea flowed, what an important and…
14. Fairview and Marino. — CHAPTER XIV. Fairview and Marino Passing beyond the old city boundary at Ballybough Bridge, one of the first objects of interest is the Catholic parish Church…
15. Malahide Road. — CHAPTER XV. The Malahide Road. Malahide Road, which is skirted by the wall of Marino, is one of the most cheerful highways near Dublin. Firstly, it passes in…
16. Chapter XVI: Clontarf — CHAPTER XV1. Clontarf The last highway from the north side of the city is that which leads by the seashore to Clontarf and Howth, a district with the cheerful…
17. Chapter XVII: Howth — CHAPTER XVII. Howth We have now reached the district of Sutton, the threshold of Howth. Sutton Railway Station is situated at the narrowest point of the…