Deansgrange

Deansgrange Gráinseach an Déin
—  Suburb of Dublin  —
Deansgrange Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°16′43″N 6°09′50″W / 53.27849°N 6.16380°W / 53.27849; -6.16380Coordinates: 53°16′43″N 6°09′50″W / 53.27849°N 6.16380°W / 53.27849; -6.16380
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference

Deansgrange (Irish: Gráinseach an Déin, meaning "The Dean's Grange") in is a suburban area of South Dublin, centered around a crossroads. The area shares the name Clonkeen (Irish: Cluain Chaoin, meaning "Beautiful Meadow"). The area further east of Deansgrange is known as "Kill of the Grange" (i.e. "Church of the Grange": Grange Church (now in ruins)).

History and etymology

Since early medieval times the area was owned by the Augustinians,^[1] and used as a grange, giving rise to the medieval civil parish of Kill, in the half-barony of Rathdown. The Ordnance Survey Ireland map 1837–1842 shows a "Grange Church" (now in ruins, the modern housing estate surrounding it is called Kill Abbey), "Kill Abbey" (still existing), "Grange House" (demolished with the building of the South Park estate), and "Glebe House" (still existing).^[2] Deansgrange was a townland of Kill Parish. Presumably the dean of the grange lived in Grange House, and so the area became known as "the Dean's Grange", and then simply, Deansgrange.

Geography

The crossroads are the commercial centre for the surrounding low density housing estates, with a number of commercial outlets. The R827 road runs roughly north-south through Deansgrange from Blackrock to Cabinteely. South of the crossroads is Clonkeen Road leading to Clonkeen College, while north is Deansgrange Road leading to Deans Grange Cemetery. Kill Lane runs roughly east (to Baker's Corner crossroads and Kill of the Grange) and west (to Foxrock).

Amenities

• Kill o' the Grange National School
• Kill Church
• Deansgrange library
• Meadow Vale Tennis Club
• Clonkeen College
• Cuala (GAA) Club
• Granada (Soccer)

Deansgrange prior to 2007 major development of Bank of Ireland site and landscaping of the crossroads.

Cemetery

Main article: Deans Grange Cemetery

Deansgrange Cemetery is, together with Glasnevin and Mount Jerome, one of the largest cemeteries in Dublin and is the burial place of many famous people, including Flann O'Brien, Count John McCormack, Frank O'Connor, Eamon Martin, Seán Lemass, Dermot Morgan, and the Nobel Laureate Ernest Walton.

References

1. ^ Database Designers
2. ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland

External links

• Kill O' The Grange Church
• Deansgrange Cemetery Headstones
• History of the Grange