Sutton, Dublin
Encyclopedia
Sutton is a residential suburb
of Dublin's Northside
, Ireland
, at the base of Howth Head
, the peninsula which forms the northern edge of Dublin Bay
.
s from the city centre, Sutton neighbours Howth
, which occupies most of the peninsula, and Baldoyle
and Bayside
, which meet where Baldoyle Road reaches the coast. It is served by the main road from Dublin to Howth, the DART
suburban rail system, on which it has its own station
, and Dublin Bus
route 31 and its variants.
At the coastal side of Sutton is a tombolo
connecting Howth (which used to be an island) to the mainland. The original village of Sutton was situated on the city-facing (south-western) side of Howth Head, where there are today housing terraces and a small harbour, but the area is now centred on Sutton Cross, where there are two shopping areas, one anchored by Superquinn
(which replaced the local cinema), and the Marine Hotel.
Sutton is part of the Dáil Éireann
constituency of Dublin North East
and part of the Howth-Malahide local electoral area
of Fingal County Council
.
es. There is dinghy sailing
off the coast, and golf
at Howth Golf Club. Suttonians Rugby Football Club
, at Station Road, provides for local rugby players and supporters while Sutton Tennis Club has 12 outdoor courts and 3 indoor squash courts (it is the biggest for junior squash in the Republic of Ireland).
The area is also home to one of Ireland's Martello Tower
s, now a private residence, at Red Rock, and to a former home of the Jameson Irish Whiskey
family, which became the residence of Belgian businessman Albert Luykx
, made famous during the Irish arms trial
. It subsequently became Sutton House Hotel and then Sutton Castle Hotel, before being converted in 2003 to private residences.
A major leisure walk, which goes all the way to Howth village, begins near the site of the old village and Sutton House.
There are small streams in the area, but they are largely culverted.
(boys), Santa Sabina Dominican College (a.k.a Santa Sabina) (girls) and Sutton Park School
(mixed). Sutton Park school is also a primary school.
Sutton contains one of Dublin's main burial grounds, St. Fintan's
, which is divided into two parts, "old" and "new." The former contains a ruined chapel, and the latter, an abandoned keeper's cottage.
Uphill from the older graveyard is the still-flowing holy well of St. Fintan.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Dublin's Northside
Northside (Dublin)
The Northside is the area in County Dublin, Ireland bounded to the south by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the north and west by the boundaries of County Dublin.- Introduction :...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, at the base of Howth Head
Howth Head
Howth Head is a headland north east of Dublin City in Ireland. Howth falls under the local governance of fingal county council. Entry to the headland is at Sutton while village of Howth and the harbour are on the northern shore. Baily Lighthouse is on the southeastern part of Howth Head...
, the peninsula which forms the northern edge of Dublin Bay
Dublin Bay
Dublin Bay is a C-shaped inlet of the Irish Sea on the east coast of Ireland. The bay is about 10 kilometres wide along its north-south base, and 7 km in length to its apex at the centre of the city of Dublin; stretching from Howth Head in the north to Dalkey Point in the south...
.
Location and geography
Located about 12 kilometreKilometre
The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second...
s from the city centre, Sutton neighbours Howth
Howth
Howth is an area in Fingal County near Dublin city in Ireland. Originally just a small fishing village, Howth with its surrounding rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside, all on the peninsula of Howth Head. The only...
, which occupies most of the peninsula, and Baldoyle
Baldoyle
Baldoyle is a small coastal area on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the part of the historic County Dublin now administered as Fingal.-Location and Access:...
and Bayside
Bayside, Dublin
Bayside is a small modern residential Northside suburb of Dublin, Ireland.-Location and access:Bayside is located close to the sea and about 10 km north-east of the city centre, on the coast inshore from North Bull Island...
, which meet where Baldoyle Road reaches the coast. It is served by the main road from Dublin to Howth, the DART
Dublin Area Rapid Transit
The Dublin Area Rapid Transit is part of the suburban railway network in Ireland, running mainly along the coastline of Dublin Bay on the Trans-Dublin route, from Greystones in County Wicklow, through Dublin to Howth and Malahide in County Dublin.Trains are powered via a 1500V DC overhead catenary...
suburban rail system, on which it has its own station
Sutton railway station, Republic of Ireland
Sutton railway station serves the village and district of Sutton, and is also accessible from Baldoyle in County Dublin. The station opened on 30 July 1846. The Howth tram ran between here and Howth railway station until 1959.It is on the coastal road from Sutton to Baldoyle, near Sutton Golf...
, and Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of 172 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann which is...
route 31 and its variants.
At the coastal side of Sutton is a tombolo
Tombolo
A tombolo, from the Italian tombolo, derived from the Latin tumulus, meaning 'mound,' and sometimes translated as ayre , is a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. Once attached, the island is then known as a tied island...
connecting Howth (which used to be an island) to the mainland. The original village of Sutton was situated on the city-facing (south-western) side of Howth Head, where there are today housing terraces and a small harbour, but the area is now centred on Sutton Cross, where there are two shopping areas, one anchored by Superquinn
Superquinn
Superquinn is an Irish supermarket chain. Until 2005, the company was entirely privately held by the Quinn family. It is now a subsidiary of Select Retail Holdings Limited....
(which replaced the local cinema), and the Marine Hotel.
Sutton is part of the Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote...
constituency of Dublin North East
Dublin North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin North–East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies...
and part of the Howth-Malahide local electoral area
Local electoral area
A local electoral area is a sub-division of a county and city-level local government used for electoral purposes in Ireland. Each local electoral area consists of a number of lower-level units known as district electoral divisions...
of Fingal County Council
Fingal County Council
Fingal County council is the local authority for the county of Fingal in Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolition and one of four councils in the Dublin Region. The county seat is in Swords, with another major office...
.
Leisure and features
Sutton is surrounded by many beachBeach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
es. There is dinghy sailing
Dinghy sailing
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls:* the sails* the foils ....
off the coast, and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
at Howth Golf Club. Suttonians Rugby Football Club
Suttonians RFC
Suttonians Rugby Football Club, now in its 85th year of existence, is affiliated to the Irish Rugby Football Union. The first team play in Division 3 of the All Ireland League....
, at Station Road, provides for local rugby players and supporters while Sutton Tennis Club has 12 outdoor courts and 3 indoor squash courts (it is the biggest for junior squash in the Republic of Ireland).
The area is also home to one of Ireland's Martello Tower
Martello tower
Martello towers are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....
s, now a private residence, at Red Rock, and to a former home of the Jameson Irish Whiskey
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Jameson is a single distillery Irish whiskey produced by a division of the French distiller Pernod Ricard. Jameson is similar in its adherence to the single distillery principle to the single malt tradition, but Jameson combines malted barley with unmalted or "green" barley...
family, which became the residence of Belgian businessman Albert Luykx
Albert Luykx
Albert Luykx was a Flemish businessman and former Nazi. He was born in the Flemish Region region in Belgium to a family of furniture makers. Following the invasion of Belgium, the Luykx family, like most furniture makers during the Nazi occupation, made barracks for the occupying forces. Soon...
, made famous during the Irish arms trial
Arms Crisis
The Arms Crisis or Arms Trial was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970, when two cabinet ministers — Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney — were sacked for allegedly attempting to illegally import arms for the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.-Background:The...
. It subsequently became Sutton House Hotel and then Sutton Castle Hotel, before being converted in 2003 to private residences.
A major leisure walk, which goes all the way to Howth village, begins near the site of the old village and Sutton House.
There are small streams in the area, but they are largely culverted.
Education
Sutton contains two primary schools: the Burrow School, on the Dublin Road between Sutton Cross and Howth, and St. Fintan's National School, on Carrickbrack Road.It has three secondary schools: St. Fintan's High SchoolSt. Fintan's High School
St. Fintans High School is a boys secondary school, which is located in the suburb of Sutton in Fingal County, Ireland. The school currently has 641 students....
(boys), Santa Sabina Dominican College (a.k.a Santa Sabina) (girls) and Sutton Park School
Sutton Park School
Sutton Park School is an independent or private co-education multi-denominational school located in Sutton at the city side of Howth Head on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland.- History :...
(mixed). Sutton Park school is also a primary school.
Religion
Sutton comprises a parish in the Catholic Church, with a parish church at the base of Howth Hill, adjacent to Santa Sabina School, at the junction of Greenfield Road and Church Road. There is also a Methodist church at the junction of Church Road and Howth Road.Sutton contains one of Dublin's main burial grounds, St. Fintan's
St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
St. Fintan's Cemetery is located in Sutton, on the south side of Carrickbrack Road. It is in two parts: one older, with a ruined keeper's cottage and the remnants of old St. Fintan's Church; one newer, and actively used, lower down the hill. Just beyond the older portion is the still-flowing,...
, which is divided into two parts, "old" and "new." The former contains a ruined chapel, and the latter, an abandoned keeper's cottage.
Uphill from the older graveyard is the still-flowing holy well of St. Fintan.
Transport
- Sutton railway stationSutton railway station, Republic of IrelandSutton railway station serves the village and district of Sutton, and is also accessible from Baldoyle in County Dublin. The station opened on 30 July 1846. The Howth tram ran between here and Howth railway station until 1959.It is on the coastal road from Sutton to Baldoyle, near Sutton Golf...
opened on 30 July 1846 as Baldoyle & Sutton, being renamed Sutton in 1901. - The Hill of Howth TramwayHill of Howth TramwayColloquially known as the Howth Tram, this tramway operated from June 1901 to June 1959 and served Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland. The service was run by the Great Northern Railway , which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth.-Route:Electric...
ran between Sutton railway station and Howth railway stationHowth railway stationHowth DART station , opened on 30 May 1847, serves Howth Head and the harbour town of Howth in County Dublin, Ireland, in the administration of Fingal...
until 1959.
Notable residents
- Gerry GannonGerry GannonGerry Gannon, so-called 'man in the hat', is an Irish builder and property developer since the 1980s. Gannon plays a significant and leading role in the build-up and demise of the Irish property bubble...
, one of Ireland's biggest property developers, part owner of the K Club and MD of Gannon Homes, currently building, for example, ClongriffinClongriffinClongriffin is a new locality in northern Donaghmede, Dublin, Ireland.-Name:The name Clongriffin is a modern invention, a concatenation of 'clon', the anglicisation of cluain and griffin...
housing estate, and with extensive land holdings in the area - Jim FitzpatrickJim Fitzpatrick (artist)Jim Fitzpatrick is an Irish artist famous for Irish Celtic Art. Perhaps his most famous piece is his iconic two-tone portrait of Che Guevara created in 1968 and based on a photo by Alberto Korda....
, artist (Celtic style work but also the iconic two-tone portrait of Che Guevara created in 1968), Burrow Road - Philomena Lynott (mother of Phil LynottPhil LynottPhilip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
) - Ian DempseyIan DempseyIan Michael Dempsey is an Irish presenter of television and breakfast radio. He is the long-running presenter of the breakfast show on Today FM, self-titled The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, which runs from 07:00 - 09:00 each weekday morning...
, Radio and Television presenter. - Patrick HilleryPatrick HilleryPatrick John "Paddy" Hillery was an Irish politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990. First elected at the 1951 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Clare, he remained in Dáil Éireann until 1973...
, Former President of Ireland lived in Sutton for many years until his death in 2008.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- Hill of Howth TramwayHill of Howth TramwayColloquially known as the Howth Tram, this tramway operated from June 1901 to June 1959 and served Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland. The service was run by the Great Northern Railway , which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth.-Route:Electric...