Windy Arbour
Encyclopedia
Windy Arbour is a small suburban village
in the Dundrum
area of Dublin, Ireland
. Situated between Dundrum and Milltown, along the banks of the Slann or Slang river, Windy Arbour has amenities including a small supermarket, a Costcutter (which includes a post office), two pubs, Ryan's Arbour House and The Corner House(formerly called Kyne's Corner House, J.D.'s Corner House, The Millrace and The Nine Arches), as well as a primary school known as Our Lady's National School, Clonskeagh. |It also has a luas
station.
Windy Arbour is surrounded by several housing estates including Columbanus - which consists of St Columbanus Road, Place and Avenue; and St Gall's Gardens(North and South; Mulvey Park; Olivemount Grove and Terrace; St Luke's Crescent; Churchfields; Highfield Park, Annaville Park, Annaville Residence and Frankfort Park. At the heart of Windy Arbour is the smaller and much older townland of Farranboley, which appears on maps going back to the 18th century.
Perhaps the most famous person to live in Windy Arbour was Irish patriot Robert Emmet
, who grew up in The Casino, a manor house now known as Emmet House,( where The Secretariat of Secondary schools in Ireland is currently housed). It is located next to the Catholic Church on Bird Avenue and was formerly known as Carton House. It is reputed to contain a secret passage leading from the house to the boundary wall, which Emmett used as a boy.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Dundrum
Dundrum, Dublin
Dundrum , originally a town in its own right, is now a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland.The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16.-History:...
area of Dublin, 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,...
. Situated between Dundrum and Milltown, along the banks of the Slann or Slang river, Windy Arbour has amenities including a small supermarket, a Costcutter (which includes a post office), two pubs, Ryan's Arbour House and The Corner House(formerly called Kyne's Corner House, J.D.'s Corner House, The Millrace and The Nine Arches), as well as a primary school known as Our Lady's National School, Clonskeagh. |It also has a luas
Luas
Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a tram or light rail system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways. In 2007, the system carried 28.4 million passengers, a growth of 10% since...
station.
Windy Arbour is surrounded by several housing estates including Columbanus - which consists of St Columbanus Road, Place and Avenue; and St Gall's Gardens(North and South; Mulvey Park; Olivemount Grove and Terrace; St Luke's Crescent; Churchfields; Highfield Park, Annaville Park, Annaville Residence and Frankfort Park. At the heart of Windy Arbour is the smaller and much older townland of Farranboley, which appears on maps going back to the 18th century.
Perhaps the most famous person to live in Windy Arbour was Irish patriot Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet
Robert Emmet was an Irish nationalist and Republican, orator and rebel leader born in Dublin, Ireland...
, who grew up in The Casino, a manor house now known as Emmet House,( where The Secretariat of Secondary schools in Ireland is currently housed). It is located next to the Catholic Church on Bird Avenue and was formerly known as Carton House. It is reputed to contain a secret passage leading from the house to the boundary wall, which Emmett used as a boy.
See also
Local Residents Groups are campaigning to have a children's playground built near the historic location where the Slann river meets the Dodder, through the Windy Arbour Playground Campaign, which is online at www.windyarbourplayground.webs.com- List of towns and villages in Ireland