Belgrave Residents' Association

A Message from Dodder Action

Friends, this is a reminder of 3 important events this week in mid to lower Dodder:

Saturday April 5th, 5 pm Dodder bank adjacent Farmer Browns Clonskeagh meet expert Dodder Angler Mark Mc Andrew for walk/talk through IMPENDING flood works on river banks which have major implications for the river and the community.

Sunday April 6th, Iron Bridge, Brookvale Road, 11.30 am, clean up of Dodder down from Donnybrook with Dodder County scout troops.

Sunday April 6th, Beechwood Community Centre, Ranelagh, 4 pm: showing of This is Your River, Dodder Action's film about the river, free admission, light refreshments.

Oifig and Phoist, Ráth Maonais - Rathmines Post Office

1934 - ?

The campaign to save Rathmines Post Office continues.
The Association is pursuing various channels in an effort to save this important public service. See our email communications for more information.
For some more background on the building see

http://builtdublin.com/rathmines-post-office-upper-rathmines-road-dublin-6/

If you want to make representations directly on this or indeed other matters, please see our Contacts page which includes email addresses for local public representatives as well as the CEO of An Post.

BusConnects Update

Following the decision last December 16th of An Bord Pleanála on the BusConnects Templeogue/Rathfarnham to City Centre Core Bus Corridor Scheme (decision documents at https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/316272) , a number of Judicial Review cases have been initiated by various parties in the High Court.

Belgrave Residents’ Association represents:

Annesley Park, Beechwood Park, Belgrave Place, Belgrave Road, Belgrave Square, Belgrave Terrace, Belgrave View, Belgrave Villas, Cambridge Road, Cambridge Villas, Castlewood Avenue, Castlewood Park, Castlewood Terrace, Charleston Avenue, Charleston Road, Church Avenue, Church Lane, Dunville Avenue, Kensington Villas, Killeen Road, Moyne Road (incl. Moyne Court), Oakley Court, Oakley Road (incl. Wellington Gardens), Oakley Square, Ormond Road, Palmerston Court, Palmerston Road, Purser Gardens, Upper Mountpleasant Avenue Nos 32-37, Windsor Road.

between Rathmines and Ranelagh

Our area has an interesting connection with the history of the tradition of shamrock in Ireland. In the late 19th century an amateur botanist by the name of Nathaniel Colgan lived at No. 1 Belgrave Road. It was at this time that he carried out his research to identify which species of plant were commonly used as "shamrock" in different parts of the country. Wikipedia states:

"Colgan is noted for his work in identifying the botanical species meant by the term 'shamrock' in the 1890s. He did this by requesting people from around Ireland send him specimens of what they believed to be an Irish shamrock. After tending these specimens until they flowered, Colgan identified five most common plant species. The most common was yellow clover, followed by white clover, red clover, black medic and finally wood sorrel." [Full article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Colgan ]