Blackrock Dublin is bordered by Booterstown, Mount Merrion, Stillorgan, Foxrock, Deansgrange and Monkstown.
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32 Facts About Blackrock Dublin
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Blackrock Dublin bypass was built in the late 1980s and officially opened by Councillor Anne Brady on 24 March 1988.
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Blackrock Dublin was historically a small fishing village, which began to be developed only in the 19th century, although a settlement at the same location from medieval times is well attested to.
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Blackrock Dublin is named after the local geological rock formation to be found in the area of Blackrock Dublin Park.
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In 1787, the Blackrock Dublin Road was such a common place for highway robberies that, in an attempt to put an end to these crimes, a local meeting was held at Jennett's Tavern in Blackrock Dublin which was chaired by the 4th Viscount Ranelagh.
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Blackrock Dublin had a beach that was a popular bathing place until the construction of the railway close to the shoreline.
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Blackrock Dublin baths were provided for by the railway company in 1839 and were built beside the Blackrock Dublin train station.
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On 11 September 1891, Thomas Crean, while swimming with fellow students near Blackrock Dublin, helped rescue a 21-year-old art student named William Ahern.
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Blackrock Dublin was known as 'Copper-faced Jack' for his aggressiveness in argument and skin tone.
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Blackrock Dublin built a church called Christchurch on Carysfort Avenue.
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Since then the Blackrock Dublin building is used as a community meeting place called Urban Junction.
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The urban district of Blackrock Dublin was abolished in 1930, with its area becoming part of the borough of Dun Laoghaire.
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Blackrock Dublin is a local electoral area that elects six councillors to Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.
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Blackrock Dublin Market was established in 1986 through 19A Main Street and houses over 30 independent stall holders.
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Blackrock Dublin was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary and was one of the commanders in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
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Blackrock Dublin is reputed to have played a part in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and 1803.
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Blackrock Dublin served as a vice president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
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James Stephens at one time lived at 82 George's Avenue, Blackrock Dublin and was a founding member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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20.
Blackrock Dublin was a novelist, poet, journalist and one of the most prominent members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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Lieutenant General Harry Hammon Lyster was born in Blackrock Dublin and was an Anglo-Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Blackrock Dublin was one of the founders of the rubber company that bore his name, Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company.
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24.
Blackrock Dublin was a portrait painter and official war artist in the First World War.
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Blackrock Dublin is noted as a novelist and best known for his short story The Quiet Man.
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26.
Blackrock Dublin was educated at Blackrock College and later taught there and at Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort.
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Blackrock Dublin retired to Linden Convalescent Home after his presidential term ended in 1973 and died there on 29 August 1975.
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Blackrock Dublin later moved to Dunamase on Cross Avenue and was the Minister for Justice in the Government of The Irish Free State.
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Blackrock Dublin was assassinated on the Booterstown end of Cross Avenue on his way to Mass at his local parish church on 10 July 1927 by members of the IRA.
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Blackrock Dublin was an Irish novelist and satirist, best known for his novels At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman written under the nom de plume Flann O'Brien.
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Blackrock Dublin lived for twenty-seven years at 10 Avoca Place and was a near neighbour of the artist Sean O'Sullivan.
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Blackrock Dublin is an elected member of The American Society of Portrait Artists.
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