Booterstown, historically known as Ballyboother (Irish: Baile an Bhóthair), is a coastal townland and civil parish, situated in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area of the former County Dublin, about 7 km (4 mi) south of the city of Dublin in Ireland. Neighbouring districts are Blackrock, Sandymount, and Merrion. Along the coast to the southeast is the small district of Williamstown and then Blackrock.
The area is home to Booterstown ma...
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Booterstown, historically known as Ballyboother (Irish: Baile an Bhóthair), is a coastal townland and civil parish, situated in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area of the former County Dublin, about 7 km (4 mi) south of the city of Dublin in Ireland. Neighbouring districts are Blackrock, Sandymount, and Merrion. Along the coast to the southeast is the small district of Williamstown and then Blackrock.
The area is home to Booterstown marsh, a well-known bird sanctuary which has been leased for many years by An Taisce, who have worked to protect it.
The name "Booterstown" is an anglicised form of the original Irish Gaelic name "Baile an Bhóthair", meaning Town of the Road.
The Congregation of the Irish Christian Brothers had their headquarters at St. Helen's, Booterstown from 1925 to 1988. St. Helen's was built in 1760 for Thomas Cooley, MP and was known originally as Seamount. It was extensively refurbished a century later while in the ownership of Viscount Gough, Field...
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