Templeogue
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Templeogue is a suburb of southwest 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,...

. The original Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 name Teach Mealóg refers to a chapel named after Saint Mel that was built there in about 1273.

Templeogue is surrounded by the adjacent suburbs of Ballyroan
Ballyroan
Ballyroan is a small village in County Laois, Ireland, on the R425 regional road. It is part of the parish of Abbeyleix. It has two churches , two schools , three pubs, Whelan's, Delaney's & Scully's. Also two shops.-History:There was a Druids Altar in Cashel. St...

, Butterfield, Firhouse
Firhouse
Firhouse is a small outer suburb of Dublin, in South Dublin County, Ireland, developed from what was historically a rural village. It is located just south of the River Dodder, and is in the postal district of Dublin 24...

, Greenhills
Greenhills
Greenhills is a suburb situated in Templeogue in the Southside of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It sits between Walkinstown, Kimmage, Tallaght, Terenure and Templeogue. It is generally understood to comprise the Greenhills Estate as well as Greenpark, Limekiln and Temple Manor...

, Kimmage
Kimmage
Kimmage is a small suburb on the Southside of Dublin near Crumlin, Greenhills, Harold's Cross, Rathfarnham, Templeogue, and Terenure. The name "Kimmage" comes from the Irish cam uisce, which means "winding" river. The River Poddle flows through Kimmage, and flows on to join the River Liffey...

, Knocklyon
Knocklyon
Knocklyon is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland, situated south west of Dublin city, and north of the Dublin Mountains.There is currently a debate among locals whether the correct name is cnoc linn, or cnoc liamhna....

, Limekiln, Old Orchard, Perrystown
Perrystown
Perrystown is a small south Dublin suburb located between Terenure, Greenhills, Templeogue and Crumlin.Sometimes known as "The Secret Suburb" by its residents, it is not a widely known area, and is often referred to as a housing estate or just an area of Crumlin...

, Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham or Rathfarnam is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Councils.The area of Rathfarnham...

, Tallaght
Tallaght
Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin County, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 17th century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important monastic centres.Up to the 1960s...

, Terenure
Terenure
Terenure is a mainly residential suburb of Dublin, Ireland, largely in the administrative area of Dublin City Council but with parts in the administrative county of South Dublin County .-Location and transport:...

, Tymon, and Whitehall. The three main routes through Templeogue are the R112 regional road
R112 road
The R112 road is a regional road in south Dublin, Ireland. It begins at the junction with the N4 road at Chapelizod and arcs southeastwards, then eastwards across the middle of south Dublin, ending at the Mount Merrion junction of the N11. The road is single carriageway, with cycle lanes on some...

 (Templeville Road), the N81
N81 road
The N81 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, connecting the gates of Trinity College, Dublin to Tullow, County Carlow, north to south. The N81 continues past Tullow for another 8 km to terminate at the village of Closh, County Carlow, where it intersects the N80. The N81 is long...

 national secondary road
National secondary road
A national secondary road is a category of road in Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network, but are secondary to the main arterial routes which are classified as national primary roads. National secondary roads are designated with route numbers higher than those...

 (Templeogue Road), and the R817 regional road
R817 road
The R817 road is a suburban road in south Dublin, Ireland connecting Harold's Cross to Ballyboden via Kimmage, Templeogue, and Ballyroan.The official definition of the R817 from the Roads Act 1993 Order 2006 states:...

 (Cypress Grove Road & Wainsfort Road).

It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from both the city centre to the north and the Dublin Mountains to the south, and to the coast at 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...

 on the Irish Sea
Irish Sea
The Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Atlantic Ocean in the north by the North Channel. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man...

. It is 55m (180 feet) above sea level. The River Dodder
River Dodder
The River Dodder is one of the three main rivers of the Dublin region in Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.-Course and system:...

 forms the southern border with Rathfarnham while the River Poddle
River Poddle
The River Poddle , is one of the best known of the more than a hundred watercourses of Dublin. It is the source of the name "Dublin", the city being named after a pool that was once on its course...

 forms the northern border with Greenhills and Kimmage.

Prominent views from Templeogue are of Montpelier Hill 5.7 km (3.5 mi) to the southwest, topped by the ruin of the Hellfire Club at 383m (1,257 feet), and of Three Rock Mountain
Three Rock Mountain
Three Rock Mountain is a mountain in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County in Ireland. It is high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains. The mountain takes its name from the three groups of granite rocks at...

 (450m), topped by transmitter masts 7.3 km (4.5 mi) to the southeast.

Development

Templeogue was originally a small village in the rural, southern part of County Dublin
County Dublin
County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

. In 1801, the Templeogue Road
N81 road
The N81 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, connecting the gates of Trinity College, Dublin to Tullow, County Carlow, north to south. The N81 continues past Tullow for another 8 km to terminate at the village of Closh, County Carlow, where it intersects the N80. The N81 is long...

 was constructed, originally as a toll road. Urban expansion of Dublin during the 1950s and '60s absorbed the village.

Amenities

The suburb has many open fields (such as Orwell Green, Glendown Green and Rossmore Green), and sports clubs — Faughs GAA Club, St. Judes GAA Club, St. Mary's College RFC, Templeogue Swimming Club, Templeogue Tennis Club, and Templeogue United Football Club.

Schools include St Mac Dara's Community College
St Mac Dara's Community College
St. Mac Dara's Community College is a school situated on Wellington Lane, Templeogue in South Dublin. It accommodates both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate students...

, Templeogue College
Templeogue College
Templeogue College is a secondary school, located in the Templeogue area of Dublin, Ireland. It is on the R112 and is within walking distance of Terenure, Templeogue and is accessible by numerous Dublin Bus services including: 54A, 15A, 15B, 49, 150, 74/A, and 65/BTempleogue College was founded in...

, Ashfield College
Ashfield College
Ashfield College is a private secondary school founded in 1977 and located in Templeogue in Dublin, Ireland. The school offers preparation for the Leaving Certificate examination, both as a two year leaving certificate senior cycle, but also as a one year programme...

, Our Lady's Secondary School
Religious of Christian Education
The religious congregation of Religious Sisters of Christian Education is a Roman Catholic institute founded for the education of girls by the Abbé Louis Lafosse and four women on 21 November 1817 in Échauffour, Normandy.-Bibliography:...

, St. Pius X National School, Bishop Galvin National School and Bishop Shanahan National School.

The Roman Catholic parish church is St. Pius X which opened on 27 November 1960 on College Drive.

Although surrounded by pubs in adjacent neighbourhoods, Templeogue has only one pub inside its boundaries, The Templeogue Inn, also known as The Morgue. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway
The Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway , later the Blessington and Poulaphouca Steam Tramway, operated steam-powered trams between Terenure in Dublin and Blessington in Co. Wicklow from 1888 until 1932.-History:...

 passed through Templeogue so close to the pub that many deaths occurred. Corpses were often sheltered in the pub until taken away and the pub acquired the permanent, morbid nickname. The Templeogue Inn was the most expensive pub in Ireland for a time when it changed hands on 12 October 1983 for IR£660,000
Irish pound
The Irish pound was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the usual notation was the prefix £...

, a remarkable sum at the time.

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...

 operates the following bus routes through Templeogue: 15, 15B, 15E, 15F, 49, 49A, 49N, 54A, 65, 65B, and 74, whilst Aircoach
Aircoach
Aircoach is a Republic of Ireland based subsidiary company of the United Kingdom based FirstGroup. It provides airport bus express coach services from Cork, Greystones, Bray, South Dublin and Dublin City Centre to Dublin Airport. It also operates contracted bus service for airport car parks...

 operates a 24 hour airport coach service to Dublin Airport.

Politics and administration

Templeogue straddles two Dáil constituencies
Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
The lower house of the Oireachtas , Dáil Éireann, contains 166 Teachtaí Dála , representing 43 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland. Depending on its size, each constituency must have at least 3 members and a maximum of five members. The most recent ratio indicates that...

, with five of its electoral division
District Electoral Division
A district electoral division is a former name given to a low-level territorial division in Ireland. In 1994, both district electoral divisions and wards were renamed as electoral divisions...

s (Templeogue-Cypress, Templeogue-Limekiln, Templeogue-Orwell, Templeogue-Osprey, and Templeogue Village) in the Dublin South West constituency
Dublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin South–West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies...

, and one electoral division (Templeogue-Kimmage Manor) is in Dublin South Central
Dublin South Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin South–Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...

.

It is administered by South Dublin County Council
South Dublin
South Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. The county seat is Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin and the biggest urban centre in the county. Other important centres of population are Lucan and Clondalkin...

, and its 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...

 for county council elections is Tallaght Central
Tallaght Central (Local Electoral Area)
Tallaght Central is a local electoral area in South Dublin County. It comprises parts of Clondalkin and Ballymount, much of Tallaght itself , and also Templeogue and large parts of Terenure...

.

Templeogue is part of the Dublin 6W postal district.
Administrative and electoral structures of Templeogue
County Council
County council
A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...

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...

Dáil Constituency Area
Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
The lower house of the Oireachtas , Dáil Éireann, contains 166 Teachtaí Dála , representing 43 parliamentary constituencies throughout the Republic of Ireland. Depending on its size, each constituency must have at least 3 members and a maximum of five members. The most recent ratio indicates that...

Polling District Book Electoral Division
District Electoral Division
A district electoral division is a former name given to a low-level territorial division in Ireland. In 1994, both district electoral divisions and wards were renamed as electoral divisions...

Polling Place
South Dublin
South Dublin
South Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. The county seat is Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin and the biggest urban centre in the county. Other important centres of population are Lucan and Clondalkin...

 
Tallaght Central
Tallaght Central (Local Electoral Area)
Tallaght Central is a local electoral area in South Dublin County. It comprises parts of Clondalkin and Ballymount, much of Tallaght itself , and also Templeogue and large parts of Terenure...

 
Dublin South West
Dublin South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin South–West is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies...

 
Templeogue 1 HM
Kennington Lawn
Kennington Road
Osprey Avenue
Osprey Drive
Osprey Lawn
Osprey Park
Rushbrook Avenue
Rushbrook Court
Rushbrook Crescent
Rushbrook Drive
Rushbrook Grove
Rushbroom Park
Rushbrook Road
Rushbrook View
Rushbrook Way
Spawell Cottages
Templeogue
Wellington Cottages
Wellington Terrace
Wilderwood Grove
Willington Avenue
Willington Court
Willington Crescent
Willington Drive
Willington Green
Willington Grove
Willington Lawn
Willington Park
Orwell A
Templeogue 2 HP

Cheeverstown House, Templeogue Road
Corrybeg
Hillcrest
Hillcrest Manor
The Strand
Orwell
Templeogue 3 HQ
Cypress Grove Road
Domville Road
Glendown Avenue
Glendown Close
Glendown Court
Glendown Crescent
Glendown Drive
Glendown Green
Glendown Grove
Glendown Lawn
Glendown Park
Orwell Park Avenue
Orwell Park Close
Orwell Park Crescent
Orwell Park Drive
Orwell Park Glade
Orwell Park Glen
Orwell Park Green
Orwell Park Grove
Orwell Park Lawns
Orwell Park Way
Templeville Road
The Manor, Orwell Park Grove
Wellington Lane
Wellington Park Whitehall Cross
Wellington Road
Whitehall Cross (Houses)
Orwell
Templeogue 4 HR

Cypress Downs (The Avenue)
Cypress Downs (The Close)
Cypress Downs (The Drive)
Cypress Downs (The Green)
Cypress Downs (The Manor)
Cypress Downs (The Park)
Cypress Downs (The Walk)
Cypress Grove North
Cypress Grove Road
Cypress Grove South
Cypress Grove White Fathers
Cypress Lawn
Domville Drive
Domville Green
Domville Road
Kilvere Park, Cypress Downs
Orwell Park Dale
Orwell Park Heights
Orwell Park Rise
Orwell Park View
Rossmore Avenue
Rossmore Close
Rossmore Crescent
Rossmore Drive
Rossmore Grove
Rossmore Lawn
Rossmore Park
Rossmore Road
Templeogue
Templeogue Lodge
Templeogue Wood
The Watercourse, Rossmore Road
Orwell
Templeogue 5 HT
Cypres Garth
Cypress Grove Road
Cypress Park
Fortrose Park
Riverside Cottages
Rosehall Estate
Springfield Avenue
Springfield Crescent
Springfield Drive
Springfield Park
Springfield Road
Templeogue Road
Templeogue Village
Templeville Avenue
Templeville Drive
Templeville Park
Templeville Road
Orwell
Limekiln 1 HK
Fernhill Avenue
Fernhill Park
Fernhill Road
Glendoo Close
Glenmurray Park
Greentrees Road
Keadeen Avenue
Kilakee Close
Kilakee Drive
Kilmashogue Close
Kilmashogue Drive
Kilmashogue Grove
Kippure Avenue
Limekiln Avenue
Limekiln Close
Limekiln Court
Limekiln Drive
Limekiln Green
Limekiln Park
Limekiln Road
Lugnaquilla Avenue
Mountdown Avenue
Mountdown Drive
Mountdown Park
Mountdown Road
St. Finbarr's Close
St. James' Road
St. Killian's Avenue
St. Mel's Avenue
Temple Manor Avenue
Temple Manor Close
Temple Manor Court
Temple Manor Drive
Temple Manor Grove
Temple Manor Way
Three Rock Close
Tibradden Close
Tibradden Drive
Tibradden Grove
Tonduff Close
Tymon North
Wellington Road
Limekiln B
Dublin South Central
Dublin South Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin South–Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...

 
Fortfield HS
College Park
College Sq Wainsfort Road
Fortfield Avenue
Fortfield Drive
Fortfield Grove
Fortfield Park
Fortfield Road
Fortfield Square
Glenanne
Glendale Park
Grosvenor Court
Hyde Park
Kimmage Manor
Kimmage Manor Way
Kimmage Road West
Manor Avenue
Priory Hall
Priory Walk
Priory Way
St. Anne's
Templeogue College, Templeville Road
Templeogue Road
Templeville Road
The Courtyard, Fortfield Square
The Crescent, Fortfield Square
The Mews, Fortfield Square
The Orchard, Fortfield Road
The Recorders, Whitehall Road
Wainsfort Avenue
Wainsfort Crescent
Wainsfort Drive
Wainsfort Gardens
Wainsfort Grove
Wainsfort Manor Crescent
Wainsfort Manor Drive
Wainsfort Manor Green
Wainsfort Manor Grove
Wainsfort Park
Wainsfort Road
Wellington Road
Whitehall Close
Whitehall Gardens
Whitehall Park
Whitehall Road
Fortfield C
Polling places   —   A: Bishop Shanahan National School.   B: St. Peter's National School.   C: St. Pius X National School.

Population

Templeogue's population at the 2011 census
Census of Ireland 2011
The Census of Ireland 2011 was held on Sunday, 10 April 2011. It was administered by the Central Statistics Office of Ireland and found the population to be 4,581,269 people.. Before the census, the latest population estimate was published in September 2010 and calculated that the Irish population...

 was 17,378, a fall of 1.8 percent from the previous 2006 census. The census of 2006, in turn, showed a population decrease of of 3.7 percent since the 2002 census.
Electoral Division Population
2011
Population
2006
Difference Change
Templeogue-Cypress 2,801 2,949 –148 –5.0%
Templeogue-Kimmage Manor 4,653 4,267 +386 +9.0%
Templeogue-Limekiln 3,476 3,658 –182 –5.0%
Templeogue-Orwell 2,138 2,308 –170 –7.4%
Templeogue-Osprey 2,324 2,560 –236 –9.2%
Templeogue Village 1,986 1,957 +29 +1.5%
Templeogue Total 17,378 17,699 -321 –1.8%

Culture

James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

, who was born 2 km to the northeast in Rathgar
Rathgar
Rathgar is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, lying about 3 kilometres south of the city centre.-Amenities:Rathgar is largely a quiet suburb with good amenities, including primary and secondary schools, nursing homes, child-care and sports facilities, and good public transport to the city centre...

, mentions Templeogue in Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake is a novel by Irish author James Joyce, significant for its experimental style and resulting reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language. Written in Paris over a period of seventeen years, and published in 1939, two years before the author's...

, Book III, Episode 3, page 553, line 12.

The poet Austin Clarke
Austin Clarke (poet)
thumb|300px|Austin Clarke Bridge in [[Templeogue]]Austin Clarke was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. B. Yeats. He also wrote plays, novels and memoirs...

 lived in Bridge House beside Templeogue Bridge which spanned the River Dodder
River Dodder
The River Dodder is one of the three main rivers of the Dublin region in Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.-Course and system:...

. After his death, there was a proposal to preserve the house and his library of 6,500 books as a memorial. This was not possible owing to long-term plans to demolish the house and widen the road. The old Templeogue Bridge, built in 1800, and Bridge House were removed and a new bridge opened in 1985 which was renamed Austin Clarke Bridge in his honour.

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