Templeogue (from IrishTeampal Óg, meaning 'New Chapel')[2][3][4] is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south.
Geography
Location
Templeogue is 6 kilometres (4 mi) from Dublin city centre to the north, from the Dublin Mountains to the south, and from the coast at Dublin Bay, on the Irish Sea. It is 55 metres (180 ft) above sea level and occupies an area of 534 hectares (2 sq mi).[5]
Dublin Bus operates the following bus routes through Templeogue: 15, 15A, 15B, 15D, 49, 54A, 65, 65B and 150.[6]
Natural features
The River Dodder forms the southern border with Rathfarnham while the River Poddle forms the northern border with Greenhills and Kimmage. The historical artificial watercourse from the Dodder at Firhouse to the Poddle passed through Templeogue.[7]: p.36
Prominent views from Templeogue are of Montpelier Hill 5.7 km (3.5 mi) to the southwest,[8] topped by the ruin of the Hellfire Club at 383 metres (1,257 ft), and of Three Rock Mountain (450 m), topped by transmitter masts, 7.3 km (4.5 mi) to the southeast.[9]
Etymology
The original Irish language name Teampal Óg ("new chapel") refers to a chapel that was built there in about 1273.[2]
History
Templeogue was originally a small village in the rural, southern part of County Dublin.
In Elizabethan times it was owned by the Talbot family, who later became prominent as the owners of Mount Talbot. The Talbot's estate was forfeited to the Crown on the Restoration of Charles II.
In the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was owned by the Domviles. The Domviles could claim some control over the canal, which passed through their estates on its way from the Dodder to the Poddle - at that time it provided Dublin's main drinking water supply, as well as critical power for multiple watermills.[citation needed]
Templeogue House from an illustration of 1751.
An illustration of the doric temple at Templeogue House by Gabriel Beranger from around 1751 illustrates the grounds of the Domville estate as it would have once looked when lived in by Sir Compton Domvile, 2nd Baronet.[10] The temple was later moved to Santry Court along with a number of other follies in 1781 when Charles Domvile vacated the estate as the house had fallen into disrepair.[11] Today Templeogue House still contains many of the original features and is one of the oldest structures in the area.[12]
In 1801, the Templeogue Road was constructed, originally as a toll road.
Urban expansion of Dublin during the 1950s and '60s absorbed the village.
Shops, restaurants, and small business services are located in the village on Templeogue Road, as well as in Fortfield Park, Cypress Park, Wainsfort Drive, and Rathfarnham Shopping Centre.
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 passed through Templeogue so close to the pub that pedestrians were sometimes hit. Some corpses were sheltered in the pub until taken away and the pub acquired the permanent, morbid nickname. The Templeogue Inn was, for a while, the most expensive pub in Ireland when it changed hands on 12 October 1983 for IR£660,000, a remarkable sum at the time.[14]
Churches
St. Pius X Church
The Roman Catholic parish church is St. Pius X which opened on 27 November 1960 on College Drive.[15] A historical chapel was built in the 13th century beside the graveyard which survives at Wellington Lane,[2] where the original village of Templeogue was located.
St. Jude's church was built at Orwell Park on 7 December 1975 to serve the newer housing estates of Orwell, Willington, Rossmore and surrounding areas.[16]
Templeogue is part of the Dublin 6W postal district.
Population
Templeogue's population at the 2016 census was 17,395, a rise of 0.1 per cent from the previous 2011 census. In the twenty-five years from 1991 to 2016, the population fell by 304, a decrease of 1.73 per cent.
The population at the 2011 census was 17,378, a fall of 1.8 per cent from the previous 2006 census.[5][20][21][22][23]
The poet Austin Clarke lived in Bridge House beside Templeogue Bridge, which spans the River Dodder. 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 at the same location was opened by Councillor Mrs. Bernie Malone, Chairman Dublin City Council on 11 December 1984, which was renamed Austin Clarke Bridge in his honour.[26][27]
^Doyle, Joseph (May 2013). Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin (7th ed.). Dublin, Ireland: Rath Eanna Research. ISBN978-0-9566363-6-2.
^"Parish of St. Jude the Apostle, Templeogue". Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024. On Sunday 7th December 1975 the new parish church of St Jude The Apostle Willington Templeogue was opened and blessed by the Most Reverend Dermot Ryan, D.D. Archbishop of Dublin.
^The dedication plaque on the bridge reads, "Austin Clarke Bridge opened by Councillor Mrs. Bernie Malone Chairman Dublin City Council 11 December 1984. Chief Engineer: Brendan Murphy B.E., C. Eng., F. IEI."
Cypress Grove House
Templeville Road (R112)
The Templeogue Inn
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