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Dolphin's Barn
County Dublin
Dolphin's Barn Fire Station
Location
Grid reference:	O139328
Location:	53°20’1"N, 6°17’27"W
Data
Postcode:	D8
Local Government
Council:	Dublin

Dolphin's Barn is a County Dublin village which has become an inner city suburb of the City of Dublin, on the Southside of the city.

The name of the place possibly derives from a Anglo Norman family named Dolphyn who once owned a prominent storehouse there in the Middle Ages, though others suggest an origin in a more ancient name, Carnán Cluana Úi Dhunchada, which would mean 'Little cairn of the meadow of the Úi Dhunchada' or Carn Úi Dhunchada ('Cairn of the Úi Dhunchada'), anglicised as "Dunphy's Cairn" and ending as "Dolphin's Barn".^[1] The Úi Dhunchada were one of the three branches of the Úi Dúnlainge dynasty from which came most of the Kings of Leinster from the 5th to the 11th centuries.

Surrounding areas include The Liberties, Inchicore, Islandbridge, Kilmainham and Crumlin. Here stands one of the city's fire stations, on the corner of Parnell Road and Rutland Avenue. The Grand Canal passes through the centre of the locality under Dolphin's Barn Bridge.

Jewish cemetery

The official Jewish cemetery of Dublin is on Aughavannagh Road near Dolphin's Barn. It was established in 1898 by Robert Bradlaw and the Dolphin's Barn Jewish Burial Society to replace the Ballybough Cemetery which was nearing capacity. Bradlaw was one of the founders of the St. Kevin's Parade Synagogue. The cemetery was dedicated to Sir Moses Montefiore.^[2][3]

Hospital

The Coombe Lying-In Hospital moved from the Liberties to modern buildings in Dolphin's Barn in 1967. It was renamed the Coombe Women's Hospital in 1993 and again renamed as the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital in January 2008.

Sport

• Football: Dolphin F.C.
• Gaelic sports: Kevin's Hurling Club

References