Dartry
| Dartry Irish: Datraí | |
| County Dublin | |
|---|---|
 Palmerston Park, Dartry. | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O160305 |
| Location: | 53°18’43"N, 6°15’36"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dublin |
Dartry is a small suburb of Dublin, often seen as part of the broad Rathmines area. Among the locations in Dartry are Dartry Road, Temple Road, Orwell Park and Palmerston Park.
Dartry House
Dartry House is an imposing two-storey mansion built about 1810 with several additions made later such as a turret which was incorporated in the building about 1900.[1]
Its original owner was Obadiah Williams, a wealthy merchant of Huguenot origin. Among later owners was William Martin Murphy, who owned The Irish Independent, was involved with the Dublin United Tramways Company and was a central figure in the dispute known as the "Dublin Lockout" of 1913 where the union side was led by Jim Larkin. The DUTC constructed the tram line from the centre of Dublin to Dartry and Dartry House was built at the original place where the line ended. The terminus of the line and the associated sheds now house an engineering firm.[2]
Society
- Scouts: Dartry Scouts, which was founded as a group of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland; the oldest in Ireland, founded by Father Ernest Farrell in 1927. The group is now secular and mixed, with four active sections meeting on a weekly basis.
Sport
- Football:
- Orwell Dartry (senior)
- Dartry Celtic (junior)
- Tennis: Brookfield Tennis Club
- Dartry Health Club.
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