Goatstown
| Goatstown Irish: Baile na nGabhar | |
| County Dublin | |
|---|---|
 The Goat Grill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O181284 |
| Location: | 53°17’35"N, 6°13’48"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | D14 |
| Dialling code: | 01 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown |
Goatstown is a small village of County Dublin become a Southside suburb of the cityscape. To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Blackrock, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north Ranelagh.
Goatstown is primarily a residential area, with extensive housing developments from the middle decades of the 20th century onwards, with little local industry. It is roughly centred on a pub named the Goat Grill, at the intersection of Goatstown Road and Taney Road, where there has been a pub since the early 18th century.
Goatstown's name is because goats were bred there; in the 19th century it was popular to travel to Dundrum and nearby Goatstown as goat's milk was considered to be excellent for those suffering from tuberculosis.[1][2]
Development
To the east of the Goatstown Road lies former allotment land, much of which was compulsorily purchased during the 1960s for the proposed Eastern Bypass / Saint Helen's link road. A portion of this land is still being built, to provide social and affordable housing.
A Georgian house and remaining surrounding land, known as Trimbleston, was sold in the early 1990s to builders Sorohan Brothers. The house was subsequently damaged in two fires and the remaining ruins demolished and replaced by a housing and apartment development, also called Trimbleston. Phase two of Trimbleston has recently commenced with the demolition of five two-storey houses on Goatstown Road and construction of 202 dwelling units in their place and on land to the east owned by the Sorohans.
Outside links
County Council Map for proposed Goatstown Local Area Plan