Stoneybatter
| Stoneybatter | |
| County Dublin | |
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.jpg) Aughrim Street corner, Stoneybatter | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O144348 |
| Location: | 53°21’5"N, 6°16’59"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | D7 |
| Local Government | |
Stoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh, is a village of County Dublin, on the Northside of the city of Dublin, between the River Liffey, the R101 North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman.
This locality is often referred to as Dublin's "hipster quarter"[1] and was in TimeOut magazine's list of '40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world' in 2019.[2]
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History
James Collins' 1913 book Life in Old Dublin notes that "Centuries ago (Stoneybatter) was called Bothar-na-gCloch". In Joyce's Irish names of places we find the following interesting information as to the original name of the place: "Long before the city had extended so far, and while Stoneybatter was nothing more than a country road, it was -- as it still continues to be -- the great thoroughfare to Dublin from the districts lying west and north-west of the city; and it was known by the name of Bothar-na-gCloch (Bohernaglogh), which is to say the 'road of the stones', which was changed to the English equivalent, Stoneybatter or stony road".
Stoneybatter is the main location for events in the Tana French novel "The Trespasser" and the area is mentioned in the Irish folk song "The Spanish Lady".
In recent years the area has become known as an example of an area undergoing gentrification.[3][4][5]
Local street names
Viking names
Apart from the striking artisan dwellings, the area is also known for the prominent Viking street names. For example, there is Viking Road, Olaf Road, Thor Place, Sitric Road, Norseman Place, Ard Ri Road, Malachi Road, Ostman Place, Ivar Street, Sigurd Road and Harold Road. At the time of the Norman invasion, the Vikings, Ostmen or Austmenn (men of the East) as they called themselves, were exiled to the north of the Liffey where they founded the hamlet of Ostmenstown later to become Oxmantown.
Other street names
The northern end of Stoneybatter derives its name of Manor Street, bestowed in 1780, from the Manor of Grangegorman in which it was located. During the reign of Charles II (1660-1680), the Manor was held by Sir Thomas Stanley, a knight of Henry Cromwell and a staunch supporter of the Restoration. The short thoroughfare in Stoneybatter called Stanley Street is named after him.[6][7]
On film and television
The streets and surrounding areas of Stoneybatter have been used as a filming location for both TV and film:
Television
- Dear Sarah (1989)[8]
- Who Do You Think You Are? (British series, 2014)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (Irish series, 2018)
- Modern Love (2020)[9]
Film
- Robbery (1967)[10]
- Educating Rita (1983)
- Michael Collins (1996)[11]
- The Informant (1997)
- The Boxer (1997)
- Sweety Barrett (1998)[12]
- Angela's Ashes (1999)[13]
- When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
- Shadow Dancer (2012)
- Love, Rosie (2014)
- I, Dolours (2018)
- Nan: The Movie (2020)
Outside links
References
- ↑ Freeman, Michael. "Your guide to Stoneybatter: Dublin's inner-city village with hipsters and a lot of heart" (in en). TheJournal.ie. https://www.thejournal.ie/stoneybatter-neighbourhood-guide-2-4112038-Jul2018/.
- ↑ "The 40 coolest neighbourhoods in the world" (in en). Time Out Worldwide. https://www.timeout.com/coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world.
- ↑ 'Your guide to Stoneybatter: Dublin's inner-city village with hipsters and a lot of heart': Michael Freeman in TheJournal.ie, July 2018
- ↑ 'Stoneybattered!': Dublin Voices
- ↑ 'Facing up to the Gentrification of Dublin': Random Public Journal 14 April 2016
- ↑ Cosgrave, Augustine Dillon, and Carm, O., 'North Dublin City' in Dublin Historical Record, 23(1) (June, 1969), p.7.
- ↑ Ball, Francis Elrington, A History of County Dublin, Volume 6 (Dublin, 1920).
- ↑ Dear Sarah at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Hutch, Eleanore. "EVOKE gets sneak peek at Modern Love season two, filming in Dublin". https://evoke.ie/2020/11/09/showbiz/modern-love-season-two-filming-in-dublin.
- ↑ "ReelStreets: Robbery". https://www.reelstreets.com/films/robbery/.
- ↑ Michael Collins at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Reelstreets: Tale of Sweety Barrett, The". https://www.reelstreets.com/films/tale-of-sweety-barrett-the/.
- ↑ Angela's Ashes at the Internet Movie Database