Booterstown

Booterstown (Irish: Baile an Bhóthair, meaning 'town of the road') is a coastal suburb of the city of Dublin in Ireland.

In its original Irish form it shares the same name as Batterstown in County Meath, as well as Ballinvoher in Kilkenny, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Longford and Mayo.

[3] Booterstown lies along an ancient route once known as Slíghe Chualann, which connected the residence of the High King of Ireland at Tara with his outlying lands in Cualann.

In those days, virtually the only building in the district was Booterstown Castle, which was incorporated into St Mary’s house, built in the 18th century and still there.

It was extensively refurbished a century later while in the ownership of Viscount Gough, Field Marshal of the British Army, whose wife Marie Frances opened the gardens to the public.

[8] Booterstown was served by the Dublin tramways routes 6, 7 and 8 until the tram lines ceased operations on 9 July 1949.

The area is home to Booterstown marsh, a bird sanctuary which has been leased for many years by An Taisce, who have worked to protect it.

St. Helen's now the Radisson Hotel
Booterstown DART Station
Church of the Assumption, Booterstown (1813)