[1][2] They are so named because various British military regiments, such as the Gloucestershires or Leicestershires, would camp there before setting off or returning from overseas, making 'campshire' a portmanteau of 'camp' and '-shire'.
[3] It is not clear when the word was first used, but it must date to the First World War or earlier.
As a result, the area had a number of storage warehouses and travelling cranes.
The campshires were renewed and renovated by the now-defunct Dublin Docklands Development Authority between 2000 and 2005, adding walkways and cycleways on both sides of the river Liffey, including parts of the Sutton to Sandycove project.
[5][6] A number of buildings on the campshires were also subject to renovations during the first decade of the 21st century.