Clonturk

Clonturk (Irish: Cluain Tuirc) is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland.

[3] There is some evidence that the name originally was Ceann Torc or the 'headland of the boars', but had changed to Clonturk by the middle of the 16th century, perhaps under the influence of the more famous neighbouring placename Clontarf.

[3] The name 'Clonturk' mainly survives today through the existence of Clonturk House on Ormond Road.

Clonturk House was built in 1830 by the then City Architect, as a gentleman’s residence and was extensively renovated in 1880 and given its Georgian frontage.

For a number of years until 1960 Clonturk House was run by the Presbyterian Church which gave accommodation to girls attending school in Dublin both as fee-paying and on a subsidised basis.