Oxmantown

Oxmantown was a suburb on the opposite bank of the Liffey from Dublin, in what is now the city's Northside.

[1][2] The settlement was bounded on the east by the lands of St Mary's Abbey and on the west by Oxmantown Green, an extensive common.

In the 17th century, there were several impressive houses here, one of them owned by Sir Robert Booth, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

[6] John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, was executed by hanging on Oxmantown Green on 5 December 1640, after being found guilty of buggery.

[7] In modern times the term is still occasionally used to refer to the broader area around Smithfield, while local places such as Oxmantown Road, Oxmantown Lane and various local businesses nominally reference the place name.