Waterville, Dublin

The development was built between 2002 and 2008 as well as between 2013 and 2016 (Brandon Square and Rossan Court) on the edge of the Abbotstown demense, close to Blanchardstown village.

By the 17th century, they had passed to the Sir John Dungan who owned one thatched house, several cottages and an old church at Abbotstown.

Later, Lord HolmPatrick sold the remaining lands at Abbotstown and Sheephill to the Marine Institute of Ireland.

[7] In the late 1990s half of the lands under the ownership of the health board were sold for development in order to finance the redevelopment of the hospital buildings.

[8] The development of 1500 homes at Deanestown and Sheephill was called Waterville due to its proximity to the River Tolka.

[9] Each area within Waterville is privately owned and managed, and each is named after an Irish coastal promontory or island.