Note taken from the Book Ballyfermot Building a Community 1948 - 2006
The name Baile Diarmuid, ‘the town of Dermot’, is said to have derived its name from Dermot MacGillamocholmo who was a grandson of Dermot MacMurrough the king of Leinster and owned a large part of the lands in Dublin along with Ballyfermot. There was a castle, church, and graveyard in Ballyfermot dedicated to St Lawrence. John Dalton wrote in 1838. ‘The church contains no tombstones worthy of notice’ he mentions the Castle and the Graveyard. Francis Elrington Ball wrote in 1906.
That there were no trace of the castle to be found, and the only remains of old buildings in the vicinity of the church are a curious brick wall built with alcoves for the protection of fruit trees, and an artificial fish pond partly faced with cut stone.
The ruins of the graveyard were there till the early 1970s. The name Killeen is derived from the main focal point of the area where the church is located. Killeen, Cillin or Cillin Beg means “A burial place of un-baptised children. in notes wrote about the graveyard there lie farmers, artisans, soldiers, sailors, their wife's and children. Names of four of the people that were buried there are 1770 Richard White of Chapelizod who was a Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1815 Richard Dawson a member of the Royal Irish Artillery, 1862 Hugh Tremble, and 1898 William Tremble.
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This is a photo of my Grandfather (standing on the left), James Long, building the houses on Blackditch Road during the 1940s. Grandad was a Ganger (Working Foreman) for G&T Crampton Ltd. Three generations of my family worked for this firm - my Dad, my Grandad, and Great Grandfather. My Great Grandmother, on my Mam’s side, was a Fitzwilliam from Coolatin House. It was this side of my family who built Ballyfermot Castle in 1170. So, there you have it: my Norman ancestors founded the town, my Grandad built the houses, and I married a Ballyfermot girl 30 years ago. Wishing everyone, reading in, a great Easter weekend. Cheers, Jim
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The name Killeen is derived from the main focal point of the area where the church is located. Killeen, Cillin or Cillin Beg means “A burial place of un-baptised children
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Note taken from the Book Ballyfermot Building a Community 1948 - 2006
The name Baile Diarmuid, ‘the town of Dermot’, is said to have derived its name from Dermot MacGillamocholmo who was a grandson of Dermot MacMurrough the king of Leinster and owned a large part of the lands in Dublin along with Ballyfermot. There was a castle, church, and graveyard in Ballyfermot dedicated to St Lawrence. John Dalton wrote in 1838. ‘The church contains no tombstones worthy of notice’ he mentions the Castle and the Graveyard. Francis Elrington Ball wrote in 1906.
That there were no trace of the castle to be found, and the only remains of old buildings in the vicinity of the church are a curious brick wall built with alcoves for the protection of fruit trees, and an artificial fish pond partly faced with cut stone.
The ruins of the graveyard were there till the early 1970s. The name Killeen is derived from the main focal point of the area where the church is located. Killeen, Cillin or Cillin Beg means “A burial place of un-baptised children. in notes wrote about the graveyard there lie farmers, artisans, soldiers, sailors, their wife's and children. Names of some of the people that were buried are 1770 Richard White of Chapelizod who was a Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1815 Richard Dawson a member of the Royal Irish Artillery, 1862 Hugh Tremble, and 1898 William Tremble.
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The name Killeen is derived from the main focal point of the area where the church is located. Killeen, Cillin or Cillin Beg means “A burial place of un-baptised children
Note taken from the Book Ballyfermot Building a Community 1948 - 2006
The name Baile Diarmuid, ‘the town of Dermot’, is said to have derived its name from Dermot MacGillamocholmo who was a grandson of Dermot MacMurrough the king of Leinster and owned a large part of the lands in Dublin along with Ballyfermot. There was a castle, church, and graveyard in Ballyfermot dedicated to St Lawrence. John Dalton wrote in 1838. ‘The church contains no tombstones worthy of notice’ he mentions the Castle and the Graveyard. Francis Elrington Ball wrote in 1906.
That there were no trace of the castle to be found, and the only remains of old buildings in the vicinity of the church are a curious brick wall built with alcoves for the protection of fruit trees, and an artificial fish pond partly faced with cut stone.
The ruins of the graveyard were there till the early 1970s. The name Killeen is derived from the main focal point of the area where the church is located. Killeen, Cillin or Cillin Beg means “A burial place of un-baptised children. in notes wrote about the graveyard there lie farmers, artisans, soldiers, sailors, their wife's and children. Names of some of the people that were buried are 1770 Richard White of Chapelizod who was a Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1815 Richard Dawson a member of the Royal Irish Artillery, 1862 Hugh Tremble, and 1898 William Tremble.
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The name Killeen is derived from the main focal point of the area where the church is located. Killeen, Cillin or Cillin Beg means “A burial place of un-baptised children
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