Foxrock Local History Club

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On this page we have put together a few interesting items to tempt you to share our interest in local history.

Carrickmines Castle Excavation

Archaeologists under the direction of Dr. Mark Clinton have unearthed the extensive foundations of medieval Carrickmines Castle, which served for years as a garrison fort to defend Dublin against marauding raids by the O’Byrnes and O’Tooles of Wicklow.

Pre-Norman cemetery found at Cabinteely

At Cabinteely, a large pre-Norman enclosed cemetery was excavated in advance of the development of a filling station for ESSO Ireland Ltd. The site known locally as Mount Offaly, is located along the Dublin-bound carriageway of the N11, some 700m southwest of Cabinteely village. Read a Report on the project.

Read the Director’s First Findings from Excavations in Cabinteely by Malachy Conway.

Samuel Beckett, the playwright, was born in Foxrock

This is Cooldrinagh, at the junction of Brighton Road and Kerrymount Avenue, in Foxrock.

Samuel Beckett was born and lived as a child at Cooldrinagh.

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