placenamesCarrickmines
Carraig Mhaighin
A medieval manorial centre, a nineteenth-century station and Carrickmines House reveal different chapters of this south Dublin locality.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Carraig Mhaighin · Irish · main form · validated name
- Carrickmines · English · main form
Place & story
A castle and a working manor
Excavation at Carrickmines Castle revealed a settlement organised around farming, industry and defence. Mark Clinton's 2002 report describes mill works, kilns, houses, a fair green and a medieval road alongside the castle's ditches and banks. Its foundation was tentatively placed in the mid-thirteenth century. The castle's military role ended when Dublin forces overran it in March 1642; Sir Simon Harcourt was mortally wounded in the attack. [2]
The railway station
Carrickmines station opened in 1854 on the Dublin and Wicklow Railway's line and closed in 1958. Its two-storey building has a hipped roof, granite corner stones and an elaborate central doorway. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records a restoration in 2009 and attributes the design to William Dargan, while retaining that attribution as uncertain. [3]
The Wilson household
Carrickmines House on Brighton Road, formerly Tullow House, is associated with William Henry Wilson and Emily Charlotte Wilson, née Hone. Three of their sons, Charles Robert, George Henry and Arthur Hone Wilson, died during the First World War. Another family connection brought the war home in 1918: nurse Sophia Violet Barrett, a niece of Wilson's second wife, died in the sinking of RMS Leinster. Her recovered body was brought to Carrickmines House before her funeral. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carrickmines. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2002:0479 — Carrickmines Castle, Carrickmines Great, Dublin · Mark Clinton, on behalf of Valerie J. Keeley Ltd.
- Carrickmines Railway Station, Glenamuck Road — NIAH 60260232 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Carrickmines House, Brighton Road — NIAH 60260185 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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