placenamesGreystones
Na Clocha Liatha
A tower and two boathouses distinguish a former coastguard station on Marine Terrace.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Na Clocha Liatha · Irish · main form
- Greystones · English · main form
Place & story
Housing and boats at the waterfront
The former coastguard station on Marine Terrace, in Rathdown Lower, was built around 1875 as a terrace of eight dwellings. Its northeastern end rises into a three-stage square tower with projecting upper windows. Slate roofs, brick chimneys and pointed window heads give the row a shared architectural character. Two separate boathouses stand to its east, each with a broad arched doorway. The 2004 architectural survey recorded the complex divided between coastguard, Garda and residential uses. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Greystones. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Greystones former coastguard station, Marine Terrace, Rathdown Lower: inventory16304001, surveyed26July2004 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-05-26. How this page was prepared.