placenamesTerenure
Tír an Iúir
Bushy Park’s recorded ownership history leads from private estate expansion to acquisition by Dublin Corporation.
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
- Tír an Iúir · Irish · main form · validated name
- Terenure · English · main form
Place & story
An estate changes hands
Dublin City Council traces Bushy Park’s origins to Arthur Bushe’s property in 1700. John Hobson acquired it in 1772 and changed its name to Bushy Park. Abraham Wilkinson bought the estate in 1791, enlarged it and presented it to his daughter Maria when she married Robert Shaw in 1796. The Shaws’ connection lasted until the estate was sold to Dublin Corporation in 1951. [2]
The standing house
The architectural inventory dates Bushy Park House to about 1760. Its two storeys stand above a basement, with a full-height bow on each side and a hipped slate roof behind a parapet. The survey records later use as a convent and highlights the unusually tall first-floor windows. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Rathdown
- Civil parish
- Rathfarnham
- Coordinates
- 53.29869, -6.29997
- Mapped area
- 0.22 km²
- Logainm ID
- 55993 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Terenure. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bushy Park: History · Dublin City Council
- Bushy Park House, Terenure, NIAH 11211013 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.