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Harold's Cross

May 05, 2023

Harold's Cross (Irish: Cros Araild, meaning 'Harold's Cross') is an affluent urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin, Ireland[1] in the postal district D6W. The River Poddle runs through it, though largely in an underground culvert, and it holds a major cemetery, Mount Jerome, and Our Lady's Hospice.

Harold's Cross
Irish: Cros Araild
Inner suburb
Robert Emmet Bridge as seen from the banks of the Grand Canal, Harold's Cross
Harold's Cross
Coordinates: 53°19′35″N 6°17′41″W / 53.32639°N 6.29472°W / 53.32639; -6.29472
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyDublin
Local authorityDublin City Council
Established12th Century

Location

Harold's Cross is situated north of Terenure and Rathgar, west of Rathmines, east of Crumlin and Kimmage, and directly south from the Grand Canal at Clanbrassil Street. It lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, and straddles the boundary of Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 12 postal districts.

The Poddle

The River Poddle runs south to north through the area. At the southern end of the district, the river's course splits at the centuries-old "Tongue" or "Stone Boat" with part of its flow diverted underground into the "City Watercourse" culvert, while the mainline continues overground, passing through ponds. The Poddle goes underground between Mount Argus and Mount Jerome, then flows along the cemetery boundary, including the Islamic plot, before going into a culvert at Greenmount, heading for the Grand Canal.

Name

There are a number of competing explanations for the name of Harold's Cross, which has been extant for a very long time, at least several centuries, and indeed whether there was an eponymous Harold, or whether the name referred to a class or group of "Haralds," or where precisely and what form the “Cross” took. Debating the question is considered a good way to start an argument in the area, since there is no clear or contemporaneously recorded answer, with many authoritatively and insistently stated, albeit significantly different explanations, since the 19th century, with at least some tenuous justification to each. An aspect of the name theories is that Harold’s Cross lies on the ancient Slíghe Chualann, a major South to North route and one of the ‘Five Great Roads’ of medieval Ireland and a key southern entry point into Dublin City via Clanbrassil Street.

One explanation of the origin of the name is that it is derived from the name given to a gallows, which had been placed where the current Harold's Cross Park is situated; however, gallows in medieval times were primarily used to support weighing scales for markets and toll/tax collection and less for executions (see the discussion below.) It is the case that Harold's Cross was an execution ground for the city of Dublin up to the 18th century, but it also was a key entry point to the greater city where tolls might have been collected. In the 14th century a gallows there was maintained by the Archbishop.[2]

Another explanation is that Harold's Cross stands on lands which formed, like those of Rathmines, part of the Manor of St. Sepulchre, and its name is said to have originated in a cross which marked the boundary of the lands of the Archbishop of Dublin, and warned the Harolds (or Haralds/Harrals/Harrels), the wild guardians of the border of the Pale near Whitechurch that they must not encroach beyond that point.[3] The De Meones family, who gave their name to Rathmines, also owned lands at Harold's Cross in the fourteenth century.[4]

Yet another explanation is that it is derived from a stone cross that marked the boundary of lands held by the Danish Viking[5] Harold family of Rathfarnham in early medieval times, reputedly located at what is now the five-road Kenilworth junction on Harold's Cross Road.

A variation on these explanations is derived from the traditional use of gallows as public weighing scales (and not just a means of public execution) and suggests that the cross was used to weigh certain goods entering or exiting the city of Dublin by this boundary, so as to charge a tax or tariff, or that a fee was charged by weight for goods crossing a ford over one of the watercourses that predated the Grand Canal by one or more of the families, groups or individuals described as controlling the area above, or alternatively that the cross[ing] was that ford over the river Poddle.

Amenities and features

Harold's Cross has a number of pubs, shops, cafes, an active credit union, and other businesses.

Harold's Cross Park, a small and well-maintained city park, occupies the site of the original village green and contains a playground, water feature and coffee kiosk.

Historically a number of large houses were constructed, mostly with the appendage of ‘Mount’ to reflect the parish's elevation, and their names are remembered today but no longer as houses: Mount Argus (church and monastery), Mount Jerome (cemetery), Greenmount House (the Hospice), Mount Harold (the Catholic Church) and Mount Drummond and Mount Tallant (housing developments).[6]

The memorial cross at Harold's Cross Park was sculpted by local sculptor and stonemason Joseph Courtney and isn’t the eponymous ‘Cross;’ the name of Harold’s Cross long predating it (at least that explanation for the area’s name is definitely incorrect! See the discussion above)

In 1804 the sisters of the order of St. Clare[7] moved to the village to run a female orphanage (named after San Damiano), founded the previous year. This is now the Saint Clare's Convent and Primary School,[8] and is the oldest Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Dublin.[9] Beside the convent is the national headquarters for the Secular Franciscan Order.

Mount Jerome Cemetery

At one side of Harold's Cross is Mount Jerome Cemetery, as mentioned in Joyce's Ulysses, originally one of the residences of an extensive family named Shaw.[10] It is considered Dublin's most gothic cemetery. People buried there include Thomas Davis, George Russell (AE), and Oscar Wilde's father, William Wilde, and mother, in addition to members of the Guinness family and deceased members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The remains of French Huguenots once buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, Peter's Row (now the location of the Dublin YMCA), which was demolished in the 1980s, are interred here.[11] Other famous graves include those of mathematician William Rowan Hamilton and playwright John Millington Synge. The cemetery was operated from 1837 to 1984 by a private company and now belongs to the Massey family.[12]

The creation of the cemetery at Mount Jerome in 1836 by the Protestant Church of Ireland was to counteract the popularity of burials, even among people of their own fraternity at that time, for the new Glasnevin Cemetery opened in 1832.[citation needed] Initially Mount Jerome was an exclusively Protestant cemetery but was later opened up to Catholic burials. There is now also a distinct Islamic plot, to the right near the entrance.

Hospice

The suburb is also home to Dublin's first hospice, Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross. This palliative care facility was founded in 1879 in a house called Our Lady's Mount (formerly Greenmount), which was previously the Mother House of the Religious Sisters of Charity. Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Sisters of Charity order, lived in Our Lady's Mount from 1845 onwards. She bought a large Georgian house at Greenmount from a famous abolitionist family called Webb who were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers),[13] after she offered more than a rival bid from Mount Jerome cemetery. A new Hospice building was commenced in 1886, and many more buildings followed.[14]

Transport

Harold's Cross is well served by public transport; Dublin Bus routes 9, 16, 18, 49, 54a and 83 (83A) pass through it. Dublin Bus also provides a Dublin Bus Nitelink service (49N) that operates the same route as the 49 on Friday, Saturday nights and on public holidays at 00:00, 02:00 and 04:00.

Future plans

As part of the wider National Transport Authority Bus network redesign program (Bus Connect) Harold Cross will be served by the High frequency Bus Connect Spine-F, with up to 5 Minute frequency to the city centre.

Religion

The area holds Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic parish church, Mount Argus Monastery and church, Saint Clare's Convent and primary school, and the base of Dublin's Russian Orthodox community.

Mount Argus was the official home of Saint Charles of Mount Argus who was a well known Passionist priest in 19th-century Ireland, mentioned as a miracle worker in the book Ulysses, Circe chapter.[15] It also has long-established links with the Garda Síochána and it was officially the church of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. The first Rector of Mount Argus was Fr. Paul Mary Pakenham who was the son of the Earl of Longford and nephew of Kitty Pakenham (Duchess of Wellington). His first mass took place in a house at the time on 15 August 1856. Irish architect J.J. McCarthy was commissioned to design the new monastery.

The Roman Catholic parish church is the Church of the Holy Rosary. The parish is an active one with many contributing to its attendant organisations. The church was built on top of the remains of an old stately house called Mount Harold House at the end of the 19th century. Original floor tiles of the house can still be seen on the chapel floor to this day.[6]

The former Church of Ireland parish church in Harold's Cross, overlooking the Poddle and Mount Jerome Cemetery to the rear, is leased to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and operates as the Church of Ss Peter and Paul. A substantial congregation, made up of Orthodox immigrants to Ireland (mostly from the former Soviet Union, Eastern Slovakia, the Baltic States and Poland) along with native (mostly convert) Irish Orthodox attend services here. Services are conducted both in Church Slavonic and English with a smattering of Irish, and the iconostasis includes St. Patrick and St. Brigid. Below the church are community rooms.

Education

Harold's Cross is served by a large variety of education options, at primary and secondary level.

Primary

It is served by Harold's Cross National School, Saint Clare's Primary School, Scoil Mológa (a Gaelscoil) and Harold's Cross Educate Together National School.

Secondary

Harold's Cross has a single secondary school Harold's Cross ETSS (Educate Together Secondary School) and is served by a variety of other schools in the immediate area.

History

Harold’s Cross lies on the medieval Slíghe Chualann, of the Five great roads of Ireland, and thus would have been an important entry point into Dublin from the South. Much of the local industry during the 19th century revolved around the old mills which were located on the River Poddle and associated channels. A paper mill was located at Mount Argus where there was a small rural village at that time, and also a flour mill was near what are now the gates of Mount Jerome cemetery. During the 20th century the old mill at Mount Argus, disused at this stage, was adopted by the local Scout Troop the 45th Mount Argus as a boxing club, as a result of which the Troop became commonly known as "the fighting 45th" Troop in Dublin Scouting circles. The Troop was founded by Rev. Fr. Cronin C.P. of Mount Argus church.[16]

Harold's Cross Green was a key meeting point for members of the Society of United Irishmen just before the 1798 Rebellion, rebels such as Thomas Cloney and Myles Byrne meet the commander Robert Emmet to discuss tactics for the pending uprising.

 
Plaque to Robert Emmet on Harold's Cross Road.

Irish Nationalist leader Robert Emmet was captured near Harold's Cross. He lived for a period in a house in Harold's Cross so he could be near his sweetheart Sarah Curran of Rathfarnham. He led an abortive rebellion against British rule in 1803 and was captured, tried and executed. The Grand Canal bridge linking Harold's Cross Road and Clanbrassil Street was named in his honour and a plaque there commemorates him (the bridge was formerly called Clanbrassil Bridge, and is known locally as Harold's Cross Bridge).

The father of Patrick Pearse (Pádraic Mac Piarais), James, was a stonemason for Mount Argus Church. The Pearse family had a long association with the Passionists and Mount Argus. Both Patrick and Willie Pearse came for confessions on the day of the Easter Rising. Mrs Pearse and Patrick himself also taught Irish language lessons in the community Scout Hall next to the church.[17] The 1916 Volunteers, who had a training ground in nearby Kimmage, are said to have paid a visit to Mount Argus Church to pray just before taking part in the 1916 Easter Rising.

O'Connor's Jewellers on Harold's Cross Road is noted for being the victim of one of the two famous robberies carried out by the notorious Dublin criminal Martin Cahill, "The General" (who is also buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery).

Honour Bright, a prostitute (real name Elizabeth (Lily) O'Neill) was murdered in June 1925, and her body found in the mountains.[18] Witnesses last saw her alive at Leonards' Corner, just to the north of Harolds' Cross.[18] Dr Patrick Purcell, a medical doctor in County Wicklow, and Leopold J. Dillon, a Garda, were put on trial charged with the murder but were acquitted.[18] The murderer was never traced.

There was a well-established community of Quakers in Harold's Cross that operated a number of industries in the locality including cotton, paper and flour milling during the 19th century. They also ran a number of orphanages locally.[19] Among these industries was the Greenmount Spinning manufacturing powered by the River Poddle, owned by the well-known Pim family. James Pim was commonly known as the "Quaker father of Irish railways.[20][21]

Quaker brothers Thomas Pim and Robert Goodbody decided to relocate Goodbody Tobacco manufacturing to Greenville near Harolds Cross after a disastrous fire in their Tullamore premises in 1886; as a result, most of their employees were also relocated to the area, where red brick terrace housing was built in the area by the Dublin Artizans' Dwellings Company, in which the Pim family were prominent members.[22][23]

People

  • Richard Allen (abolitionist) (1803–1886), born at No. 201 Harold's Cross Road, a large red brick building dating from 1750; he was a well known Quaker.
  • Thomas Caffrey (1917–2010), Irish chocolatier started his first venture by opening a business in Harold's Cross, Dublin in 1930
  • Brian D'Arcy born 1945, is a Passionist priest who resided and preached in the Mount Argus Monastery.
  • John Charles D'Arcy, father of a famous Church of Ireland clergyman Charles D'Arcy, had a family home in the Mount Tallant area of Harold's Cross.
  • Father Cuthbert Dunne C.P., (1869–1950), was a Passionist priest from Mount Argus, who carried out the deathbed conversion of Oscar Wilde to the catholic faith in Paris.
  • John Jordan, poet and author of Patrician Stations, A Raft from Flotsam and Selected Poems (ed. Hugh McFadden), academic and broadcaster, 1930- 1988, lived in Park View Avenue, Harolds Cross.
  • John Keogh (1740–1817) was a leading Irish campaigner who struggled to get Irish Roman Catholics the right to vote and the repeal of the Penal Laws. He lived in a large mansion in the Mount Jerome area of Harold's Cross which was often visited by leading members of the Society of United Irishmen. He died in 1817 and was buried in St. Kevin's Church, Camden Row, where his grave can be seen.
  • Adam Loftus (1533–1605), Archbishop of Dublin during the Middle Ages owned land in the Mount Jerome area west of the borough.[24]
  • Hugh McFadden, poet and author of Pieces of Time, Elegies & Epiphanies and Empire of Shadows currently lives in Harolds Cross.
  • Gerald Molloy (1834–1906) born at Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, was an Irish Roman Catholic priest, theologian and scientist. He served as a member of the first senate of the Royal University of Ireland
  • John Moore (Bishop of Bauchi) (1942–2010), born in Harold's Cross, ordained as the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria[25]
  • Richard Moynan (1856–1906), was an Irish painter and unionist propagandist who had his studio based in Harold's Cross.[26]
  • Joseph "Spud" Murphy, (1923–2001), who invented the "Cheese & Onion" crisp, set up his Tayto crisp production plant in Mount Tallant in the 1960s[27]
  • Edward O'Reilly (1765–1830) was an Irish scholar in the first half of the 19th century.
  • Leo Rowsome (1903–1970), born in Harold's Cross, was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers. He was performer, manufacturer and teacher of the uilleann pipes and devoted his entire life to them.
  • Robert Shaw (1774–1849), a member of the well known Shaw family of Bushy Park and an Irish Tory, UK Member of Parliament, inherited the ownership of the Mount Jerome estate by marrying the daughter of a Dublin Merchant and previous owner Abraham Wilkinson>. Shaw later leased it to John Keogh.
  • James Spratt R.N. (1771–1853), was one of the heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. His birthplace is recorded as "Harrel's Cross" Co. Dublin.
  • Niall Tóibín (1929-2019), was a famous Irish comedian and actor. He lived in a house with his family just off Kimmage road lower near Mount Argus Church.[28][29]
  • Isaac Weld (1774–1856), was an Irish topographical writer, explorer, and artist, he was part of the famous Weld family, the Irish descendants of the family were also residents for a period of time of the mansion at Mount Jerome.[3]

Sport

  • Harold's Cross Stadium was one of two main greyhound racing stadia in Dublin, the other being Shelbourne Park in Ringsend. It was owned and operated by the Irish Greyhound Board. It closed in February 2017 due to a need to repay debts arising from a major development in Limerick.[30][31]
  • Shelbourne FC, the League of Ireland side, played at the Greyhound Stadium during the period 1975-77 and again from 1983 to 1989 before moving to the refurbished home ground of Tolka Park.
  • St Patrick's Athletic were the last League of Ireland club to play regularly at the Greyhound Stadium from 1989/90 up to November 1993, while work was being done to its Richmond Park home. Brian Kerr managed the team during this period at the Greyhound Stadium.

See also

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland
  • Curtis, Joe (2004). Harolds Cross (3 ed.). Dublin: Free Return Press. ISBN 0953332055. OL 31916599M.
  • "Harold's Cross, A History" (2016), by local historian, Joe Curtis.
  • "Harold's Cross in Old Photographs" (2011), by local historian, Joe Curtis.

References

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  2. ^ Somerville-Large, Peter (1988). Dublin: The First Thousand Years. Belfast: The Appletree Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-86281-206-2.
  3. ^ a b Ball: Harold's Cross
  4. ^ Ball, F. Elrington History of Dublin Vol.2 1903 Alexander Thom and Co. p.100
  5. ^ Mc Cormack John, A Story of Dublin, Mentor Books 2000, ISBN 1-84210-072-6
  6. ^ a b "Our Lady of the Rosary Parish". from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  7. ^ "History of the Sisters of St Clare". from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Lewis, Samuel: A Topographical Guide to Ireland. 1837". from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Saint Clares Primary School". from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  10. ^ Langtry, Joe and Nikki Carter, eds. Mount Jerome: A Victorian Cemetery. Staybro Printing Ltd., Dublin 1997.
  11. ^ St. Peter's Churchyard Excavation Report 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Igoe, Vivien. Dublin Burial Grounds & Graveyards. Wolfhound Press, 2001. p. 172
  13. ^ Heritage of Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross 2009-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ . Our lady's Hospice. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  15. ^ Father Charles of Mount Argus, 1821-1893, Jstor
  16. ^ . 45thScouts.ie. Archived from the original on 12 May 2009.
  17. ^ "Mount Argus 1856-2006". pfcp.wordpress.com. 15 August 2006. from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  18. ^ a b c Blain, Emma (5 June 2008). "An Honour Killing". Evening Herald. from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  19. ^ Eric Byrne, Proprosed Addition to the record of Protected Structures, Dublin City council 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ . Mountmellick Development Association. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "Quakers history, Monkstown Quakers and the Railways". 13 April 2009. from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  22. ^ Campbell, Fergus (6 August 2009). The Irish Establishment 1879-1914, Fergus Campbell. ISBN 978-0-19-923322-9. from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  23. ^ When Tullamore had a Tobacco Industry, By Michael Byrne, offalyhistory
  24. ^ Ball: Portions of the Parishes of St Catherine and St Nicholas Without
  25. ^ "Biography of Bishop John Moore SMA". from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  26. ^ Richard Moynan: Irish artist and unionist propagandist 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ^ "Telegraph, Joe'Spud'Murphy". from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  28. ^ "Irish Independent, Laughs and love of a fierce Bull". from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  29. ^ Irish Times, Actor's home has Edwardian era pedigree
  30. ^ "Harold's Cross Greyhound Stadium to be sold". Irish Independent. from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  31. ^ . Archived from the original on 14 February 2017.

External links

  • Mount Argus Church
  • John Keogh
  • Harold's Cross Village Community Council

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harold, cross, irish, cros, araild, meaning, affluent, urban, village, inner, suburb, south, side, dublin, ireland, postal, district, river, poddle, runs, through, though, largely, underground, culvert, holds, major, cemetery, mount, jerome, lady, hospice, iri. Harold s Cross Irish Cros Araild meaning Harold s Cross is an affluent urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin Ireland 1 in the postal district D6W The River Poddle runs through it though largely in an underground culvert and it holds a major cemetery Mount Jerome and Our Lady s Hospice Harold s Cross Irish Cros AraildInner suburbRobert Emmet Bridge as seen from the banks of the Grand Canal Harold s CrossHarold s CrossCoordinates 53 19 35 N 6 17 41 W 53 32639 N 6 29472 W 53 32639 6 29472CountryIrelandProvinceLeinsterCountyDublinLocal authorityDublin City CouncilEstablished12th Century Contents 1 Location 2 The Poddle 3 Name 4 Amenities and features 4 1 Mount Jerome Cemetery 4 2 Hospice 5 Transport 5 1 Future plans 6 Religion 7 Education 7 1 Primary 7 2 Secondary 8 History 9 People 10 Sport 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksLocation EditHarold s Cross is situated north of Terenure and Rathgar west of Rathmines east of Crumlin and Kimmage and directly south from the Grand Canal at Clanbrassil Street It lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and straddles the boundary of Dublin 6 Dublin 6W and Dublin 12 postal districts The Poddle EditThe River Poddle runs south to north through the area At the southern end of the district the river s course splits at the centuries old Tongue or Stone Boat with part of its flow diverted underground into the City Watercourse culvert while the mainline continues overground passing through ponds The Poddle goes underground between Mount Argus and Mount Jerome then flows along the cemetery boundary including the Islamic plot before going into a culvert at Greenmount heading for the Grand Canal Name EditThere are a number of competing explanations for the name of Harold s Cross which has been extant for a very long time at least several centuries and indeed whether there was an eponymous Harold or whether the name referred to a class or group of Haralds or where precisely and what form the Cross took Debating the question is considered a good way to start an argument in the area since there is no clear or contemporaneously recorded answer with many authoritatively and insistently stated albeit significantly different explanations since the 19th century with at least some tenuous justification to each An aspect of the name theories is that Harold s Cross lies on the ancient Slighe Chualann a major South to North route and one of the Five Great Roads of medieval Ireland and a key southern entry point into Dublin City via Clanbrassil Street One explanation of the origin of the name is that it is derived from the name given to a gallows which had been placed where the current Harold s Cross Park is situated however gallows in medieval times were primarily used to support weighing scales for markets and toll tax collection and less for executions see the discussion below It is the case that Harold s Cross was an execution ground for the city of Dublin up to the 18th century but it also was a key entry point to the greater city where tolls might have been collected In the 14th century a gallows there was maintained by the Archbishop 2 Another explanation is that Harold s Cross stands on lands which formed like those of Rathmines part of the Manor of St Sepulchre and its name is said to have originated in a cross which marked the boundary of the lands of the Archbishop of Dublin and warned the Harolds or Haralds Harrals Harrels the wild guardians of the border of the Pale near Whitechurch that they must not encroach beyond that point 3 The De Meones family who gave their name to Rathmines also owned lands at Harold s Cross in the fourteenth century 4 Yet another explanation is that it is derived from a stone cross that marked the boundary of lands held by the Danish Viking 5 Harold family of Rathfarnham in early medieval times reputedly located at what is now the five road Kenilworth junction on Harold s Cross Road A variation on these explanations is derived from the traditional use of gallows as public weighing scales and not just a means of public execution and suggests that the cross was used to weigh certain goods entering or exiting the city of Dublin by this boundary so as to charge a tax or tariff or that a fee was charged by weight for goods crossing a ford over one of the watercourses that predated the Grand Canal by one or more of the families groups or individuals described as controlling the area above or alternatively that the cross ing was that ford over the river Poddle Amenities and features EditHarold s Cross has a number of pubs shops cafes an active credit union and other businesses Harold s Cross Park a small and well maintained city park occupies the site of the original village green and contains a playground water feature and coffee kiosk Historically a number of large houses were constructed mostly with the appendage of Mount to reflect the parish s elevation and their names are remembered today but no longer as houses Mount Argus church and monastery Mount Jerome cemetery Greenmount House the Hospice Mount Harold the Catholic Church and Mount Drummond and Mount Tallant housing developments 6 The memorial cross at Harold s Cross Park was sculpted by local sculptor and stonemason Joseph Courtney and isn t the eponymous Cross the name of Harold s Cross long predating it at least that explanation for the area s name is definitely incorrect See the discussion above In 1804 the sisters of the order of St Clare 7 moved to the village to run a female orphanage named after San Damiano founded the previous year This is now the Saint Clare s Convent and Primary School 8 and is the oldest Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Dublin 9 Beside the convent is the national headquarters for the Secular Franciscan Order Mount Jerome Cemetery Edit At one side of Harold s Cross is Mount Jerome Cemetery as mentioned in Joyce s Ulysses originally one of the residences of an extensive family named Shaw 10 It is considered Dublin s most gothic cemetery People buried there include Thomas Davis George Russell AE and Oscar Wilde s father William Wilde and mother in addition to members of the Guinness family and deceased members of the Royal Irish Constabulary The remains of French Huguenots once buried in St Peter s Churchyard Peter s Row now the location of the Dublin YMCA which was demolished in the 1980s are interred here 11 Other famous graves include those of mathematician William Rowan Hamilton and playwright John Millington Synge The cemetery was operated from 1837 to 1984 by a private company and now belongs to the Massey family 12 The creation of the cemetery at Mount Jerome in 1836 by the Protestant Church of Ireland was to counteract the popularity of burials even among people of their own fraternity at that time for the new Glasnevin Cemetery opened in 1832 citation needed Initially Mount Jerome was an exclusively Protestant cemetery but was later opened up to Catholic burials There is now also a distinct Islamic plot to the right near the entrance Hospice Edit The suburb is also home to Dublin s first hospice Our Lady s Hospice Harold s Cross This palliative care facility was founded in 1879 in a house called Our Lady s Mount formerly Greenmount which was previously the Mother House of the Religious Sisters of Charity Mary Aikenhead founder of the Sisters of Charity order lived in Our Lady s Mount from 1845 onwards She bought a large Georgian house at Greenmount from a famous abolitionist family called Webb who were members of the Society of Friends Quakers 13 after she offered more than a rival bid from Mount Jerome cemetery A new Hospice building was commenced in 1886 and many more buildings followed 14 Transport EditHarold s Cross is well served by public transport Dublin Bus routes 9 16 18 49 54a and 83 83A pass through it Dublin Bus also provides a Dublin Bus Nitelink service 49N that operates the same route as the 49 on Friday Saturday nights and on public holidays at 00 00 02 00 and 04 00 Future plans Edit As part of the wider National Transport Authority Bus network redesign program Bus Connect Harold Cross will be served by the High frequency Bus Connect Spine F with up to 5 Minute frequency to the city centre Religion EditThe area holds Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic parish church Mount Argus Monastery and church Saint Clare s Convent and primary school and the base of Dublin s Russian Orthodox community Mount Argus was the official home of Saint Charles of Mount Argus who was a well known Passionist priest in 19th century Ireland mentioned as a miracle worker in the book Ulysses Circe chapter 15 It also has long established links with the Garda Siochana and it was officially the church of the Dublin Metropolitan Police The first Rector of Mount Argus was Fr Paul Mary Pakenham who was the son of the Earl of Longford and nephew of Kitty Pakenham Duchess of Wellington His first mass took place in a house at the time on 15 August 1856 Irish architect J J McCarthy was commissioned to design the new monastery The Roman Catholic parish church is the Church of the Holy Rosary The parish is an active one with many contributing to its attendant organisations The church was built on top of the remains of an old stately house called Mount Harold House at the end of the 19th century Original floor tiles of the house can still be seen on the chapel floor to this day 6 The former Church of Ireland parish church in Harold s Cross overlooking the Poddle and Mount Jerome Cemetery to the rear is leased to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and operates as the Church of Ss Peter and Paul A substantial congregation made up of Orthodox immigrants to Ireland mostly from the former Soviet Union Eastern Slovakia the Baltic States and Poland along with native mostly convert Irish Orthodox attend services here Services are conducted both in Church Slavonic and English with a smattering of Irish and the iconostasis includes St Patrick and St Brigid Below the church are community rooms Education EditHarold s Cross is served by a large variety of education options at primary and secondary level Primary Edit It is served by Harold s Cross National School Saint Clare s Primary School Scoil Mologa a Gaelscoil and Harold s Cross Educate Together National School Secondary Edit Harold s Cross has a single secondary school Harold s Cross ETSS Educate Together Secondary School and is served by a variety of other schools in the immediate area History EditHarold s Cross lies on the medieval Slighe Chualann of the Five great roads of Ireland and thus would have been an important entry point into Dublin from the South Much of the local industry during the 19th century revolved around the old mills which were located on the River Poddle and associated channels A paper mill was located at Mount Argus where there was a small rural village at that time and also a flour mill was near what are now the gates of Mount Jerome cemetery During the 20th century the old mill at Mount Argus disused at this stage was adopted by the local Scout Troop the 45th Mount Argus as a boxing club as a result of which the Troop became commonly known as the fighting 45th Troop in Dublin Scouting circles The Troop was founded by Rev Fr Cronin C P of Mount Argus church 16 Harold s Cross Green was a key meeting point for members of the Society of United Irishmen just before the 1798 Rebellion rebels such as Thomas Cloney and Myles Byrne meet the commander Robert Emmet to discuss tactics for the pending uprising Plaque to Robert Emmet on Harold s Cross Road Irish Nationalist leader Robert Emmet was captured near Harold s Cross He lived for a period in a house in Harold s Cross so he could be near his sweetheart Sarah Curran of Rathfarnham He led an abortive rebellion against British rule in 1803 and was captured tried and executed The Grand Canal bridge linking Harold s Cross Road and Clanbrassil Street was named in his honour and a plaque there commemorates him the bridge was formerly called Clanbrassil Bridge and is known locally as Harold s Cross Bridge The father of Patrick Pearse Padraic Mac Piarais James was a stonemason for Mount Argus Church The Pearse family had a long association with the Passionists and Mount Argus Both Patrick and Willie Pearse came for confessions on the day of the Easter Rising Mrs Pearse and Patrick himself also taught Irish language lessons in the community Scout Hall next to the church 17 The 1916 Volunteers who had a training ground in nearby Kimmage are said to have paid a visit to Mount Argus Church to pray just before taking part in the 1916 Easter Rising O Connor s Jewellers on Harold s Cross Road is noted for being the victim of one of the two famous robberies carried out by the notorious Dublin criminal Martin Cahill The General who is also buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery Honour Bright a prostitute real name Elizabeth Lily O Neill was murdered in June 1925 and her body found in the mountains 18 Witnesses last saw her alive at Leonards Corner just to the north of Harolds Cross 18 Dr Patrick Purcell a medical doctor in County Wicklow and Leopold J Dillon a Garda were put on trial charged with the murder but were acquitted 18 The murderer was never traced There was a well established community of Quakers in Harold s Cross that operated a number of industries in the locality including cotton paper and flour milling during the 19th century They also ran a number of orphanages locally 19 Among these industries was the Greenmount Spinning manufacturing powered by the River Poddle owned by the well known Pim family James Pim was commonly known as the Quaker father of Irish railways 20 21 Quaker brothers Thomas Pim and Robert Goodbody decided to relocate Goodbody Tobacco manufacturing to Greenville near Harolds Cross after a disastrous fire in their Tullamore premises in 1886 as a result most of their employees were also relocated to the area where red brick terrace housing was built in the area by the Dublin Artizans Dwellings Company in which the Pim family were prominent members 22 23 People EditRichard Allen abolitionist 1803 1886 born at No 201 Harold s Cross Road a large red brick building dating from 1750 he was a well known Quaker Thomas Caffrey 1917 2010 Irish chocolatier started his first venture by opening a business in Harold s Cross Dublin in 1930 Brian D Arcy born 1945 is a Passionist priest who resided and preached in the Mount Argus Monastery John Charles D Arcy father of a famous Church of Ireland clergyman Charles D Arcy had a family home in the Mount Tallant area of Harold s Cross Father Cuthbert Dunne C P 1869 1950 was a Passionist priest from Mount Argus who carried out the deathbed conversion of Oscar Wilde to the catholic faith in Paris John Jordan poet and author of Patrician Stations A Raft from Flotsam and Selected Poems ed Hugh McFadden academic and broadcaster 1930 1988 lived in Park View Avenue Harolds Cross John Keogh 1740 1817 was a leading Irish campaigner who struggled to get Irish Roman Catholics the right to vote and the repeal of the Penal Laws He lived in a large mansion in the Mount Jerome area of Harold s Cross which was often visited by leading members of the Society of United Irishmen He died in 1817 and was buried in St Kevin s Church Camden Row where his grave can be seen Adam Loftus 1533 1605 Archbishop of Dublin during the Middle Ages owned land in the Mount Jerome area west of the borough 24 Hugh McFadden poet and author of Pieces of Time Elegies amp Epiphanies and Empire of Shadows currently lives in Harolds Cross Gerald Molloy 1834 1906 born at Mount Tallant House near Dublin was an Irish Roman Catholic priest theologian and scientist He served as a member of the first senate of the Royal University of Ireland John Moore Bishop of Bauchi 1942 2010 born in Harold s Cross ordained as the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi Nigeria 25 Richard Moynan 1856 1906 was an Irish painter and unionist propagandist who had his studio based in Harold s Cross 26 Joseph Spud Murphy 1923 2001 who invented the Cheese amp Onion crisp set up his Tayto crisp production plant in Mount Tallant in the 1960s 27 Edward O Reilly 1765 1830 was an Irish scholar in the first half of the 19th century Leo Rowsome 1903 1970 born in Harold s Cross was the third generation of an unbroken line of uilleann pipers He was performer manufacturer and teacher of the uilleann pipes and devoted his entire life to them Robert Shaw 1774 1849 a member of the well known Shaw family of Bushy Park and an Irish Tory UK Member of Parliament inherited the ownership of the Mount Jerome estate by marrying the daughter of a Dublin Merchant and previous owner Abraham Wilkinson gt Shaw later leased it to John Keogh James Spratt R N 1771 1853 was one of the heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 His birthplace is recorded as Harrel s Cross Co Dublin Niall Toibin 1929 2019 was a famous Irish comedian and actor He lived in a house with his family just off Kimmage road lower near Mount Argus Church 28 29 Isaac Weld 1774 1856 was an Irish topographical writer explorer and artist he was part of the famous Weld family the Irish descendants of the family were also residents for a period of time of the mansion at Mount Jerome 3 Sport EditHarold s Cross Stadium was one of two main greyhound racing stadia in Dublin the other being Shelbourne Park in Ringsend It was owned and operated by the Irish Greyhound Board It closed in February 2017 due to a need to repay debts arising from a major development in Limerick 30 31 Shelbourne FC the League of Ireland side played at the Greyhound Stadium during the period 1975 77 and again from 1983 to 1989 before moving to the refurbished home ground of Tolka Park St Patrick s Athletic were the last League of Ireland club to play regularly at the Greyhound Stadium from 1989 90 up to November 1993 while work was being done to its Richmond Park home Brian Kerr managed the team during this period at the Greyhound Stadium See also EditList of towns and villages in Ireland Curtis Joe 2004 Harolds Cross 3 ed Dublin Free Return Press ISBN 0953332055 OL 31916599M Harold s Cross A History 2016 by local historian Joe Curtis Harold s Cross in Old Photographs 2011 by local historian Joe Curtis References Edit Gill Alison 12 November 2021 Take three from 750 000k in Harold s Cross upmarket development on the market this weekend in Dublin 6W The Independent Archived from the original on 9 February 2022 Retrieved 12 November 2021 Somerville Large Peter 1988 Dublin The First Thousand Years Belfast The Appletree Press p 68 ISBN 0 86281 206 2 a b Ball Harold s Cross Ball F Elrington History of Dublin Vol 2 1903 Alexander Thom and Co p 100 Mc Cormack John A Story of Dublin Mentor Books 2000 ISBN 1 84210 072 6 a b Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Archived from the original on 12 December 2010 Retrieved 30 November 2010 History of the Sisters of St Clare Archived from the original on 19 January 2009 Retrieved 20 March 2009 Lewis Samuel A Topographical Guide to Ireland 1837 Archived from the original on 11 February 2009 Retrieved 30 January 2009 Saint Clares Primary School Archived from the original on 11 October 2012 Retrieved 30 December 2010 Langtry Joe and Nikki Carter eds Mount Jerome A Victorian Cemetery Staybro Printing Ltd Dublin 1997 St Peter s Churchyard Excavation Report Archived 2011 07 17 at the Wayback Machine Igoe Vivien Dublin Burial Grounds amp Graveyards Wolfhound Press 2001 p 172 Heritage of Our Lady s Hospice Harold s Cross Archived 2009 05 17 at the Wayback Machine Mary Aikenhead Sisters of Charity Our lady s Hospice Archived from the original on 21 July 2011 Retrieved 5 March 2009 Father Charles of Mount Argus 1821 1893 Jstor History of 45th Mount Argus Scout s 45thScouts ie Archived from the original on 12 May 2009 Mount Argus 1856 2006 pfcp wordpress com 15 August 2006 Archived from the 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original on 21 July 2011 Retrieved 18 July 2010 Richard Moynan Irish artist and unionist propagandist Archived 2006 10 12 at the Wayback Machine Telegraph Joe Spud Murphy Archived from the original on 16 April 2018 Retrieved 2 April 2018 Irish Independent Laughs and love of a fierce Bull Archived from the original on 24 October 2011 Retrieved 29 January 2012 Irish Times Actor s home has Edwardian era pedigree Harold s Cross Greyhound Stadium to be sold Irish Independent Archived from the original on 16 August 2016 Retrieved 13 February 2017 IGB CONFIRMS CLOSURE OF HAROLD S CROSS GREYHOUND STADIUM Archived from the original on 14 February 2017 External links EditMount Argus Church Greyhound Stadium Pope to canonise new Saint for Ireland John Keogh Fr Paul Mary Pakenham The River Poddle Templeogue Telegraph Harold s Cross Village Community Council Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harold 27s Cross amp oldid 1147268381, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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