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Your Neighbourhood is a series of local area guides from TheJournal.ie, presented by KBC. We’re bringing you the best of city neighbourhoods combined with the latest property data.
THE NAME ‘TERENURE’ comes from the Irish Tír an Iúir, meaning ‘land of the yew tree’. And for most of Dublin’s history, this neighbourhood was a country estate, owned by a succession of wealthy landowners. Bushy Park is the remainder of that estate today.
But in 1801, a road was built heading southwest from Rathgar, which crossed the road leading south from Harold’s Cross. At the crossroads, a tiny village began to develop (it was initially called Roundtown) and this became the commercial cluster at Terenure Cross.
By the end of the 19th century, large scale construction was under way in Terenure, and most of the grander homes date from this time and the early 1900s. It remained on the fringe of the city – the terminus of a tram line – until the 1930s, when Dublin expanded around and beyond it.
Today, Terenure is a largely affluent area, although it shades into the more affordable Kimmage and Perrystown at the north and west end. It’s bordered to the south and east by Templeogue, Rathfarnham and Rathgar.
Take me there! Alright so. Here you are at the crossroads in Terenure, facing Vaughan’s. (Terenure Cross is also known as Vaughan’s Corner.)
So what’s the big draw? Terenure is classic redbrick south Dublin: Victorian homes, leafy streets, and generally well-kempt. It has a proper village centre with pubs, restaurants, and some independent shops. And it’s well supplied with schools, sports facilities and all the amenities you’d expect. It even has a Lidl AND and Aldi.
What do people love about it? It has a village feel – both in amenities and community, says Genna Patterson.
I like the village feel, and the lovely architecture, plus excellent Bushy Park and friendly community.
It’s a lively place with plenty of street life, says Claire Costelloe.
I like how close it is to the city centre, but that it is also a suburb. Access to a lovely park with a pond and ducks and tennis courts, and lots of restaurants and pubs and places to eat and drink – and that’s always evolving.
And… what do people NOT love about it? Traffic, says Genna.
I didn’t like the traffic at the crossroads in the centre, and the lack of Dublin bike stations. Limited to bus or driving.
No decent coffee shop, says Claire… but that’s been fixed!
I didn’t like the fact that until recently, we didn’t have a good quality coffee shop. It was mainly pubs and places for dinner. Now we have Foam which does amazing coffee.
What’s the story with house prices? Eh, pretty steep. The average asking price for a home in Terenure is €601,177 – on a par with Donnybrook. It’s a tad more expensive than its neighbour Templeogue, and a good way more than Rathmines or Harold’s Cross.
How long will it take me to the city centre? It’s just under an hour’s brisk walk into town. On the bus, it will take you around half an hour – the 15/a/b/d, 16, 49 and 65 all pass through.
In the car, it’s more like 20 minutes outside peak times. Cycling will get you there just as fast.
Where should I get lunch? Try the aforementioned Foam Coffeehouse, which as well as coffee serves excellent salads and sandwiches.
Alternatives: You could have a look at the Lovely Food Co, which also does a strong line in sandwiches and salads. Or for something sweet, swing by the Corner Bakery. New restaurant Circa is attracting the critics’ attention too.
And what’s my new local? Have a look into Vaughan’s, the pub on the corner of the crossroads. Reliable pints and the food gets decent reviews too.
Alternatives: Brady’s is Vaughan’s main rival, another sizeable pub with a food offering.
Schools and supermarkets? There’s an Aldi and a Lidl at the crossroads, with a Tesco Metro a bit further up the road into town. Close by in Rathgar is a SuperValu. There’s also a weekly farmers market in Bushy Park.
There are seven primary schools nearby: Presentation (Catholic, girls, 589 pupils); St Joseph’s (Catholic, boys, 453 pupils); Pius X Girls and Boys (Catholic, 528 and 535 pupils); Gaelscoil Mologa (Catholic, mixed, 228 pupils); Harold’s Cross NS (Catholic, mixed, 231 pupils); and Rathgar NS (Methodist, mixed, 99 pupils).
There are five post-primary schools: Presentation Community College (Catholic, mixed, 327 pupils); Terenure College (Catholic, boys, 695 pupils); Our Lady’s (Catholic, girls, 768 pupils); The High School (Church of Ireland, mixed, 717 pupils); and Stratford College (Jewish, mixed, 154 pupils).
OK, I’m sold. Give me one piece of Terenure trivia to impress a local. James Joyce’s mam was born in the local pub. Mary Jane Murray, known as May, came into the world at Vaughan’s Eagle House in 1859. She was (obviously) a major influence on young James. For a full account of her short and in many ways unhappy life, read on here.
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Well I suffer with a rare form of migraine that also affects the muscles in my body. I’ve had numerous medications and have been hospitalised to get nerve blockers in the back of my head. My father died from a massive heart attack and my mother suffered with mini strokes so for me this article is quite scary to read. For anyone who has never suffered with Migraine get down on your knees and count your lucky stars.
@Linda Hegarty: Mine is almost like stroke like: Left side of my body goes numb, My speech goes, I can’t see out my left eye, and the pain in my head is something that I can’t explain
Well that’s certainly true. My late father suffered badly with migraine, he went on to have several heart attacks and a bypass etc. While my migraines aren’t as bad or frequent as they used to be I’ve had 3 cardiac arrests and the associated problems that brings.
@Boyne Sharky: I am sorry to read about your late father and your health problems.
I never would have thought migrane would be connected in any way. Interesting study.
Migraines are caused by misalignment of the upper cervical vertebrae. Usually the condial or facet joints of C1 and the Oxiput.
I have been in practice for over 33 years as a Spinologist and have found that appropriate manipulation of these vertebrae gets rid of migraines in almost all cases.
My theory is that the misalignment causes pressure on nerves or the brain stem which in turn causes muscles to contract around the veins . That causes restrictions to the flow of blood from the head so pressure builds up in the head.
This pressure is without doubt the cause of many of what we consider “normal” disorders in the head. Migraine is only one of them. Others are ; Brain Hemmorage. Sinuses. Vertigo. Neuralgia. Bad Temper. Stress. Adhd and others.
@Brian Moore: Spinology?? Is that like witchery?
@Brian Moore: Is that a common held view in the medical profession as its the first time I’ve heard this?
@Annette Curtin: Where ignorance is bliss it is folly to be wise.
@Mark Broadley: The medical profession dont believe the facet joints go out of alignment but then it was believed the world was flat. Results are what counts.
@Brian Moore: some quackology you learn in a one year course is probably the answer for sure Brian.
@Brian Moore: I’d say your Spinology is as usefull as rhino horn or dragons breath. A two hour course on the internet and a certificate with a gold star cos you got ten out of ten on the test.
@Brian Moore: Ok thanks. When you say it gets rid of migraines in most cases, does this include the whole thing? ie the aura that proceeds the severe headache? thanks
@Brian Moore: What results king wizard Brian?
@Brian Moore: Absolute nonsense. Medical science may not be able to pinpoint the exact cause of migraines, but it can certainly narrow down what doesn’t cause it – and top of that list is spinology.
Are you serious? Your theory? You seriously believe misaligned upper cervical vertebrae causes bad temper (you don’t know my wife), stress(I think you may be a cause yourself) brain hemmorage (you don’t think weakened blood vessels may play a part) This sounds like another of those neo, fad, religious type things where any criticism is tut tutted and described as being from someone ‘tainted by mainstream medicine’ or some similar nonsense. It’s bovine effluent, it anything like this worked it’d be taken on board and called medicine.
@Jed I. Knight: What’s worse is he takes money from people who seriously believe he will make them feel better then sends them home saying they are healed. And he’s allowed operate this business legally?? If I was getting people to lick the backs of frogs and charging them for claiming that I’m curing their acne I’d be locked up. What is it you claim to help or cure people of Dr . Brian Moore, spinologist to the stars?
@Annette Curtin: Doctor? I find that hard to believe, whatever about the rest. These things always follow the same formula with the practitioner waving their wand, praying or whatever. If you fail to get better it’s your fault for not being suitably holy enough, or not standing on your head with your finger out the window when an east wind blows during a full moon. It’s never because it’s nonsense.
@Brian Moore: i had something like vertigo did a lot of weight lifting went and got physio on my back and neck dizzyness gone get your spine checked.
@Brian Moore: I’ve suffered from migraine since the age of 8 I don’t think I put out any of my vertebra, as I’ve got older (42 now) they’ve got less and less common.
@Jed I. Knight: Agree, total nonsense. A relative of mine once had to have actual surgery on her spine. While waiting in great pain for the operation, which did work, she had to deal with well-meaning fools offering various “cures” – from drinking water from place A to an offer to drive her to place B – at a time when she couldn’t sit up – to see “a man who can cure you – he cured a winning greyhound!” People should know better than to plague the sick with pointless “one size fits all” remedies.
Lying in a dark room waiting for ur head to explode and often wishing that it wud.
@Slim Browne: zomig!. 20 minutes and your migraine is gone. Best migraine tabs ever. Gave me bk my life.
Got a migraine once , though i was a goner
One in four of us has an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), otherwise known as a hole in the heart.
Whilst in the womb we are immersed in the Amniotic fluid, and there is an open flap between the upper two chambers, or Atria, of the heart. In the months following birth this flap usually seals, but in 25% of us it does not seal shut.
This defect has been linked with Migraine with Aura.
There are on record persons who, when this opening has been sealed, suffer no further symptoms of migraine.
The test for this ASD is quite simple and involves checking to see if a dye will pass from left to right in the upper chambers. The sealing procedure is painless.
If you suffer from a migraine with aura why not request a test from your doctor? I do know the Mater and CUH do these procedures.
Migraine is the modern version of lower back pain… impossible to prove and remarkably seems to plague those who get sick pay mostly… remarkable that.
@frank murphy: what utter rubbish. Migraine can, and does, be medically diagnosed. You obviously never had a migraine. Let’s see you try deal with a pain so blinding it leaves you slumped over the toilet bowl while vomiting until the pressure builds because your head is held down so long that your nose starts bleeding, all while being unable to switch on the lights out of the fear that that extra bit of pain will accompany the lights. What a moronic comment and completely devoid of any intelligent argument.
@frank murphy: oh, and as someone who suffers severe migraines, I have only had two sick days in 4 years. Both without pay.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: thank you for proving my point about sick pay
@frank murphy: how exactly did I prove your point about sick pay? You insinuated migraine was a fake illness and people only claim they have it to get sick pay. I quite literally demonstrated that I suffer from it but never have claimed sick pay, contrary to your insinuation.
@frank murphy: you must have something more in your life than resorting to this level of trollery, surely ?
@frank murphy: Where did you get your medical degree, you are a neurologist? If you’ve ever seen anyone having a migraine, hurling their guts up, in agony at the slightest noise or lights or even strong smells sometimes you wouldn’t be so inclined to make ridiculous comments like that.
But then that’s why you make so many stupid comments, to provoke, to incite. You probably don’t know the first thing about migraine, or even care, your purpose here is to troll.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: I get all of that plus the aura, numb lips and tongue and mouth, cant speak properly, and the aftermath for me is like being a malfunctioning robot.
@frank murphy: arsehole .. get migraines do you?
@frank murphy: You’d give anyone migraine coming out with that shite ye big bad troll ye
And sugar is linked to dementia
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimers/551528/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
And poor mental health is linked to bad gov.
Franky needs to buy a dictionary.
Heart attacks are more lethal in women than men and some pain killers can effect the heart beat / rhythm in the over 40s and therefore cause heart attacks then???
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