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Vernon Grove

VERNON GROVE AGAIN

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THE VERNON GROVE THAT IS LOCATED IN RATHGAR

In a previous post I said “If anyone had asked me where Vernon Grove is I would have said Clontarf as Vernon Avenue is in Clontarf”.

Today it was brought to my attention that there is A Vernon Grove in Clontarf and a Vernon Grove in Rathfarnham. I was also advised not to forget Vernon Street in Portobello.

John Vernon (c. 1618 – March 13, 1670) was Quartermaster-General of Oliver Cromwell’s army and third son of Sir Edward Vernon, of Houndshill, Staffordshire, England. John obtained title to Clontarf Castle near Dublin in 1649 through a financial arrangement with John Blackwall who had been granted the estate by Oliver Cromwell. Thereafter the Vernons occupied the castle for approximately 300 years.

VERNON GROVE

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DUBLIN STREET ART ON VIEW AT VERNON GROVE IN RATHGAR

If anyone had asked me where Vernon Grove is I would have said Clontarf as Vernon Avenue is in Clontarf.

This is not a location that I would normally visit in order to photograph street art. It is located at the Vernon Grove end of a back lane that connects to Rathgar Road via Belleville Avenue.

It is a very attractive area and I lived nearby on Frankfort Avenue early from late 1959 until late 1960.

Before then I lived on the border between Derry and Donegal and as there was no secondary school nearby in Donegal I was sent to live with my grandmother for a year and attended school in the city centre near Stephen’s Green and that is when I developed my liking for Dublin City which has remained with me until now.

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