Rockbrook ( Irish: Sruth na gCloch) [1] is a small area, once site of a small settlement, [2] now semi-suburban, in County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the local government area of South Dublin.
Rockbrook is situated approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Templeogue, [2] south of Ballyboden, on the R116 regional road, which is Cruagh Road uphill and Edmondstown Road downhill. The area lies between Edmondstown, Tibradden and Whitechurch, [3] within the civil parish of Whitechurch. [1] The area is traversed by multiple streams within the Owendoher River system, including Glendoo Stream; there were several watermills in the vicinity. [4]
Rockbrook Park School, located in the area, is a fee-paying boys secondary school which had an enrollment 167 as of January 2020. [5] The school is located in Rockbrook House, a former country house built c. 1770. [6] The ruin of Rockbrook Mill, a paper mill operated by a Quaker family until the 1830s, is nearby. [7] Also located in the area is the Merry Ploughboy public house. [8]
In and near the area are several cemeteries. [3]
Rockbrook [..] A small village, two miles and a half from Temple-oge [..] situated near the foot of the mountains
Rockbrook Park School is a single-sex fee-charging voluntary secondary school with 167 male students
Rockbrook ( Irish: Sruth na gCloch) [1] is a small area, once site of a small settlement, [2] now semi-suburban, in County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the local government area of South Dublin.
Rockbrook is situated approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Templeogue, [2] south of Ballyboden, on the R116 regional road, which is Cruagh Road uphill and Edmondstown Road downhill. The area lies between Edmondstown, Tibradden and Whitechurch, [3] within the civil parish of Whitechurch. [1] The area is traversed by multiple streams within the Owendoher River system, including Glendoo Stream; there were several watermills in the vicinity. [4]
Rockbrook Park School, located in the area, is a fee-paying boys secondary school which had an enrollment 167 as of January 2020. [5] The school is located in Rockbrook House, a former country house built c. 1770. [6] The ruin of Rockbrook Mill, a paper mill operated by a Quaker family until the 1830s, is nearby. [7] Also located in the area is the Merry Ploughboy public house. [8]
In and near the area are several cemeteries. [3]
Rockbrook [..] A small village, two miles and a half from Temple-oge [..] situated near the foot of the mountains
Rockbrook Park School is a single-sex fee-charging voluntary secondary school with 167 male students