Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bowling green
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34009, -6.25653
- SMR number
- DU018-020181-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a 'Bowling Green' marked on Rocque's map 1756 which attests to the upmarket and settled nature of this then recently developed area north of St Stephens Green. It lay to the rear of Sir Joshua Dawson's house built in 1710. The bowling green catered for a leisured class, with opportunities for promenading and disporting(Lennon & Montague 2010, 41).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 18 January 2013
References
Lennon, C. and Montague, J. 2010 John Rocque's Dublin: a guide to the Georgian City. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.