PLACES
Places in Fosterstown
Short guides to the estates, roads and townlands around the station site: the name, the land underneath, how it was built, and what is planned.
Illustrative image, not a verified photograph
A PLACE IN FOSTERSTOWN
Boroimhe
An estate on the old Fosterstown North townland: what its name means, how it was built, and the apartment and housing plans now on the table.
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A PLACE IN FOSTERSTOWN
Cremona House
The house and townland beside Fosterstown North: where the name Cremona comes from, who lived there, and the apartment schemes planned around it.
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A PLACE IN FOSTERSTOWN
Pinnock Hill
The roundabout at the south end of Swords: where the name comes from, the 18th-century milestone, the houses the road covered, and the bus, road and housing plans around it.
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A PLACE IN FOSTERSTOWN
Airside
The shops and offices beside the R132: the townlands underneath, how the retail park was bought and built in 2000, and the apartments and roads planned next to it.
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A PLACE NEAR FOSTERSTOWN
River Valley
The estate west of Forest Road: the townlands under it, what the sources say about how and when it was built, the medieval burials in the river park, and what is planned.
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Next
These are leads we have, not written up yet. Nothing is claimed about them here until it has been checked at source.
- Forrestfields and Miltonsfields. Neighbouring townlands on the other side of the R132.
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