Phibsborough

{{Short description|Northern inner city district of Dublin, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement | name = Phibsborough | native_name = {{nativename|ga|Baile Phib}} | settlement_type = Inner suburb | image_skyline = Crossroads at Phibsborough Road and North Circular Road.jpg | image_caption = Crossroads at Phibsborough Road and North Circular Road | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Leinster]] | subdivision_type2 = [[City status in Ireland|City]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Dublin]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Dáil Éireann]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Dublin Central]] | subdivision_type5 = [[European Parliament]] | subdivision_name5 = [[Dublin (European Parliament constituency)|Dublin]] | unit_pref = Metric | elevation_m = 49 | blank_name_sec1 = Irish Grid Reference | blank_info_sec1 = {{iem4ibx|O055383}} | coordinates = {{coord|53.360665224|-6.272665576|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Phibsborough in Dublin | pushpin_map = Dublin | postal_code_type = [[Eircode]] routing key | postal_code = D07 }}

'''Phibsborough''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɪ|b|z|b|ər|ə}}; {{Irish place name|Baile Phib}}),<ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/127085.aspx ''Phibsborough''] Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 5 January 2012.</ref> also spelled '''Phibsboro''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-recreation-culture-dublin-city-public-libraries-and-archive-locations-hours-21|title = Residential|date = 3 November 2020}}</ref> is a mixed commercial and residential neighbourhood on the [[Northside (Dublin)|Northside]] of [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].

The [[Bradogue River]] crosses the area in a [[culvert]], and the [[Royal Canal]] passes through its northern reaches, notably at Cross Guns Bridge. Formerly, a branch of the canal ran to the [[Broadstone, Dublin|Broadstone]] basin, later the site of the [[Midland Great Western Railway]] Terminus and currently the headquarters of [[Bus Éireann]]. [[Mountjoy Prison]] is located in the district.

==Etymology== The name "Phibsborough" comes from "Phipps" or "Phibbs." This is believed to relate to the Lincolnshire settler Richard Phibbs of Coote's Horse, resident in Kilmainham from the mid-17th century. The spelling is cited as Phippsborough in 1792.

==Location== [[File:Phibsborough Road, Phibsborough.jpg|thumb|The predominantly commercial Phibsborough Road, Phibsborough]] Phibsborough is located about 2  km north of the old city centre, in [[List of Dublin postal districts|Dublin 7]]. It is bordered by [[Glasnevin]] to the north, [[Drumcondra, Dublin|Drumcondra]] to the east, [[Grangegorman]] and [[Cabra, Dublin|Cabra]] to the west and the [[King's Inns]] on Constitution Hill to the south. The busy commercial centre of Phibsborough is located around the crossroads of the Phibsborough and North Circular Road, commonly known as [[Dublin street corners|Doyle's Corner]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Don |last1=Gifford |first2=Robert J. |last2=Seidman |title=Ulysses annotated: notes for James Joyce's Ulysses|publisher= University of California Press|year=1989|edition=Edition: 2, illustrated, revised, annotated |isbn=978-0-520-06745-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1fWCCHReoUC&q=dunphy%27s+phibsborough&pg=PA114}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Bus=== Phibsborough is served by many [[Dublin Bus]] routes passing outbound to the north city suburbs: numbers 11, 11b, 23, 24, 38, 38a, 38b, 38d, 70n, 88n, 120, 122, E1 and E2. Inbound services serve the city centre.

===Luas=== Phibsborough, Grangegorman and Broadstone both have stops on the [[Luas]] [[Green Line (Luas)|Green Line]] located along the former [[Midland Great Western Railway]] line. The [[Phibsborough tram stop|Phibsborough stop]] is located at the railway cutting between the North Circular Road and the [[Cabra, Dublin|Cabra]] Road. It has lateral platforms. Access to the platform level is from both the North Circular and Cabra Roads via stairs and lifts from the new deck levels abutting the existing road overbridges. The Broadstone stop is located at Prebend Street and the Western Way. The Phibsboro stop serves the residential communities and facilitates interchange with bus services on the North Circular and Cabra Roads. The [[Dublin Broadstone railway station#Luas|Broadstone stop]] serves the Mountjoy area and the newly built [[Technological University Dublin]] campus located at Grangegorman.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.luascrosscity.ie/whats-the-plan/stops/phibsborough| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130701134928/http://www.luascrosscity.ie/whats-the-plan/stops/phibsborough| archive-date = 2013-07-01| title = Phibsborough {{!}} Luas Cross City}}</ref>

The Luas Cross City project has joined the Luas [[Red Line (Luas)|Red]] and Green lines with a line from [[Broombridge railway station|Broombridge]] in North Dublin (interchange with the [[Irish Rail]] station) and [[St Stephen's Green station|St. Stephen's Green]] Green Line stop. Services began in December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Green light given to Luas link-up, first passengers 2017 |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0803/green-light-given-to-luas-link-up.html |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805170408/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0803/green-light-given-to-luas-link-up.html |archive-date=5 August 2012 }}</ref>

==Amenities==

[[File:Bohemians-Football-Club-Dalymount-Park-Entrance-2012.JPG|thumb|Bohemian FC, Dalymount Park]]

[[File:Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.JPG|thumb|The Mater Hospital]]

The [[Royal Canal]] passes along the northern boundary, separating Phibsborough from [[Glasnevin]]. Below the fifth lock, east of Crossguns Bridge, the Broadstone Harbour city markets-bound main branch of the canal ran south, to the now paved-over harbour. The filled-in former [[Main line (railway)|mainline]] is now covered by a [[linear park]] and the adjacent road is called the Royal Canal Bank. It consists of a variety of homes from multiple periods, some dating from the 1750s. The canal's current mainline runs south-east to Spencer Dock at the [[North Wall, Dublin|North Wall]]. The "parkway" passes Mountjoy Gaol, under Blacqueire Bridge, along the high-banked eastern side of Phibsborough Road. Originally the Foster Aqueduct carried the mainline canal over the Phibsborough Road to the harbour terminus which sat directly opposite the King's Inns at Constitution Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/the-broadstone-line-of-the-royal-canal/|title= The Broadstone Line of the Royal Canal|date= 22 April 2009|publisher=Irish waterways history|access-date=19 May 2009}}</ref>

[[Blessington Street Basin]] formerly used to supply water to the city, and to Jameson and Powers distilleries, is located adjacent to the Royal Canal Bank road, it was supplied with water piped along the canal and has been a public park since its opening; it remains a haven for wildlife.

[[Dalymount Park]], home of [[League of Ireland]] team [[Bohemian F.C.]], was the pre-Aviva Stadium venue for international [[association football]] and the renowned 'Dalymount Roar' was created here.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/SiteCollectionDocuments/Chapter6%203%20Phibs%20Village%20Centre%20Pg%2082-85.pdf|title=Phibsborough Village Centre (Proposed Development)|year=2008|publisher=Dublin City Council|access-date=21 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613163433/http://www.dublincity.ie/SiteCollectionDocuments/Chapter6%203%20Phibs%20Village%20Centre%20Pg%2082-85.pdf|archive-date=13 June 2011}}</ref> The [[National Botanic Gardens (Ireland)|National Botanic Gardens]] are situated in nearby Glasnevin.

Phibsboro Boxing Club runs a gym on Royal Canal Bank,<ref>[https://phibsboro-boxing-club.business.site/ Phibsboro Boxing Club]</ref> also Phibsboro Chess Club<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.phibsborochessclub.com/| title = Phibsboro Chess Club – Founded 1954}}</ref> meet at Clareville Community Centre, Claremont Lawns, Glasnevin, Dublin,

A major teaching hospital, the [[Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin|Mater Misericordiae University Hospital]], is both a local and national care centre. Adjacent is the Mater Private Hospital, and Temple Street Children's Hospital.

==Religion== [[File:St. Peter's Church, Phibsboro, Dublin..jpg|thumb|St. Peter's Church]] Phibsborough is a [[parish]] in the [[List of parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin by deanery#Fingal South West|Fingal South West deanery]] of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin]], served by the Church of St Peter. There is All Saints Parish Church ([[Church of Ireland]]), on Phibsborough Road. In 2017 the Romanian Orthodox Church opened its new church on Western Way, Broadstone, Phibsboro.<ref>[https://www.dublininquirer.com/2017/05/31/romanian-orthodoxy-finds-a-new-home-on-western-way Romanian Orthodoxy Finds a New Home on Western Way] by Cónal Thomas, Dublin Inquirer, 31 May 2017.</ref>

==History== {{More citations needed section|date=March 2013}} [[File:Warofindep.jpg|thumb|Memorial to the [[Irish Volunteers]], 'C' Coy., by [[Leo Broe]], at the junction of North Circular Road and Royal Canal Bank, a former spur of the [[Royal Canal]]]]

=== Toponymy and early history === The original [[Irish language]] name, ''Glas Mochonóg'', means Monck's Green, which evolved to the variants Manogue and Minogue, and [[anglicise]]d as Monck. This family held the local demesne at Grangegorman following intermarriage with the Stanley family, becoming Stanley Monck. The Green served as a playfield and parade ground was bisected by the main north road which ran from the foot of the Old Bridge of Dublin. Lying low between the stepping stone crossing of the Bradogue river (which now flows underground) is a common called the Glasminogue. Between the Broadstone and the village of Baile Phib at Monck Place, it often flooded and turned into a quagmire.

The etymology of the name Phibsborough (Broadstone) 1792 [spelt Phippsborough] is from a Lincolnshire family who settled as landowners in the area in the mid-17th century, the first being a Richard Phipps (of Kilmainham), who died in 1629 and was buried at St James's. [Pedigree of Phipps or Phibbs family, – Sligo, 1890.]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

=== Later history === This area was part of the [[Grangegorman]] estate.

The Broadstone area underwent significant urban development in the early nineteenth century in order to fulfil the commercial and residential needs of the Royal Canal Company headquarters and Harbour Terminus operation. The later onset of John S. Mulvaney's [[Midland Great Western Railway]] and the railway engineering works brought further development to [[North Circular Road, Dublin|North Circular Road]] intersection and east to Blessington Street. The natural expansion of the city saw the development move north with residential housing reaching Phibsborough, Glasnevin, and Phoenix Park to the northwest.

A freestanding Church of Ireland church was built in 1828, comprising a four-bay nave, two-bay chancel to the east added in 1856, single-bay baptistry to west elevation, and porch to south elevation added in 1887, four-bay full-height north aisle added in 1887, with entrance porch.

St. Peter's Catholic Church and schools date from 1862. The construction of the church was controversial, resulting in a long and costly lawsuit. This dispute between the architect and builder ended in the courts and required the intervention of the Roman Catholic [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiseek.com/2010/1902-st-peters-church-phibsborough-dublin/|title=1902 – St. Peters' Church, Phibsborough, Dublin|date=26 January 2010|publisher= Archiseek.com}}</ref> All Saints [[Church of Ireland]] Parish Church, Phibsborough Road, was completed in 1904. The renowned [[Tractarian]], Dr Maturin, was rector for many years, establishing a High Church tradition of worship. The interior was restored in recent years,{{when|date=July 2019}} having suffered fire damage in 1968. [[File:In the eyes of the law... (11399520864).jpg|thumb|The [[Dublin Metropolitan Police]] on duty with a policeman about to check an approaching car in the 1910s in Phibsborough]]

=== 20th century === In 1900 a Baptist church was built on the North Circular Road, a red-bricked building, it was sold in the 1990s and developed into offices.

At the time of the [[Easter Rising]], the [[Éamon de Valera|de Valera]] family home was at 34, Munster Street.<ref>{{cite book|last=Connell|first=Joseph E. A. |title=Where's where in Dublin|publisher=Dublin City Council|location=Dublin|year=2006|pages=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLNnAAAAMAAJ&q=%2234+munster+street%22|isbn=9780946841820 }}</ref> Phibsborough has a number of memorials including one to Sean Healy, a 15-year-old member of the [[Fianna Éireann|Fianna]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/showMemorial.php?show=272 |title=Sean Healy Commemorative plaque |access-date=5 July 2008 |archive-date=21 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721230536/http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/html/showMemorial.php?show=272 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Healy was one of two Phibsborough Road residents killed during the [[Easter Rising]], the other being James Kelly (18).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nli.ie/1916/pdf/10.1.pdf|title=Weekly Irish Times, Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook, 1917 (extract)|publisher=National Library of Ireland|access-date=12 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183319/http://www.nli.ie/1916/pdf/10.1.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> Local participants in the [[Irish War of Independence|War of Independence]] include [[Harry Boland]] who was born in Phibsborough and grew up there.<ref>{{cite book|last= Fitzpatrick|first=David |title=Harry Boland's Irish Revolution|publisher=Cork University Press |isbn=978-1-85918-386-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-E3lyFLHtwC&q=Harry+Boland%27s+Irish+Revolution|year=2004 }}</ref> His friend [[Dick McKee]] was born at Phibsborough Road. One of [[The Forgotten Ten]], [[Bernard Ryan (Irish republican)|Bernard Ryan]], lived here until his execution in [[Mountjoy Jail]]. The sculpture by Leo Broe at Royal Canal Bank was commissioned in memory of the local contingent of [[Irish Volunteers]].

[[Dublin Broadstone railway station|Broadstone Station]] was closed in 1937. These buildings constituted the Dublin Terminus, headquarters, and railworks of the [[Midland Great Western Railway]] and the [[Royal Canal|Royal Canal Company]]. They now serve as the administrative centre and district bus garage for [[Bus Éireann]]<ref>[http://www.techpress.ie/broadstone/station.html Revealing Broadstone Station to public view]</ref> and Dublin Bus. The impressive nineteenth-century main building, fronted by a classical Egyptian-style facade, and Corinthian columnar service access is currently an eyesore. It awaits redevelopment as part of a planned regeneration of the area. [[File:The Old Mills Phibsboro.jpg|thumb|The Site of The Former Flour Mills along the Royal Canal]] There was a flour mill in Phibsbororough. The building is now apartments. The site was originally Mallet's Iron Mill before becoming the North City Flour Mill in the 1860s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North City Flour Mills, Cross Guns Quay, CABRAGH (BA. W BY.), Dublin, Dublin City |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50060183/north-city-flour-mills-cross-guns-quay-cabragh-ba-w-by-dublin-dublin-city |access-date=2020-08-11 |website=Buildings of Ireland}}</ref> The mill changed hands in 1881, purchased by the Murtagh Brothers, operating under the trade name of Dublin North Milling Company. This company was taken over by Ranks.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Neary|first=Bernard|title=Dublin 7|year=2016|isbn=9781843516811|publisher=The Lilliput Press |location=Dublin |pages=202, 203}}</ref> The mill closed in the 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A grain of truth |url=https://magill.ie/archive/grain-truth|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Magill}}</ref>

During his early years, author [[James Joyce]] and his family lived at No. 7, St. Peter's Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/joyce/earlylife/index.html|title=James Joyce From Dublin to Ithaca|year=2005|publisher=Cornell University Library|access-date=12 May 2009}}</ref>

{{poemquote|In silence they drove along Phibsborough Road. An empty hearse trotted by, coming from [[Glasnevin Cemetery|the cemetery]]: looks relieved. Crossguns bridge: the Royal canal. Water rushed roaring through the sluices. A man stood on his dropping barge, between clamps of [[Peat|turf]]. On the towpath by the lock a slacktethered horse. Aboard of the ''Bugabu''. |''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'', James Joyce<ref>{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=James|title=Ulysses|publisher=BiblioBazaar|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4346-0387-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dq2CgT4tIlsC&q=joyce+bloom+phibsborough&pg=PA101}}</ref>}}

Glasmanogue was the name of a former common along the Phibsborough Road, north of the culverted Bradogue River.<ref>[http://dublin1798.com/dublin09b.htm Map of Dublin 1798]</ref>

==== Late 20th century ==== {{Original research section|date=October 2011|talk=y}} Since the post-war expansion of Dublin city, Phibsborough along with [[Glasnevin]] and [[Drumcondra, Dublin|Drumcondra]] provided amenities to the north city business district in the way that [[Ranelagh]], [[Rathmines]] and [[Harold's Cross]] did to the south city. The convenient location, combined with easy access and good public transport facilities, led to the conversion of larger homes into bedsitter flats. The pace of economic advancement during the [[Celtic Tiger]] decade saw an increased demand for new flats and townhouse projects. This housing wave provided an opportunity for the re-conversion of historic properties back to family homes. Much the same has occurred on the city's south side. In addition, many existing semi-derelict properties and architectural curiosities were converted into modern apartments within their historic shells. Many [[Victorian house|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] facades were restored. The restored terraces of pink, biscuit and red-brick houses complement the converted historic churches, banks and offices. There are a number of Victorian-era pubs in the area.

The Dublin City Council Local Area Plan<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dublincity.ie/PhibsboroughLAP |title=Local Area Plan |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031142052/http://www.dublincity.ie/PhibsboroughLAP |url-status=dead }}</ref> for Phibsborough has been subject to revision and delays, despite its designation as a Prime Urban Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-planning-urban-development-plans-local-area-plans-phibsboromountjoy-draft-local-0|title=Phibsborough / Mountjoy Local Area Plan {{!}} Dublin City Council|website=dublincity.ie|access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>

Developers have secured planning permission to upgrade the existing Phibsboro Shopping Centre. Built in 1969<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=phibsborough&type=AllFields&filter%5B%5D=format%3A%22Photo%22&filter%5B%5D=digitised%3A%22Digitised%22|title = Search Results – phibsborough}}</ref> and designed by [[David Keane (architect)|David Keane]] with Leslie Rebanks a town centre design expert from Toronto as a consultant,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McMahon |first=Brian |date=2019-10-22 |title=Brand New Retro: Phibsborough Shopping Centre |url=https://www.totallydublin.ie/more/brand-new-retro-phibsborough-shopping-centre/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=[[Totally Dublin]]}}</ref> the shopping centre is one of the largest and most imposing buildings in the area. The tower is 100 feet high, and the whole complex replaced a terrace of 18 cottages. The site was developed by [[Galen Weston]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=McDonald|first=Frank|title=The destruction of Dublin|date=1985|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=0-7171-1386-8|location=Dublin|pages=42–43|oclc=60079186}}</ref> It was officially opened by [[Noel Lemass]] on 24 October 1969. The centre was the first combination of a shopping centre with offices built in Ireland.<ref name=":0" /> It was a cause of controversy from the outset among architects, the public, and the press in terms of its architectural design and the circumstances of its passage through the planning process. It was the subject of ''Forgotten Frontier: A Critical Appraisal of the Phibsboro Shopping Centre'',<ref>[http://www.sundaybooks.ie/magazines/forgotten-frontier-a-critical-appraisal-of-the-phibsboro-shopping-centre ''Forgotten Frontier: A Critical Appraisal of the Phibsboro Shopping Centre'']</ref> published by Phibsboro Press in 2017, a zine featuring photographs, a research essay, and illustrations.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Forgotten Frontier: A Critical Appraisal of the Phibsboro Shopping Centre|last=Murray|display-authors=etal|first=Cormac|publisher=Phibsboro Press|year=2017|location=Dublin}}</ref>

With a claim to being the longest-established football club in the city, the home ground of Bohemian FC<ref>[http://bohemianfc.com/ Bohemian FC]</ref> is located on the west side of the shopping centre at Dalymount Park. The club is colloquially known as 'Bohs' and dates from 1890. In 2016, it was reported that Dublin City Council had announced long-awaited development plans for Dalymount Park to dramatically improve the stadium facilities and widen its use and accessibility.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/dublin-city-council-unveil-plan-for-redeveloped-dalymount-1.2523069|title=Dublin City Council unveil plan for redeveloped Dalymount|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-02-07}}</ref>

The [[Government of Ireland|government]] announced plans to close the inadequate facilities at [[Mountjoy Gaol]] and transfer the operations to Thornhill, a new prison in [[Fingal County]]; this plan did not progress.

==Music, arts, and media== The first Phibsborough community arts festival, Phizzfest, took place from 9 to 12 September 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phizzfest.ie|title=Welcome to Phizzfest!!|year=2010|publisher=Phibsborough Community Arts Festival|access-date=22 March 2010}}</ref> Writers who took part included Anne Enright and Dermot Bolger.

Two of the city's early 20th-century suburban cinemas were located relatively close to one another in Phibsborough. The Bohemian Picture Theatre (aka Palace) was a purpose-built theatre that operated from 1914 until 1974 at 154/5 Phibsborough Road. The building was demolished in the 1990s. At 376 North Circular Road (then 36 Madras Place), the Phibsborough Picture House also opened in May 1914. It underwent several enlargements of its screen and auditorium to increase capacity and access distribution until a major re-fit and re-launch as the State cinema in 1953 meant the new building became one of the world's first cinemas specifically designed to show CinemaScope films.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Film exhibition and distribution in Ireland, 1909–2010|first=Kevin|last=Rockett|date=2011|publisher=Four Courts Press|others=Rockett, Emer.|isbn=9781846823169|location=Dublin|oclc=744284374}}</ref> The building was used for other purposes afterwards, eventually housing a discount carpet showroom in its largest section, which led to changes to the interior, although the exterior remains largely unchanged.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dublin cinemas : a pictorial selection|last=Keenan|first=Jim|date=2005|publisher=Picture House Publications|isbn=0955068304|location=Dublin|oclc=61666985}}</ref>

The streets around the crossroads where the North Circular and Phibsborough roads intersect are the subject of important social history photographs within the Lawrence and Eason collections held at the National Photographic Archive (part of the National Library of Ireland) that have been digitised and made accessible as high-resolution scans online.

==Notable residents==  *[[Cecil Frances Alexander]], hymn composer, born on [[Eccles Street]] *[[Ernest Blythe]], Irish [[Minister for Finance]], (1922–1932) *[[Seóirse Bodley]], composer and arranger *[[Harry Boland]], republican revolutionary and member of the [[1st Dáil|First Dáil]] *[[Desmond Connell]], Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin *[[Michael Gambon]], actor *[[Philip Greene]], [[RTÉ]] sports broadcaster *[[James Joyce]], author, lived at 5 St. Peter's Road (formerly St. Peter's Terrace) *[[Cathal Mac Coille]], RTÉ journalist and broadcaster *[[Dick McKee]], a republican revolutionary *[[Iris Murdoch|Dame Iris Murdoch]], author and philosopher, born at Blessington Street, 1919<ref>{{cite web|title=Irish Writers – Iris Murdoch|url=http://www.kennys.ie/categories/irishwriters/murdochiris.php/|publisher=Kennys.ie|access-date=4 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217204906/http://www.kennys.ie/categories/irishwriters/murdochiris.php/|archive-date=17 February 2013}}</ref> *[[Bernard Ryan (Irish republican)|Bernard Ryan]], a republican revolutionary *[[Éamon de Valera]], former [[Taoiseach]] and [[President of Ireland]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Phibsborough}} * [http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/the-broadstone-line-of-the-royal-canal/ Photo tour of the Broadstone Line of the Royal Canal] * [https://archive.org/details/irelandillustra00wriggoog/page/n29  View of Dublin city from Blaquiere Bridge (formerly located between Phibsborough library and the Leo Broe monument), early 19th century]

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