Baldoyle Archives - NORTH OF THE RIVER

HOME TO ST MARY’S SCHOOL AND ST PATRICK’S CARE CENTRE

Baldoyle village today has a coastal main street, with a Roman Catholic church, a community hall, a modern county library branch with sea views, and some shops and pubs. Slightly inland, among the older suburban houses, is a small shopping precinct containing a Lidl supermarket, a football club, another Roman Catholic church, and other amenities.

St Mary’s School is bounded by Dublin Street, Main Street, College Street and Back Lane. The Sisters of Charity arrived in Baldoyle in July 1869, to begin their dedicated and caring work in the community. In 1872 they established their Primary School and St. Mary’s Secondary School opened its doors in September 1967 with an enrollment of 50 girls, mainly drawn from the Baldoyle area itself. In 1972 the secondary school moved to its present premises – the former home of the Christian Brothers’ novitiate, and began to enroll students from all over North Dublin.

St. Patrick’s Care Centre was built by the Congregation of Christian Brothers for ageing and infirm members of their own order. It was opened in 1970 with 40 bedrooms. The Congregation transferred the nursing home in 2008. Since then management have have added a 24 bed wing, a 10 bed extension and totally refurbished and renewed the original building to facilitate the needs of older people in Dublin’s north side communities in addition to the Christian Brothers. It is registered to provide care for 78 residents of whom 15 have dementia specific needs. They also provide 13 two bedroom houses (Alexandra Crescent) providing a continuum of care on the site.

AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MALL AND STRAND ROAD

My Open Library is a new service available at Baldoyle Library. It provides extended opening hours, allowing access to the library from 8am to 10pm daily including weekends and holidays. Library members can use the services of the library on a self-service basis outside normal opening hours. There are no staff present when My Open Library service is in operation. Staffed hours continue on the normal schedule.

Today I decided to explore the H1 bus route and ended up in Baldoyle a location that I have never explored in detail even though I passed through the village a number of times

Baldoyle is a coastal suburb of Dublin’s northside. It is located in the southeastern part of the jurisdiction of Fingal, Ireland, developed from a former fishing village.

Baldoyle is also a civil parish in the barony of Coolock within the historic County Dublin.

Baldoyle is located northeast of the city, and borders Donaghmede, which was formed from its western part, Portmarnock, Sutton and Bayside. It can be accessed from the coast road from Dublin to Howth, which includes a cycle track, from Sutton Cross via Station Road, or from Donaghmede, or Portmarnock.

Baldoyle is served by Dublin Bus and Irish Rail, the latter currently via the Sutton and Bayside stations on the Howth Branch of the DART, and by Clongriffin station on the Northern Branch, which is also the Dublin-Belfast main line. The railway line functions as the western boundary of the area.

Baldoyle is also served by Dublin Bus routes H1 (Baldoyle to City Centre) and H2 (Malahide to City Centre via Portmarnock)

Areas neighbouring Baldoyle are Sutton, Bayside, Portmarnock and Donaghmede, including Clongriffin.