Templeogue

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! Electoral Division || Population<br />2022 || Population<br />2016 || Population<br />1986 || Change<br />2016-2022 || Change<br />1986-2022

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| Templeogue-Cypress || align="right" | 2,807 || align="right" | 2,714 || align="right" | 3,150 || align="right" | +3.43% || align="right" | –10.89%

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| Templeogue-Kimmage Manor || align="right" | 4,929 || align="right" | 4,856 || align="right" | 3,782 || align="right" | +1.50% || align="right" | +30.33%

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| Templeogue-Limekiln || align="right" | 3,821 || align="right" | 3,449 || align="right" | 4,616 || align="right" | +10.79% || align="right" | –17.22%

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| Templeogue-Orwell || align="right" | 1,991 || align="right" | 2,056 || align="right" | 2,864 || align="right" | –3.16% || align="right" | –30.48%

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| Templeogue-Osprey || align="right" | 2,258 || align="right" | 2,246 || align="right" | 3,047 || align="right" | +0.53% || align="right" | –25.89%

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| Templeogue Village || align="right" | 2,270 || align="right" | 2,074 || align="right" | 2,183 || align="right" | +9.45% || align="right" | +3.99%

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! Templeogue Total || align="right" | 18,076 || style="text-align: right;" | 17,395 || style="text-align: right;" | 19,642 || style="text-align: right;" | +3.91% || style="text-align: right;" | –7.97%

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Culture

Literature

The author James Joyce, who was born 2km to the northeast in Rathgar, refers to Templeogue in his novel, Finnegans Wake.

The poet Austin Clarke lived in Bridge House beside Templeogue Bridge, which spans the River Dodder. After his death, there was a proposal to preserve the house and his library of 6,500 books as a memorial. This was not possible owing to long-term plans to demolish the house and widen the road. The old Templeogue Bridge, built in 1800, and Bridge House were removed and a new bridge at the same location was opened by Councillor Mrs. Bernie Malone, Chairman Dublin City Council on 11 December 1984, which was renamed Austin Clarke Bridge in his honour.

The novelists Mary Beckett, Charles Lever, and Flora Shaw resided in Templeogue as did journalists Ursula Halligan and Michael Mills, and radio music host Larry Gogan.

Sculpture

thumb|Love All, sculpture by Rachel Joynt

An outdoor bronze sculpture in Templeogue Village, Love All by Irish artist Rachel Joynt, was unveiled by the mayor of South Dublin, Billy Gogarty, on 14 July 2007. Commissioned by the South Dublin County Council and installed near the Templeogue Tennis Club, the 1.1metre artwork depicts a tennis ball which, on closer scrutiny, reveals a miniature world including streets, road traffic, houses, people, and mountains, and the seam of the tennis ball resembles a winding river with bridges, inspired by the local River Dodder. The tennis-ball world rotates on its axle like a globe on its axis, when pushed.

Cuisine

The spice bag, Ireland's most popular fast food item during the 2010s and 2020s, was invented at the Sunflower restaurant in the Orwell Shopping Centre in Templeogue in 2006. It usually consists of chicken, chips, stir-fried vegetables, and hot seasonings. In 2025, the term "spice bag" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, and the dictionary credited the Sunflower as the source of the term.

Notable residents

  • Mary Beckett — Novelist and short story writer.
  • Austin Clarke — Poet, novelist, playwright, author, English lecturer.
  • Liam Cosgrave — Taoiseach; leader of Fine Gael.
  • W. T. Cosgrave — First President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
  • Larry Gogan — Disc jockey; radio and television broadcaster.
  • Hermann Görtz — Nazi spy, stayed at 245 Templeogue road during May 1940.
  • Ursula Halligan — Journalist and broadcaster.
  • Charles Lever — Doctor and novelist.
  • John McCann — Teachta Dála for Dublin South; Alderman on Dublin City Council; Lord Mayor of Dublin; playwright and author; journalist; father of the actor Donal McCann.
  • Kevin McManamon — Football player for St Jude's GAA club and formerly for Dublin county football team (2010 to 2021).
  • Michael Mills — Political journalist with the Irish Press and Ombudsman of Ireland.
  • Flora Shaw — Writer who coined the name "Nigeria" for the African country.
  • Sir Frederick Shaw — Recorder of Dublin 1830–76 and Dundalk; built Kimmage Manor.
  • Sir Robert Shaw — Tory MP for Dublin City 1830–1831 and 1832; member of the Privy Council of Ireland; owner of Bushy Park estate.
  • George Simms — Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin; Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland.
  • Mervyn Taylor — Dublin County Councillor, Teachta Dála, Minister for Labour, and Minister for Equality and Law Reform.

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File:Templeogue, Dublin, Ireland in the 1960s 02.jpg|Templeogue Road (R137) near Templeogue Bridge in the 1960s

File:River-Poddle-2010-02-19a.jpg|The River Poddle at upper Templeville Road

File:Cypress Grove House.jpg|Cypress Grove House on Cypress Grove Road

File:St. Pius X National School.jpg|St. Pius X National School on Fortfield Park

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Notes

References

Sources

  • The Story of Templeogue, Templeogue Ladies' Club, 1992–05. Text in PDF form at South County Dublin Libraries. Retrieved 2010-12-24.

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