History of the Pembroke Township by F. Elrington Ball

The Forty Acres, Anglo-Norman Magnates

Introduction. The buildings of the International Exhibition of 1907, impressive in the vastness of their extent and boldness of their desig...

Thomas Smothe's Court and Ball's Bridge

Chapter III. Thomas Smothe's Court, with some notice of Ball's Bridge. With what astonishment would the first owner of this cour...

The Fitzwilliams and their Merrion Seat

Chapter IV. The Fitzwilliams and their Merrion Seat. In the 18th century the most prominent object on the coast to the south of Dubli...

The evolution of Baggotrath

Chapter II. The Evolution of Baggotrath. The pastoral condition of the lands of the Rath in the early part of the 13nth century is...

Ringsend Port and Pidgeon's House

Chapter VI. The Port of Ringsend, with some notice of Pidgeon's House. The surroundings of Ringsend have been so completely changed...

Villas of the 18th Century.

Chapter VII. Some Villas of the Eighteenth Century. About a century and a half ago the area now comprised in the Pembroke Township...

Donnybrook and the occupants of its Castle.

Chapter V. Donnybrook and the Illustrious Occupants of its Castle. An attempt to associate Donnybrook with any subject except the c...

Donnybrook Fair.

Chapter VIII Donnybrook Fair. Donnybrook Fair is described in some verses which appeared towards the end of the 18th century in a ...

Contents of Ball's "Pembroke."

Contents.   Introduction/Chapter I. - The Forty Acres and Anglo-Norman Magnates. [Chapter II. - The Evolution of Baggotrath.]...