Baile Phib

Phibsborough derives from Richard Phibbs, a Lincolnshire soldier of Coote's Horse who settled in Kilmainham in the mid-17th century and received a pension as a maimed soldier in 1619. The town's Irish name, Baile Phib, represents the Gaelicised form of the English surname; baile means townland or settlement. The area was originally known as Glas Mochonóg (Monck's Green), linked to estates grant...