Baile an tSaoir

Baile an tSaoir—the homestead of the craftsman—sits within the medieval Taney civil parish in the barony of Rathdown, south of Dublin city. The townland was anciently known as Cheeverstown before adopting its Irish name. Medieval ownership lay with the Fitzwilliam family, who also controlled the nearby Dundrum Castle, constructed circa 1187 by Norman settler Sir John de Clahull to command the r...