Cluain Sceach

Cluain Sceach—the meadow of hawthorns—developed in the civil parish of Donnybrook (Domhnach Broc), named for Saint Broc who founded an early Christian church there. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Mary, was established circa 1181–1212 by the Archbishop of Dublin, representing a significant anchor for the medieval settlement. By the 17th and 18th centuries, Clonskeagh had evolved into a pr...