Baile Phámar

Palmerstown takes its name from Ailred the Palmer, a medieval religious figure who, between 1185 and 1188, established a priory and monastic hospital of the Crutched Friars order outside Dublin's West Gate on the road to Kilmainham. Ailred and his wife endowed the foundation with their property, and Pope Clement III confirmed the priory's grants in 1188, including lands designated as the parish...