Rockbrook
{{Short description|Area in County Dublin, Ireland}}
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Rockbrook ({{irish place name|Sruth na gCloch}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/17477.aspx| publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Sruth na gCloch / Rockbrook | accessdate = 17 March 2023 }} is a small area, once site of a small settlement,{{cite book | title = A View of Ancient and Modern Dublin | first = John | last = Ferrar | date = 1807 | publisher = Graiseberry and Campbell | place = Dublin | page = 166 | quote = Rockbrook [..] A small village, two miles and a half from Temple-oge [..] situated near the foot of the mountains }} now semi-suburban, in County Dublin, Ireland. It is in the local government area of South Dublin.
Location
Rockbrook is situated approximately {{convert|5|km|sigfig=1}} from Templeogue, south of Ballyboden, on the R116 regional road, which is Cruagh Road uphill and Edmondstown Road downhill. The area lies between Edmondstown, Tibradden and Whitechurch,{{Cite web |publisher=Ordnance Survey Ireland (Government of Ireland) |title=Geohive.ie - searched for Rockbrook |url=https://www.geohive.ie/ |website=Geohive (State mapping tool)}} within the civil parish of Whitechurch. The area is traversed by multiple streams within the Owendoher River system, including Glendoo Stream; there were several watermills in the vicinity.{{Cite book |last=Doyle |first=Joseph W. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1237252174 |title=The Rivers and streams of the Dublin Region : Dublin city, Fingal, South Dublin & Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |date=2018 |publisher=Rath Eanna Research |page=63 |isbn=978-0-9566363-8-6 |location=Dublin |oclc=1237252174}}
Amenities
Rockbrook Park School, located in the area, is a fee-paying boys secondary school which had an enrollment 167 as of January 2020.{{cite web|url = https://www.gov.ie/en/school-report/dvfzck-/ | publisher = Department of Education | website = gov.ie | title = Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Rockbrook Park School | date = 22 January 2020 | accessdate = 17 March 2023 | quote = Rockbrook Park School is a single-sex fee-charging voluntary secondary school with 167 male students }} The school is located in Rockbrook House, a former country house built {{circa|1770}}.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11221007/rockbrook-park-school-edmondstown-road-newtown-ra-by-dublin | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Rockbrook Park School, Edmondstown Road, Newtown (Ra. By.), Dublin | accessdate = 17 March 2023 }} The ruin of Rockbrook Mill, a paper mill operated by a Quaker family until the 1830s, is nearby.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11221009/rockbrook-mill-rockbrook-park-school-edmondstown-road-cruagh-dublin | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Rockbrook Mill, Rockbrook Park School, Edmondstown Road, Cruagh, Dublin | accessdate = 17 March 2023 }} Also located in the area is the Merry Ploughboy public house.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/my-day-shane-o-donoghue-1.780876 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = My day: Shane O'Donoghue | date = 28 November 2009 | accessdate = 17 March 2023 }}
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