Ballsbridge

In 1806, Trinity College took a lease on two acres of land at Ballsbridge,

Described in Lewis “A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland” as “Near the village are the Hammersmith iron-works,

Now converted into a small hotel and bar,

On a wonderful leafy corner site in the heart of suburban Ballsbridge,

Substantial Victorian villa on large grounds, previously Winton House, later owned by Wesley College.

Now used by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee,

Remnant of one of the fine Victorian mansions that once lined Burlington Road.

One of several larger villas removed for the construction of the Burlington Hotel –

The former Former Masonic Girl’s School was redeveloped by Bewleys as an hotel in the 1990s,