Blackrock (Irish: An Charraig Dhubh) is an affluent suburb of Dublin, Ireland, 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of Dún Laoghaire. It is named after the local geological rock formation to be found in the area of Blackrock Park. In the late 18th century, the Blackrock Road was a common place for highway robberies.

Feb 19, 2010 · Baggot Rath castle stood at what is now the junction of Waterloo Road and Baggot Street. Up until around 1756, this was know as The Road to Ball’s-bridge. In 1800 Upper Baggot Street is still known as Blackrock Road. Baggot Street is named after Robert, Lord Bagod who was given the Manor of Rath in the 13th century.

BLACKROCK, a village, in the parish of MONKSTOWN, half-barony of RATHDOWN, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER, 4 miles (S. E.) from Dublin Castle; containing 2050 inhabitants.

Blackrock’s golden age started in the 17th century when Anglo-Irish aristocracy began to build a number of stately homes in the area, overlooking Dublin Bay and wealthy Dubliners followed, turning the small coastal village into a popular seaside resort in the 18th century.

Blackrock developed as a fishing village in the early 19th century, and in 1841 the population of the village had reached 507 with 95 houses, mostly small thatched fishermen’s cottages.

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Events from the year 1810 in Ireland. 3 July – Royal Belfast Academical Institution foundation stone laid. [1] 3 January – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, geographer (died 1897). 10 March – Samuel Ferguson, poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant (died 1886). 3 June – Robert Mallet, geologist, civil engineer and inventor (died 1881).

Blackrock is nowadays a suburb of Dublin, but it once was a Town of its own. Up to about 1700, the area where it is located was just an empty bit of coastline, south of Dublin. Strangely, as it was then quite a distance away, it did belong to the City of Dublin.

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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Blackrock like this: Blackrock .-- township, Monkstown par., S. co. Dublin, 4 miles SE. of Dublin by rail, on Dublin Bay, 1084 ac., pop. 8902; P.O., t.o.