Harold’s Cross got its name from a cross which marked the boundary of the lands owned by the Archbishop of Dublin, and the lands of the Harold clan in the 1500s. Today Harold’s Cross is a bustling thoroughfare, and although it is now a suburb on the south side of Dublin, it was once akin to the best little town in Ireland, being completely self-sufficient, with schools, churches, shops, pubs, hospital, orphanage, convents, monastery, cinema, a major cemetery, mills and factories, park, canal, large and small houses, dog track, barracks, and many farms and orchards. For its residents, it has a rich and varied history, which is beautifully captured in this book of archive photographs.
- ISBN10 1845887026
- ISBN13 9781845887025
- Publish Date 1 May 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The History Press Ltd
- Imprint Nonsuch Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English
- URL http://thehistorypress.co.uk/products/Harolds-Cross.aspx