The Little Book of Blackrock

Did You Know? Blackrock was known as Newtown until the early seventeenth century, when its name was changed. The old name lives on in Newtownpark. Blackrock railway station, opened in late 1834, was a stop on the world’s first commuter railway line. The whole village of Williamstown was shifted from one side of the Rock Road to the other in 1909 to facilitate expansion at Blackrock College. Blackrock is a noted residential area on Dublin’s south side, close to Dublin Bay. Once a small fishing vi