Blackrock railway station
Blackrock railway station serves Blackrock in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It opened publicly on 17 December 1834 and is one of the three original stations on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), the oldest public passenger railway in Ireland.
Blackrock railway station
(1834) Looking north across Merrion Strand in Dublin Bay from Blackrock railway station
Blackrock 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. The Blackrock baths, provided for by the railway company in 1839, became popular in the 19th century but Blackrock is now a tourist destination.
Clockwise from top: Blackrock Main Street, George's Avenue in Blackrock, the Frascati shopping centre
"Blackrock Dolmen" (1987) by Rowan Gillespie with the church St. John the Baptist in the background
8th or 9th Century Cross at Blackrock said to mark the boundary of Dublin city
Saint Mary Magdalena by Blackrock-born artist Reginald Gray – it hangs in The Church of The Holy Cross, St.Pancras, London