In loving memory of Margaret Barber
Funeral Arrangements
Date: 5th October 2024
Time: Funeral Mass starting at 10 am
Location: Church of St. Therese, followed by Private Cremation in Mount Jerome.
Margaret’s family will come to the Community Centre after the crematorium.
After the Mass all are invited to the Mount Merrion Community Centre for tea/coffee and to share memories of our beloved Margaret.
As a mark of respect to Margaret and to Donal, Yu Hua, You Lai and their extended families the Centre will be otherwise closed on Saturday 5th October 2024.
Historical Society October Talk
A talk about Alderman George Roe (1796-1863), Distillery Owner and successor to Daniel O’Connell as Lord Mayor of Dublin, will take place in the Community Centre on Thurs 3rd October at 8 pm.
read moreMargaret Barber R.I.P.
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that the body of our dearly beloved Margaret Barber, Manager of the Mount Merrion Community Centre, was found at sea.
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Planning Information Summary Update
September update from the Planning Sub-Committee on various issues including the sites on Foster Avenue.
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New AED Defibrillator
There is a new AED defibrillator available outside O’Dwyers Pub. We have updated our list of local defibrillators and added it to the Resources menu.
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Planning and Public Consultations Information Summary (08/2024)
August update from the Planning Sub-Committee on various issues including the Union Cafe/Flanagans and Traveller Accommodation.
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Thank You!
Many thanks to all the Mount Merrion Residents who turned out to help in our annual Clean Up Day on Saturday 13 July.
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An Taisce Annual Spring Clean 2024
MMRA took part in the annual Spring Clean again this year on Saturday 13th April and it was a great success.
read moreWanted – Dragons!
We’re on the hunt for fearless families to step into the scales of “Dragons” for our very own Research Dragon’s Den!
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Mount Merrion is a suburban estate in South County Dublin developed on lands once the seat of the Viscounts Fitwilliam. Centred around the Deerpark, a public park first landscaped by the 5th Viscount, and the remains of the house he built there in 1711, Mount Merrion today is generally considered to be bounded to the North by The UCD campus at Belfield, to the East by the N11 and Booterstown and Blackrock, to the South by Stillorgan and Kilmacud, and to the West by Goatstown and Clonskeagh. *Lower Kilmacud Road residents on the right-hand-side from Stillorgan Shopping Centre, odd numbers 103 to 167, including 111a, are within Mount Merrion demense. The Mount Merrion Residents Association, founded in 1935, is the oldest residents’ association in continuous existence in Ireland. It represents the following roads:
- Callary Road
- Cedarmount Road
- Cherrygarth
- Chestnut Road
- Clonmore Road
- The Close
- Cypress Road
- Deerpark Road
- Foster Avenue
- The Fosters
- Glenabbey Road
- Greenfield Road
- Greygates
- Iris Grove
- Lower Kilmacud Road (partial)
- Mather Road North
- Mather Road South
- Mount Anville Road
- North Avenue
- Owenstown Park
- Redesdale Crescent
- Redesdale Road
- The Rise
- Roebuck Avenue
- St Thomas Road
- St Thomas Mead
- South Avenue
- Sycamore Road
- Sycamore Cresent
- East Avenue (Sycamore)
- Thornhill Road
- Trees Avenue
- Trees Road Lower
- Trees Road Upper
- Wilson Crescent
- Wilson Road