Sir William Orpen Statue Plaque
Sir William Orpen Statue
The Stillorgan Chamber of Commerce, spearheaded by local photographer Dominic Lee completed an exciting project to erect a bronze sculpture of Stillorgan born artist Sir William Orpen. The sculpture by Rowan Gillespie was unveiled outside the Talbot Hotel in September 2018.
A plaque to thank all the sponsors has been erected. The Mount Merrion Residents Association contributed €1,000 towards the scuplture. For full details of the project see http://www.sirwilliamorpen.com or stroll down to the hotel to view the sculpture.
Deerpark closed today until further notice.
MMRA Observation to ABP re: Glenville Foster Avenue
MMRA have submitted an Observation An Bord Pleanala regarding the Glenville Strategic Housing Development Application ABP-304063-19.
read moreAthletics Evening Tuesday 30th April 5:30pm Clonmore Park
Timetable of events for The Stillorgan & Mount Merrion Community Games Athletics Evening in Clonmore Park, Stillorgan
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Car Theft Warning
There have been a number of thefts from cars recently. Lock your car and do not leave valuables visible. Check manually that the doors are properly locked.
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The Amazing Life of Delia Murphy
An Illustrated & Musical evening presented by Carmen Cullen & the Mount Merrion Historical Society.
8.00pm Thursday 2nd May 2019
Public Meeting – Glenville
A public meeting regarding the planning application for “Glenville” will be held in the Community Centre on Tuesday the 16th of April at 6:45 pm.
read moreAgenda for Annual General Meeting this Wednesday 8pm
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Annual Mount Merrion Spring Clean – Thank You
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Spring Clean on Saturday. 10 Large Blue Bags of rubbish were collected from around the area.
read moreFoster Avenue Development Meeting Sat April 6th 2.30pm
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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.
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
- Cherry Garth
- Chestnut Road
- Clonmore Road
- The Close
- Cypress Road
- Deerpark Road
- Fosters Avenue
- The Fosters
- Glenabbey Road
- Greenfield Road
- Greygates
- Iris Grove
- Lower Kilmacud Road
- Mather Road North
- Mather Road South
- Mount Anville Road
- North Avenue
- Owenstown Park
- Redesdale Crescent
- Redesdale Road
- The Rise
- Roebuck Ave
- St Thomas Road
- St Thomas Mead
- South Avenue
- Sycamore Road
- Sycamore Cresent
- Sycamore Avenue
- Thornhill Road
- Trees Avenue
- Trees Road Lower
- Trees Road Upper
- Wilson Crescent
- Wilson Road
At its peak, Mount Merrion rises to 82m (269ft) above sea level.