How Ballsbridge got its groove back

As other city ‘villages’ brace themselves for a huge wave of development, the D4 borough’s rebirth as a vibrant local community shows there is light at the end of the tunnel

An aerial shot of the suburb Pic: Fennells

With a building- boom battle ongoing in Donnybrook village and its residents fearing a loss of their sense of community, our attention turns to the neighbouring Dublin 4 borough of Ballsbridge.

An 18th-century settlement and once part of the estate of the Earl of Pembroke, this affluent hamlet at the heart of the capital’s embassy belt is ...