Residential

Turnkey detached home in Blackrock on the market for €860,000

Five-bedroom residence boasts a long, south-east facing rear garden and has good off-street parking

Ard Nua, Newtownpark Avenue: A well-presented five-bedroom semi-detached home of 125 square metres

Hundreds of years ago, Blackrock was known, among other names, as Newtown at the Black Rock, Newtown on the Strand by the Black Rock, or simply Newtown, as recorded in the late 1400s. Blackrock as we know it today is a modern abbreviation of one of its ancient titles, and was so named for the limestone rock on there, which appears black when wet.

An affluent and popular coastal village, Blackrock is a highly sought ...