placenamesWillow Grove
Garrán na Sailí
An early nineteenth-century survey and a later pub proposal provide two documented views of Willow Grove.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Garrán na Sailí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Willow Grove · English · main form
Place & story
A place recorded by an estate survey
The National Library of Ireland catalogues an 1812 survey by John Longfield of Killickabawn showing Willow Grove and Godswell. The map concerns part of the Honourable Robert Leeson’s estate in Newcastle barony. Its title provides a dated documentary reference to Willow Grove, without establishing when the settlement or its name first originated. [2]
The village public house
A January 2002 local newspaper report described an application to demolish the Grove Bar, its residence and outbuildings, and replace them with a licensed building. It recalled that Collie Devereux had run the pub for many years before its sale in the late 1990s. The report documents a proposed redevelopment, rather than proof that the scheme was built. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Willow Grove. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A map of Killickabawn showing Willow Grove and Godswell, 1812: MS 21 F. 49 / (006) · National Library of Ireland; survey attributed to John Longfield
- Application to demolish and rebuild landmark pub · Bray People / Irish Independent regional archive
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-06-07. How this page was prepared.