placenamesPortobello
The visitor centre at nearby Cathal Brugha Barracks preserves photographs and objects from the revolutionary period.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Portobello · Irish · main form · validated name
- Portobello · English · main form
Place & story
From Portobello to Cathal Brugha Barracks
The former Portobello Barracks in Rathmines is now Cathal Brugha Barracks. The Defence Forces visitor-centre account records its handover on 17 May 1922: British troops left through the canal gate while Dublin Guards entered from Beggars Bush, with Eoin O’Duffy taking the salute. Photographs document the occasion. The centre also preserves Michael Collins’s desk and the flag that covered his coffin, connecting the barracks’ transfer with the personal objects of a leading figure in the new army. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Dublin
- Barony
- Uppercross
- Civil parish
- Saint Peter's
- Coordinates
- 53.31817, -6.26663 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 0.48 km²
- Logainm ID
- 57228 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Portobello. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Cathal Brugha Visitor Centre · Defence Forces
- Cathal Brugha, Life in1916Ireland: Stories from statistics, barracks identification · Central Statistics Office
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2024-06-28. How this page was prepared.