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SANDFORD, a village, in the parish of ST. PETER,
barony of UPPERCROSS, county of DUBLIN, and pro-
vince of LEINSTER, 1½ mile (S.) from the General
Post-Office, on the road to Enniskerry: the popula-
tion is returned with the parish. The name of this
place is derived from the circumstance of Lord Mount-
Sandford having, in 1826, erected and endowed an
episcopal chapel, under the provisions of an act of
the 11th and 12th of Geo. III. Though not pos-
sessed of any property in the neighbourhood, sym-
pathising with a large population destitute of any
place of worship for Protestants, his lordship liber-
ally expended about £5000 in building a church, par-
sonage, and school-houses, besides securing an endow-
ment of £50 per annum to the chaplain. These build-
ings occupy a very interesting site: the church is fitted
up in a chaste and simple style, and is capable of ac-
commodating 900 people; 300 sittings are free; the
rent of the remainder, in addition to the endowment,
forms the maintenance of the clergyman. The salaries
of clerk, organist, school-master, &c., are paid by col-
lections among the congregation; so that this chapelry
has never been any charge on the parish. The founder
vested the right of appointment to the chaplaincy in
four clergymen and one layman, as trustees, with power
to fill up vacancies in their number. Each school con-
tains about 60 children of each sex, one-half of whom
are Roman Catholics: there is a lending library at-
tached to the establishment.
SANDYCOVE, a village, in the parish of RINGRONE,
barony of KINSALE, county of CORK, and province of
MUNSTER, 1½ mile (S.) from Kinsale; containing 104
inhabitants. The village stands at the head of the little
cove or bay from which it derives its name. Close ad-
joining is the parish church of Ringrone; near which
are the ruins of Ringrone castle, built by De Courcy,
in the reign of Rich. II., the history of which, as con-
nected with that powerful and noble family, is exceed-
ingly interesting: it continues in the possession of their
descendants, the Lords Kingsale, who take from it also
the title of Baron.
SANDYFORD, a village, in the parish of TULLY,
barony of HALF-RATHDCTWN, county of DUBLIN, and
province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (S.) of Dublin, on the
old road to Enniskerry; the population is returned with
the parish. This is the head of the R. C. union or dis-
trict of Sandyford and Glancullen, comprising the
parishes of Kilternan and Kilgobbin, and portions of
those of Tullow, Rathmichael, Stillorgan, Kill, and
Taney: the chapel is a spacious building, which, though
commenced 20 years since, is not yet finished; attached
is a good residence for the priest: another chapel is
at Glancullen, in the parish of Kilternan. There is a
school in connection with the new Board of Educa-
tion.
SANDYMOUNT, a large and populous village, in
that part of the parish of ST. MARY, DONNYBROOK,
which is within the county of the city of DUBLIN, and
province of LEINSTER, 2 miles (S. E. by E.) from the
General Post-Office, to which it has a twopenny post:
the population is returned with the parish. It is on the
southern coast of the bay of Dublin, and is much re-
sorted to in summer for sea-bathing, for which its fine
sandy beach presents every facility. The village is very
pretty and contains many good houses forming a square,
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in the centre of which is an ornamental grass-plot sur-
rounded by iron railings: there are numerous pretty
villas on the strand, for the convenience of summer
visiters, whence a new road to Merrion has lately been
made along the shore. The principal seats are Lake-
lands, the residence of Mrs. Williamson, situated in
grounds tastefully laid out and commanding fine sea
and mountain views; Wilfield House, of N. Anderson,
Esq.; Sandymount Castle, of R. Corbet, Esq.; and
Sandymount Park, of Capt. W. Dillon, whence is ob-
tained a fine view of the bay of Dublin, with the hill of
Howth, Ireland’s Eye, Lambay island, the South Wall
and the Pigeon House. In the village there are a pa-
rochial school, erected in 1833, and supported by sub-
scriptions, and a female school, built and supported by
the Misses Hepenstall, aided by £100 from the Lord-
Lieutenant’s fund. A loan fund and a Bible Associa-
tion were established here in 1832; there are also a
savings-bank and a lending library. A branch of the
Sisters of Charity, from Stanhope-street, Dublin, esta-
blished themselves in Sandymount Avenue about five
years since; the inmates consist of a superioress and
five nuns, who instruct about 80 children: a neat chapel
attached is open to the public.
SANTRY, or SANTREFF, a parish, in the barony
of COOLOCK, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEIN-
STER, 3 miles (N.) from Dublin, on the road to Swords;
containing 1159 inhabitants, of which number, 125 are
in the village. In 1641 the village was burnt, and great
devastation committed in the parish, by a detachment
from the parliamentarian forces stationed at Dublin, which
had been sent against a party of royalists that had
taken post here. The parish comprises 4525 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act: the land is of
good quality, chiefly in meadow and pasture; that
which is under tillage is fertile, and the system of agri-
culture is improving. Nearly adjoining the village is
Santry House, the seat of Sir Compton Domville, Bart.,
proprietor of the parish, a stately mansion of brick,
containing many spacious apartments ornamented with
numerous family portraits, a valuable collection of his-
torical and scriptural paintings by the best masters, and
many valuable specimens of the fine arts: the demesne,
comprising more than 140 acres, is tastefully laid out in
gardens and pleasure-grotinds, richly embellished with
timber, and commanding some beautiful scenery and
some extensive mountain and sea views. There are
numerous other seats and villas in the parish, of which
the principal are Belcamp House, the residence of C. S.
Hawthorne, Esq., a handsome mansion, situated in
finely disposed grounds and commanding some rich
views; Woodlands, of Col. A. Thomson, C. B., built by
Dean Jackson, cotemporary with Dean Swift, who was
a frequent inmate here; Belcamp, of Sir H. M, J. W.
Jervis, Bart., an elegant villa beautifully situated; San-
try Lodge, of J. Martin, Esq.; Belcamp, of Mrs. Cham-
ley; Woodford, of F. W. Edwards, Esq.; Woodlawn, of
Capt. Logan; and Collinstown, of L. Brangan, Esq.
The village is pleasantly situated on the road to Swords;
it contains 25 houses, neatly built, and derives much
interest from the adjoining demesne of Santry House:
near it is a station of the city police. The living is a
vicarage, in the diocese of Dublin, and in the patronage
of the Crown, in which one-half of the rectorial tithes
is impropriate; the other half is annexed to the vicar-