Nutgrove

Nutgrove is an area in Rathfarnham , County Dublin .

It is a suburban area at the foot of the Dublin mountains between Churchtown and Rathfarnham around the Nutgrove Shopping Centre .

It used to be the home of Rathfarnham HB , an Ice Cream company in Ireland . HB was originally an abbreviation for Hughes Brothers' Dairy, Rathfarnham , now produced by Unilever and part of the Heartbrand . HB Dairies was demolished in 2005 and replaced with an apartment development.

Nutgrove has a very young population. The area's central playing fields host the circus during summer months.

Its most famous inhabitant was William Domville Handcock , the eldest son of William Elias Handcock and a descendant of William Handcock , who came to Ireland with Oliver Cromwell 's army during the Cromwellian Conquest Of Ireland and settled at Twyford in the County Westmeath . He was born on the 2nd September, 1830 , and having been educated at Nutgrove School, Rathfarnham , and at Trinity College, Dublin, took his degree in 1852 . As a magistrate for the County Dublin, Mr. Handcock constantly presided on the Tallaght Petty Sessions Bench , of which he was a much-valued member. He was also a Guardian Of The South Dublin Union , and a frequent attendant at the meetings of that board. For many years he was an active supporter of the Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals . He died on June 5th, 1887.

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