Portrane is a small seaside townsland and is a part of the larger town of Donabate in Dublin, Ireland. Its most prominent feature is the hospital. Now over 100 years old, St Ita's Hospital is an impressive collection of red brick buildings which dominate the peninsula. Important features within its main building are two churches and the clock tower. In the hospital grounds is a monument to George Evans, a replica of the round tower in Kildare town. Portrane comes from the Irish Port Reachrainn, meaning the port of Reachrú (place of many shipwrecks), the Irish name for Lambay. The name Lambay itself is a corruption of the Norse name Lambe Eye, meaning the island of lambs or sheep.
Hi,
I lived in Portrane for a while in Healy's Lane and needed to move back into the city for a while due to circumstances. I am just wondering if there is any chalets or cottages available for rent around, cos I would love to move back out again!!!
Please let me know if you know of anything available even in any of the other parts of Fingal apart from Swords
SoSo
From:
the burrow
Posted:
11 July 2007
letting
Hi
First letting. Beautiful two bedroom mobile in large garden The Burrow in Portrane.Two minutes from beach. Long term letting.
From:
Sparkel
Posted:
14 July 2007
property
Hi
I am looking for mobile home to rent in the Burrow. Can you send me phone number to contact if it is still for letting.
My email address is berniecal@hotmail.com
Thanks
From:
the burrow
Posted:
16 July 2007
mobile
Hi
sorry mobile in the burrow was let over the weekend .
From:
rover
Posted:
29 January 2009
Moving to Donabate
Hey, am hoping to move to Portrane and am looking for insider information as to what the area is like, tngs to do, neighbours etc. Please let me know
Thanks
From:
ferrero
Posted:
2 February 2009
property
Hey look at daft .ie I portrane there is a little two bedroom place down the burrow,. well built! :-)
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
15 May 2009
Untitled
Hi,
My G Great Grandparents, Thomas Fulham & Thomasina
Fulham nee Smart, had a Farm at the end of the Burrow Road.
Thomasina died 1879 & Thomas in 1913.
I've visited Donabate & Portrane a couple of times & seen a few Fulham Graves, but none for the
couple named above. Possibly an unmarked Grave?
Any help would be more than welcome.
Cheers,
Terry Fulham.
From:
cfh
Posted:
15 May 2009
property
The man to contact about anything historical in Donabate/Portrane is Peadar Bates. You should be able to contact him by enquiring at the Post Office in Donabate. The Smart family is still in the area as there is an accountancy practice in Donabate run by a lady who married into the Smart Family. She uses her married name in the practice so she shouldn't be too hard to trace.
From:
nn
Posted:
15 May 2009
property
peadarbates@eircom.net
From:
squatter
Posted:
15 May 2009
property
Christine Smart is the lady's name.
Her husband Derry was the foreman who built most of the Viking Houses in Turvey Ave.
From:
killerqueen
Posted:
17 May 2009
property
Hi Teltoons. All the smarts over the last few generations are buried in the graveyard opposite Grogans shop. The two farms are still standing although only used as houses now.
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
31 May 2009
Fulhams in The Burrow.
Hi,
I'd like to thank cfh, nn, squatter & killerqueen for their interest in my email. I think Peadar Bates must be a very busy man... no reply. Or am just being impatient?
I met Derry Smart & his Sister, Veronica, in November, 2008. Lovely people! Veronica pointed a cottage that used to be a Fulham Farm, at the end of The Burrow road.
In May this year I called in the Brook Pub. The Landlord (I forget his name) said, in his opinion,
"Farmers in the late 1800's weren't to bothered about marking Graves. They better things to do with their money"
Thanks again,
Terry Fulham.
From:
snapper
Posted:
31 May 2009
property
Hi Terry, Peader is not much of a computer buff and I know he doea'nt be online very much.
I know him and I will point him in your direction and your post.
It's a very small world even on the WWW because I sent you census lists on the only other web site that I am a member of which is IA, you sent me reply IM there "S" Goodluck with the search
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
4 June 2009
Help
Hi snapper,
Thanks for the email & the offer of help.
A bit of good news. My wife, Marie, as at
last traced her Grandmother, thanks to the
Wexford 1911 census coming on line.
Cheers,
Teltoons.
From:
Glen
Posted:
26 June 2009
Fulhams of Portrane
Hi Teltoon,
I've started to research my family tree recently and came across you post on the web site while trying to find out more details about my mothers side of the family.
From what I can tell my grandmothers name was Mary Fulham and from asking questions she was from the burrows in portrane. She married Thomas Kavanagh.
The auntie that I have been receiving the information from has advised my that she thinks that her partents names were patrick & mary but that is after making me more confused as from the census records I believed that I had the correct family in the burrow. . being joseph & lizzie Fulham.
Could you be so kind as to advise me if you have come across a patrick & mary fulham in your searches.
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
1 July 2009
Fulhams of The Burrow, Portrane
Hi Glen,
Your email is a bit vague. Could you give me some dates to work on? I'll then have a look in my records.
Cheers,
Terry Fulham (Teltoons)
From:
cathy007
Posted:
2 July 2009
living in the burrow
i remember as a child having a great time on the the beach, with friends in the surrounding area's such ad seaview and longview and also the burrow. what great times in pipers and on the beach. also doing horseriding at the weekends. took everything for granted then. only when i look back and see what i had but then didnt appreciated at the time. i have a child myself now and he dosent have the freedom i had. anyway if anyone would like to get in touch feel free.
cathyx
From:
Glen
Posted:
3 July 2009
Untitled
Hi Terry,
I got a bit more information yesterday but unfortunatly no dates as people were working off memory. Apparently Patrick would have been Joseph Fulham's brother. Have you come across a patrick fulham? Married to Mary.
Thanks for your time
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
3 July 2009
property
Hi Glen,
I'm not after any exact dates, just a rough idea.
Are we talking 1800 something or 1900 something?
I have a photogragh of a gravestone I in took in
Donabate last November. On it, it says "Elizabeth Fulham. Died 10th Feb 1928. Also her husband Joseph. Died 27th Dec 1950. & their daughter Brigid"
Cheers,
Terry.
From:
Glen
Posted:
3 July 2009
Untitled
Hello there,
My grandmother was Mary Fulham born in 1907
and her parents, which I believe to be patrick and may I suspect should have been bron around 1870/1880 ?
Thanks for this terry its great for someone to give you a start !
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
3 July 2009
property
Hi Glen,
Not having much luck at moment.
Have you tried this website: www.irish-roots.ie
I got quite a few of my Records from this site.
By the way, I was born & live in Manchester,so
I'm no Irish expert.
Cheers,
Terry.
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
5 July 2009
Donabate
Hi Glen,
Another site that might help you.
http://fulhamfullamfamilies.multiply.com
Terry
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
6 July 2009
Patrick Fulham
Hi Glen,
Come across a marriage. Patrick Fulham married
Mary McCann 20 Oct 1892.
Terry.
From:
Glen
Posted:
9 July 2009
Untitled
Thanks for that Terry. I came across them on the censes and I have my auntie checking this out. It looks positive.
Actually, A while ago I came across a website that had pictures and information about the fulhams with pictures of the old farm house etc. . .I can't seem to locate it anymore. Is that your web site ? Would you mind sending me the link to it ?
From:
Teltoons
Posted:
13 July 2009
Link
Hi Glen,
Let me have your email address & I'll send
you an invite.
Cheers,
Terry.
From:
gismobilly
Posted:
14 July 2009
a little holiday
Hi I m looking for a mobile home in portane to rent any time in the summer .My kids and myself absolutely adore portrane .If anybody out there has anything not too expensive please let me know thanks E
From:
overseas
Posted:
9 August 2009
1950's in Portrane
Very fond memories of the movie house above the shop in Portrane during the summer.Also when the circus used to come. Going for the fresh milk.And freedom among the beach.
Supose that has all changed now
From:
Julie75
Posted:
8 May 2010
childcare..
anyone know of decent childcare at a reasonable rate in portrane?
