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Rochestown Park Hotel

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  • 21-06-2018 10:24am
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    whisky_galore
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    Why is it nowhere near Rochestown?


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    the beer revolu
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    It's on the Rochestown Road.
    Rochestown doesn't have a village or centre. Where do you consider Rochestown to be?


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    whisky_galore
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    The address is Rochestown Road, Douglas. Not really the same thing as Rochestown.

    Most places are measured from post offices, so let's assume Rochestown 'centre', if you want to call it that, is where the old post office used to be.


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    the beer revolu
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    The address is Rochestown Road, Douglas. Not really the same thing as Rochestown.

    Most places are measured from post offices, so let's assume Rochestown 'centre', if you want to call it that, is where the old post office used to be.

    Where was the post office in Rochestown?


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    whisky_galore
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    The Rochestown Inn. Looks like it was incorporated into it or demolished and the inn extended.


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    the beer revolu
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    The Rochestown Inn. Looks like it was incorporated into it or demolished and the inn extended.
    Certainly not in the last 40 or so years.

    Post Office aside, you could argue that that junction is the closest to a Rochestown "centre", alright. It was where the Rochestown train station was.
    I think it's more of a stretched out subburb now, though.

    Still, I think being on the Rochestown Road is reason enough to use it in the Hotel name.


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    Ludo
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    AFAIK Rochestown itself starts at the junction of Rochestown Road and Coach Hill. There is a sign there signifying the start of the townland (see it on Google Maps). So yeah the hotel is not in Rochestown...but then again the English Market isn't in England either.


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    dunleakelleher
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Why is it nowhere near Rochestown?

    I believe the house was originally known as Rochestown House
    when the religious order owned it.


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    the beer revolu
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    dunleakelleher wrote: »
    I believe the house was originally known as Rochestown House
    when the religious order owned it.

    Kilteegan house, I believe.


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    razorblunt
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    Why is it called Douglas when it's nowhere near the Isle of Man?


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    .red.
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    Plenty of houses in Ballincollig that have an address in Ovens.


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    whisky_galore
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    .red. wrote: »
    Plenty of houses in Ballincollig that have an address in Ovens.

    Was wondering if the RPH was a snobbery thing as well, like Togher/Wilton.


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