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Merrion Castle stood opposite Merrion gates, in the grounds of what is now St.Mary's School for the Blind,
The site is now
St.Mary's School for the Blind.
"No vestige remains of the old castle, but some of the stone may have been used
in building the Asylum for Female Blind which now occupies the site"
[Wilkinson, 1925].
There is an area of residences at St.Mary's called "Fitzwilliam".
The stream still runs through it,
diverted under the Merrion Rd,
discharges into the sea on the strand.
Close-up of the head and plaque, above.
Close-up of the plaque, above.
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St.Mary's (on RHS) from Merrion strand, 2000,
showing on LHS where the Merrion Castle stream flows into the sea.
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Once the castle would have been the only building visible
in this shot.
The site of the old Church of Merrion is now
indicated by the old disused Merrion Burial Ground, small graveyard off the Blackrock Rd,
behind the garage, on S side of Tara Towers Hotel.
Now a little park,
gravestones face out to sea.
No remains of church itself
[Flanagan, 1996].
Photo 1999.