Booterstown

Suburb of Dublin, Ireland

Booterstown is a coastal suburb of the city of Dublin in Ireland. It is also a townland and civil parish in the modern county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It is situated about south of Dublin city centre.

Booterstown borders Sandymount to the north, Merrion and Mount Merrion to the west, and Blackrock to the south, while along the coast to the southeast is the small district of Williamstown. Booterstown is served by the DART, with a railway station between the stops of Blackrock and Sydney Parade. Booterstown railway station opened in January 1835 as part of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. Booterstown was served by the Dublin tramways routes 6, 7 and 8 until the tram lines ceased operations on 9 July 1949. Today the nearest tram is the Luas green line with stops at Sandyford and Stillorgan. Booterstown is also served by two Quality Bus Corridors, Stillorgan and Blackrock, Dublin. A frequent Aircoach service links the area with Dublin Airport.

The area is home to Booterstown marsh, a bird sanctuary which has been leased for many years by An Taisce, who have worked to protect it. Species seen regularly include mallard, Eurasian teal, common moorhen, water rail, grey heron, little egret, common redshank, greenshank, Eurasian curlew, common snipe, Eurasian oystercatcher, bar tailed godwit, common kingfisher, sedge warbler and dunlin. The Catholic Church of the Assumption is a focal point of the area along Booterstown Avenue. Booterstown has a dedicated Circus Field located along the Rock Road, where both Tom Duffy's Circus (June/July) and Fossett's Circus (October) are set up once a year.

Primary schools in Booterstown include Booterstown National School (Cross Avenue), Our Lady of Mercy Girls School, St. Andrew's College, St. Mary's Boys National School, and Willow Park School. Secondary schools serving the area include two Gaelscoileanna: Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íosagáin. It is also home to St. Andrew's College, which moved here from Clyde Road in 1973. Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School was established in 2021 to cater to the areas of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dún Laoghaire. Other nearby post primary schools include Blackrock College, Colaiste Eoin, Colaiste Iosagain, Dominican College.