The road derives its name from Morehampton Park, the [[Herefordshire]] seat of the [[Hoskyns baronets]]; John Hoskyns (1784–1858), son of [[Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, 6th Baronet]], built his house in this area and called it Morehampton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p31281.htm|title=Person Page|website=www.thepeerage.com}}</ref>
The road derives its name from Morehampton Park, the [[Herefordshire]] seat of the [[Hoskyns baronets]]; John Hoskyns (1784–1858), son of [[Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, 6th Baronet]], built his house in this area and called it Morehampton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p31281.htm|title=Person Page|website=www.thepeerage.com}}</ref>
==Notable residents==
[[Éamon de Valera]] lived on the nearby Morehampton Terrace from 1910.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/devs-development-donnybrooks-morehampton-terrace-30277993.html|title=Dev’s development: Donnybrook’s Morehampton Terrace|website=independent}}</ref>
[[Éamon de Valera]] lived on the nearby Morehampton Terrace from 1910.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/devs-development-donnybrooks-morehampton-terrace-30277993.html|title=Dev’s development: Donnybrook’s Morehampton Terrace|website=independent}}</ref>
Road in Dublin, Ireland
Morehampton Road (Irish: Bóthar Morehampton) is a road running through Donnybrook in Dublin, Ireland. It runs from the junction of Upper Leeson Street and Sussex Road to Donnybrook Road. It meets Wellington Place, Herbert Park and Marlborough Road and forms one of the main radial routes out of the city.
The street formed on an older route out of the city that stretched from St Stephen’s Green and Leeson Street to the bridge over the River Dodder at Donnybrook and would have been used for centuries for those coming to Donnybrook Fair from the city. John Rocque‘s map of Dublin of 1756 annotates Leeson Street as ‘Road to Donnybrook’ although no detail is provided on the area which later formed Morehampton Road.[1]
The road is known for its examples of large Victorian, Regency and late Georgian houses.[2]
The Grove wildlife sanctuary is also located on the road, occupying 0.5 hectares at the corner of Wellington Place. The site was donated to An Taisce by Miss Kathleen Goodfellow which owns the property in trust.[3]
The road derives its name from Morehampton Park, the Herefordshire seat of the Hoskyns baronets; John Hoskyns (1784–1858), son of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, 6th Baronet, built his house in this area and called it Morehampton.[4]
Éamon de Valera lived on the nearby Morehampton Terrace from 1910.[5]
