Rutland Mills & Avenue
Rutland Avenue
Rutland Avenue (previously known as Hall’s Lane) was possibly named after the 4th Duke of Rutland who was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on 11 February 1784 and died at the Vice-Regal Lodge in the Phoenix Park in October 1787.
Jacob’s Football Club played in Rutland Avenue and was formed by workers from the Jacob’s Biscuit Factory in Bishop Street. The club played in the Leinster Senior League until 1921 when it became one of the founding members of the League of Ireland, along with another local club, St James’s Gate. In the 1931-32 season they were not re-elected after finishing bottom for consecutive seasons and rejoined the Leinster Senior League where they remained until the late 1960s.
Three Jacob’s FC players played for Ireland, Frank Collins, Tommy Dunne and a Crumlin man, Shay Keogh.
Rutland Mill
There were a number of mills along the Poddle as well as tanneries along the branch known as the City Watercourse.
Rutland Flour Mill was situated on Rutland Avenue on that part of the Poddle diverted from the Tongue at Kimmage becoming the City Watercourse, and was operated at one time by George Bernard Shaw’s father, George Carr Shaw.