The little book of Blackrock

Blackrock is a noted residential area on Dublin's southside, close to Dublin Bay.

Its leafy streets cover a multitude of historical connections.

Blackrock College is one of Ireland's leading privately owned secondary schools and a whole host of famous people have had links with it: Éamon de Valera, Ireland's longest serving Taoiseach and also a President of Ireland, taught maths there as a young man; another teacher at the college was Michael Cusack, founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884; while Sir Bob Geldof was a student there.