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8 unusual facts about Crumlin


Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon

He married firstly Barbara Deane, of Crumlin, Dublin, daughter of Joseph Deane, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer who died young, and secondly in 1737 Anne Stafford of Brownstown, County Meath,.

Conway Stewart

The company relocated to Crumlin in Wales in 1968 taking advantage of regional development grants but its financial health continued to deteriorate.

Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania

A station on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia - Baltimore line, now the Crum Lynne SEPTA regional rail station, was named by Pennsylvania Railroad vice president after Crumlin, Wales, where his mother was born.

Crumlin, Caerphilly

Even while demolition work was in progress, scenes for the film Arabesque which starred Sophia Loren and Gregory Peck were being shot on it.

Crumlin, Dublin

Martin Duffy, filmmaker and author was from Leighlin Road, Crumlin.

Martin Cahill

The Cahill brothers soon turned to armed robbery, and by the early 1970s Gardai at the Dublin Central Detective Unit (CDU) had identified the Cahill brothers as major criminals, when they teamed up with the notorious Dunne gang in Crumlin to rob security vans conveying cash from banks.

In 1960, the family was moved to 210 Captains Road Crumlin as part of the Dublin slum clearances.

The Crumlin-Drimnagh feud

By 2000 a group of young friends from Crumlin, Drimnagh and the south inner city had graduated from stealing cars and street dealing to become major suppliers of drugs in South Dublin.


Donald Hodgen

The gang began to gather outside the Buffs Club on the corner of the Crumlin Road and Century Street, where their numbers were swollen by other young men from in and around the Shankill.

Here Come the Good Times

Proceeds went to charity, and €40,000 was raised for Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin in Dublin.

Johnny Adair

The gang regularly congregated outside the Buffs Club on the corner of the Crumlin Road and Century Street, where their numbers were swollen by other young men from in and around the Shankill.


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