Welcome To Cois Inbhir
Beaverstown Road, Donabate
Brief History
The townland of Beaverstown covers just over 444 acres. In medieval times, what is now the Beaverstown Road ran from Donabate to a ford where one might cross the Rogerstown Estuary. The land was part of the Manor of Turvey and in 1385 was let to a family named Beaver who gave their name to the townland. Beaverstown House was listed in the Civil Survey of 1654. In 1749 the Leneghan family took out a lease on land in Beaverstown. The land subsequently passed through a number of families including Archbold, Dunne, O'Brien, Ducatt, Langan & Marks.
The Dublin and Drogheda Railway was built through the townland in 1842. William Dargan was the principle contractor and John McNeill was the chief engineer.
In 1932 the firm of Lambe Brothers bought Beaverstown House and 260 acres to develop as a soft fruit farm for £5,000. By the 1950s it had expanded to 400 acres in Beaverstown and the adjoining townland of Ballisk. Hundreds of youngsters came from Dublin and elsewhere in summer to pick the fruit which was used mainly in the production of Fruitfield jams. The firm went into liquidation in 1982 and the lands were sold, 140 acres became the Golf Course and more land has since been built on.
History Snippet
In times past, children from the original Donabate National School would pick fruit from the fields now occupied by Cois Inbhir. They would run to the field during lunch time and would return to school when they heard the bell ring through the Somerton fields.
The full history of the area is told in Peadar Bates’ book, Donabate and Portrane- a History and additional information is also available on the Beaverstown Golf Course web site.