Dublin Terenure

Terenure is located south of Harold's Cross and north of Rathfarnham, and partially contained in the Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 12 postal districts. Terenure borders the suburbs of Templeogue, Rathgar, Harold's Cross, Kimmage and Rathfarnham.

Terenure is a suburb of Dublin city proper, and its southern boundary, delineated partly by the River Dodder, is also part of the administrative boundary between Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council. In times past, Terenure Cross (Vaughan's Corner) was a terminus for the city trams, and is mentioned as such in Ulysses (Episode 7, Aeolus), but it has been bypassed by the redevelopment of modern trams in Dublin (the Luas lines). There were three tram depots in Terenure at one time, the main tram depot for the number 15 DUTC trams in Terenure Road East, another DUTC depot for number 16 trams in Rathfarnham Road, and the terminus of the Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway on Templeogue Road.

With Rathgar and the area around Portobello in Dublin 8, Terenure has traditionally been the home of many of Dublin's relatively sparse Jewish population. On Rathfarnham Road, is the Terenure Synagogue, Dublin's main synagogue (Orthodox) .

Terenure is the home of the The Star newspaper.

The Catholic parish church of St. Joseph in Terenure is an impressive edifice with a spectacular stained glass window by Harry Clarke and it was here that author James Joyce was baptised in 1882. He was born at 41 Brighton Square which is between Terenure and Rathgar. His mother, Mary Jane (May) Murray, was a native of Terenure village and was born about 100 metres from the Church in the public house known as the Eagle House owned by her father at Vaughan's Corner. St. Joseph's Boys' National School is on the Church grounds.

Terenure is the home of Terenure College RFC, a senior rugby club in Division 1 of the National AIB Premier League.

Terenure Football Club provide schoolboy and adult soccer to the surrounding area. Terenure FC

Terenure College is nicknamed "The Gick" (particularly in a rugby context - Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's writings contain many examples of such usage). The nickname is most commonly explained as follows: "Terenure" is often contracted by rugby types to "The 'Nure", this rhymes with and is expanded to "Manure", "Gick" is Anglo-Irish slang for manure or faeces. "The Gick" can also refer to the district of Terenure though this more general usage is rare.