Cork-born editor and writer who lived in the area Mary Lou McDonald (b.1969), politician Ulick O'Connor (1928–2019), writer and historian who was born in Rathgar and lived at Fairfield Park Seumas O'Sullivan (1879–1958), poet and editor who spent much of his life in Rathgar George Dawson Preston (1896–1972), physicist born in Rathgar Dorothy Price (1890–1954), physician George William Russell (1867–1935), lived in Rathgar for a time Kate Sheppard (1848–1934) a prominent New Zealand suffragette. After her father died, her Irish mother brought the family to Kenilworth Square in Rathgar. Later they emigrated to New Zealand. Sheppard maintained her connection with the square and returned several times (including after speaking engagements in London) to stay with her aunt at Kenilworth Square. Bram Stoker (1847–1912) writer who lived at Orwell Park for a time John Millington Synge (1871–1909), writer and playwright who lived at 4 Orwell Park (as did Bram Stoker) Éamon de Valera (1882–1975), a politician whose presidential office was moved to 53 Kenilworth Square in 1921 when his house in Blackrock was raided. It was in this house that Arthur Griffith presented Lloyd George's proposals for the Anglo-Irish Treaty to de Valera four days before the Treaty was signed in London. Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878 - 1916) and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877 - 1946) lived for a time at 8 Airfield Road. References External links Christ Church Rathgar, Presbyterian church Residents Association Towns and villages in Dublin (city)