The area is principally defined by the Clonskeagh Road and its extension into Roebuck Road, which spans its length.

Since then, the closure of the Masonic Boys ' School has led to commercial redevelopment north of Clonskeagh Road and former church land adjacent to Bird Avenue and Roebuck Road now has housing.

There is a mid-20th century Catholic church on Bird Avenue, and the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland and primary school is on Roebuck Road.

St. Kilians Deutsche Schule and the Lycée Français d ' Irlande share a " Eurocampus " in Roebuck Road, offering private schooling in a multicultural and multilingual environment, claimed to be unique to Ireland.

Unsurprisingly, there were textile mills in the village such as Moorhouse & Brookes, on Greenhill Bank Road, and Bower and Roebuck, nestling in the valley just off the A616 Sheffield Road.

with St. Peter: – Starting from the meeting point of the parishes of St. Peter, St. James and St. Andrew and continuing in an easterly direction to its junction with the public road leading from Rock Hall Plantation to Rock Hall Village: then in a north-westerly direction along this public road to its junction at Rock Hall Tenantry with a track leading to Roebuck Village ; then along this track in a generally northerly direction to its junction at Roebuck Village with the unclassified public road leading from Four Hills Plantation to Indian Ground ; then continuing in a generally northerly direction along this road to its junction with the public road leading from Orange Hill Plantation to Welchtown Plantation ; then continuing in a northerly direction along this road to its junction at Welchtown Plantation with the public road leading from Farley Hill to Portland ; then in a north-westerly direction along this road to its junction at Portland with the public road called Highway 1 ; then in an easterly and northerly direction along Highway 1 to the junction at Diamond Comer with the public road called Highway B ; then in a generally easterly direction along Highway B passing through Nicholas and Cherry Tree Hill to the junction of this road with the public road leading to Boscobelle ; then in a north-easterly direction along this road to the junction with the private road leading to Fosters Funland ; then in a generally easterly direction along this road and along the southern section of the loop at the end ; and then continuing in an easterly direction to the sea.

with St. Peter: – Starting from the meeting point of the parishes of St. Peter, St. James and St. Andrew and continuing in an easterly direction to its junction with the public road leading from Rock Hall Plantation to Rock Hall Village: then in a north-westerly direction along this public road to its junction at Rock Hall Tenantry with a track leading to Roebuck Village ; then along this track in a generally northerly direction to its junction at Roebuck Village with the unclassified public road leading from Four Hills Plantation to Indian Ground ; then continuing in a generally northerly direction along this road to its junction with the public road leading from Orange Hill Plantation to Welchtown Plantation ; then continuing in a northerly direction along this road to its junction at Welchtown Plantation with the public road leading from Farley Hill to Portland ; then in a north-westerly direction along this road to its junction at Portland with the public road called Highway 1 ; then in an easterly and northerly direction along Highway 1 to the junction at Diamond Comer with the public road called Highway B ; then in a generally easterly direction along Highway B passing through Nicholas and Cherry Tree Hill to the junction of this road with the public road leading to Boscobelle ; then in a north-easterly direction along this road to the junction with the private road leading to Fosters Funland ; then in a generally easterly direction along this road and along the southern section of the loop at the end ; and then continuing in an easterly direction to the sea.

with St. Andrew: – Starting from the meeting point of the parishes of St. Peter, St. James and St. Andrew and continuing in an easterly direction to its junction with the public road leading from Rock Hall Plantation to Rock Hall Village: then in a north-westerly direction along this public road to its junction at Rock Hall Tenantry with a track leading to Roebuck Village ; then along this track in a generally northerly direction to its junction at Roebuck Village with the unclassified public road leading from Four Hills Plantation to Indian Ground ; then continuing in a generally northerly direction along this road to its junction with the public road leading from Orange Hill Plantation to Welchtown Plantation ; then continuing in a northerly direction along this road to its junction at Welchtown Plantation with the public road leading from Farley Hill to Portland ; then in a north-westerly direction along this road to its junction at Portland with the public road called Highway 1 ; then in an easterly and northerly direction along Highway 1 to the junction at Diamond Comer with the public road called Highway B ; then in a generally easterly direction along Highway B passing through Nicholas and Cherry Tree Hill to the junction of this road with the public road leading to Boscobelle ; then in a north-easterly direction along this road to the junction with the private road leading to Fosters Funland ; then in a generally easterly direction along this road and along the southern section of the loop at the end ; and then continuing in an easterly direction to the sea.

with St. James: Starting from the meeting point of the parishes of St. Peter, St. James and St. Andrew and continuing in an easterly direction to its junction with the public road leading from Rock Hall Plantation to Rock Hall Village: then in a north-westerly direction along this public road to its junction at Rock Hall Tenantry with a track leading to Roebuck Village ; then along this track in a generally northerly direction to its junction at Roebuck Village with the unclassified public road leading from Four Hills Plantation to Indian Ground ; then continuing in a generally northerly direction along this road to its junction with the public road leading from Orange Hill Plantation to Welchtown Plantation ; then continuing in a northerly direction along this road to its junction at Welchtown Plantation with the public road leading from Farley Hill to Portland ; then in a north-westerly direction along this road to its junction at Portland with the public road called Highway 1 ; then in an easterly and northerly direction along Highway 1 to the junction at Diamond Comer with the public road called Highway B ; then in a generally easterly direction along Highway B passing through Nicholas and Cherry Tree Hill to the junction of this road with the public road leading to Boscobelle ; then in a north-easterly direction along this road to the junction with the private road leading to Fosters Funland ; then in a generally easterly direction along this road and along the southern section of the loop at the end ; and then continuing in an easterly direction to the sea.

However, most residents of Roebuck consider themselves to live in Clonskeagh.

Roebuck House, Clonskeagh ( note infill development behind old house )

Former Irish politician and Cabinet Minister, Seán MacBride, and his mother, Maud Gonne, lived at Roebuck House, near Clonskeagh Green.

To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Mount Merrion and Stillorgan, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north is Roebuck and Clonskeagh.

The fortunes of Sears & Roebuck declined in the 1970s as the company lost market share ; its management grew more cautious.

He became friends with such self-made men as Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers ; Sears, Roebuck and Company President Julius Rosenwald ; and George Eastman, inventor and founder of Kodak.

Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947 ; throughout the late 1940s, the company produced amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward.

The Lunar Society included industrialists such as Samuel Galton, Jr. as well as intellectuals such as Erasmus Darwin and Joseph Priestley ; scientific lecturers such as John Warltire and Adam Walker communicated basic Newtonian principles widely to the town's manufacturing classes ; and men such as Matthew Boulton, James Keir, James Watt and John Roebuck were simultaneously highly regarded both as scientists and as technologists, and in some cases also as businessmen.

However, Julius Rosenwald, wealthy co-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company in Chicago, soon after became Reshevsky's benefactor ; Rosenwald guaranteed Reshevsky's future on condition that he would complete his education.

Map of the area charted in HMS Roebuck in 1699

In 1864 Goldwyer was selected to assist members of a private venture, the Roebuck Bay Association, in establishing a new settlement in the Roebuck Bay area.

A company, the Roebuck Bay Pastoral and Agricultural Association Ltd, was formed to establish sheep stations in the area.

In November 1864, Harding, along with Frederick Panter and William Goldwyer set out from the camp at Roebuck Bay to explore the area around La Grange Bay.

Consequently, a public company, the Roebuck Bay Company, was formed to establish a chain of stations in the area, and Panter joined the advance party that sailed to the area to set up a base camp.

Dutchmanchum was said to speak the language of the tribes in the Roebuck Bay area, so he was desired to guide the party.

The year before, three explorers, Frederick Panter, James Harding and William Goldwyer, had set out from Roebuck Bay to explore the area around La Grange Bay.

Let me pass over the trip to Sante Fe with something of the same speed which made Mrs. Roebuck `` wonduh if the wahtahm speed limit '' ( 35 m.p.h. ) `` is still in ee-faket ''.

It is named after Julius Rosenwald, Chicago ( 1862-1932 ), President of Sears and Roebuck.

Roebuck is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Roebuck is home to the Walnut Grove Plantation, a preserved 18th-century farmhouse and tourist attraction.

Roebuck is located at ( 34. 884195 ,-81. 960597 ).

Roebuck Bay is of international importance for the millions of migratory waders or shorebirds that use it seasonally on migration through the East Asian – Australasian Flyway from their breeding grounds in northern Asia.

Dampier then followed the coast northeast, reaching the Dampier Archipelago and then Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now called Roebuck Bay all the while recording and collecting specimens, including many shells.

According to the Rayleigh Civic Society, " Roa " is a Saxon word for Roebuck and " Lea " a pasture probably for goats.

Bedout (), or more specifically the Bedout High, is a geological and geophysical feature centered about 250 km off the northwestern coast of Australia in the Canning and overlying Roebuck basins.

On the east side of Birmingham, US 11 is known locally as 1st Avenue North and as Roebuck Parkway.

However, Phantascope is also the name given to two different, later, projection-based moving picture devices by John Arthur Roebuck Rudge.

It is the first time that a project of this type is presented publicly since the proposal that John A. Roebuck had made in the same direction to John George Lambton while he was a governor of the Canadas in 1838.

He was lapped by the leaders after just seven laps of the race, and after fourteen he retired from the race with cramp in his left arm-but this drew paddock wide criticism as Estoril is a clockwise circuit, which requires more work from the right arm, and English F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck made scathing comments about Délétraz's performance in the race.

I tore the baffle off my electric organ, cranked up the tiny Sears and Roebuck mail order amp, and sang that raggedy book from cover to cover, memorizing beat street lyrics, adopting the wail of a moaning man of constant sorrow, a tambourine man, a weather man, only a pawn, only a hobo, but one more is gone, leaving nobody to sing his sad song, and on and on.

1746: A Sulphuric acid factory is set up at Steelhouse Lane to use the lead chamber process invented by its co-founder John Roebuck, Roebuck and local businessman Samuel Garbett later relocate to Prestonpans in Scotland, taking with them several skilled men from the Birmingham factory, it is here in 1762 where Roebuck takes out a patent for making malleable iron.

There were 17 pubs in the town although the Spite ( properly known as the Roebuck ), the Chevin and the Royalty are on the outskirts, with the Spite located in North Yorkshire.

Arnold was also bullied by other children at school — where he was known as " Bonehead " and his best " friend ", Porky Roebuck, once spearheaded a plan to eat him during a Space Scouts survival course.

* July 26-William Dampier's expedition to New Holland ( Australia ) in HMS Roebuck reaches Dirk Hartog Island at the mouth of what he calls Shark Bay in Western Australia and begins producing the first known detailed record of Australian flora and fauna.

Historically, the Irk has also been known as Iwrck or the Irke, names thought to have been derived from the Roebuck, suggesting that the Irk was at one time a swift-running river.

While their locations today are not known due to variations in designs both during initial construction and subsequent renovations or modifications, most of those sold by Sears, Roebuck have probably survived.

In 1933, Sears, Roebuck and Co. produced the first of its famous Christmas catalogs known as the " Sears Wishbook ", a catalog featuring toys and gifts and separate from the annual Christmas Catalog.

This is known as the Sears Roebuck bridge.