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Eagle Rock
31 December 2020 | authorHe says that the “Eagle ” was fashioned out of a piece of granite by two brothers, Joe and Tom Cooper, stonemasons, who lived in a lodge at the back of “St. Germains,”Read More
Saint George’s
29 December 2020 | authorSt. George’s was designed and built by George Ashlin, the noted architect. His wife was the granddaughter of Augustus Welby Pugin, a devoted admirer of the Gothic.Read More
Queenstown
28 December 2020 | author‘South View of Queenstown from Killiney Bay proposed to be built on the Obelisk Hill of Killiney near Kingstown in the County Dublin’ by Joseph Patrick Haverty 1840 Article from The Irish Penny Journal 5th June 1841
Our metropolitan readers, … Read More
Court-na-Farraige
28 December 2020 | authorThe Court Hotel, formerly a private house called Court-na-Farraige, also belongs to this group of fanciful, French chateau-inspired houses. It was designed in 1865, probably by the architect T. N. Deane for William ExhamRead More
Carraig Donn
19 December 2020 | authorCarraig Donn and it’s neighbour, Reenavanna, were designed by the renowned architect Michael Scott for Col. B. J. Fagan and his family. The two houses were designed in the International Style of the Modern Movement and feature many of the … Read More
Kenah Hill (formerly Stoneleigh and briefly known as Frankfort)
12 December 2020 | authorThe history of Kenah Hill is inextricably linked to the stockbroker, Francis Edward Dubedat. A book by Maria Wootton “The Dubedat Story, Killiney to Kommetjie” provides a detailed record of the life and times of Frank Read More
St. Mary’s
11 December 2020 | authorSt. Marys as shown on 1888 Ordnance Survey Map Records from Thom’s directoy
1887-1889 Griffin, Thomas, Esq1892 Griffin, Thomas, Esq1912 Powell, Robert1928 Carey, Mrs. Morgan1930 Vacant1940 Nolan, Thomas J.1943 Nolan, Thomas J.
Victoria Castle
4 December 2020 | authorIllustration from The Irish Penny Journal 5th June 1841 Article from The Irish Penny Journal of 5th June 1841. View of entrance c.1988
Plans to develop a new town, to be called Queenstown, on the estate of Robert Warren … Read More