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Mount Salem
NAME                      Mount Salem

AREA LOCATION
    STILLORGAN
 
MAP LOCATION     OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green
                                  South and it is annotated as Mount Salem on both maps.  

 
GENERAL                 A detached four bay single storey house with part raised basement.  It has a rendered
                                 surface finish with rusticated quoins to corners.  The central door, which once had a
                                 stone portico is approached by flight of six cut-granite steps, the panelled door has
                                 sidelights below a simple fanlight.   Christine Grace Orpen (Kit), daughter of Sir William
                                 Orpen was born here in 1906.

             
YEAR BUILT             circa 1830
 
VALUATION 
            In 1912 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 14
                                   rooms occupied by family.

 
ARCHITECT              Unknown 
 
SOURCES                  Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Stillorgan Parish
                                   Registers, OSI maps, 3rd Dublin Scouting records, Trove and NAI Census & Wills.

   
OCCUPANTS
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1846  - 1851            James Egan
1852 - 1853             Doctor Knipe
1855                         G T Hayden            
1858 - 1885             John Ormsby Jones
1885 - 1931             Misses Jones
1935 - 1940             N.E. Allens (Painters and Decorators)
1939                         Barbara Knox
1953                         House for sale  (lease holder)
1959 - 1985             Noel R McGovern (Architect) 
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STAFF
1901                         Annie Fitsimons – General Domestic
                                  Andrew Byrne – Servant
1911                         Mary Fagan – General Domestic Servant
                                  Patrick Murphy – Gardener
  
         
           
CURRENT
STATUS
                      Extant 

CONTRIBUTOR        © ​June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                           November 2017
We welcome additions and corrections and ask you to note that this is
a work in progress.  The authors acknowledge the significant
contributions to this body of information.  Not all could be cited 
because of reference limitations.  Source information supplied on
request.

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