Stillorgan Village 1901
Just before the census was taken in April 1901, Stillorgan village had a population of 562 people
occupying 111 houses. The village had two pubs, two schools and two churches. It also had a
dispensary, a post office and a railway station. Although right beside the reservoir they had no
running water. There were two water pumps in the village and Cullen's Pub allowed the use of their
pump when the public pumps were out of order. The houses of the village ran along one side of
the Dublin road and on both sides of what is now the Lower Kilmacud Road up as far as the old
Kilmacud Church.
There was no street lighting in the village, it was 1902 before gas lamps were erected. The majority of
the houses were two roomed cottages. The villagers worked as domestics in the larger houses, some
living in, and some on a daily basis. Most of the men worked as general or agricultural labourers, and
many of the women took in washing. The Rathdown Rural Council employed some of the villagers as
labourers and St John of God also employed many in their laundry or as attendants. Some of the
houses were connected to a main sewer but it was 1906 before the open stone sewer at Jolly's lane was
replaced with a pipe.
The occupants of the cottages were not named in the street directories of the time and the census of
1901 just gives each house a number but not its whereabouts. Below are two links to the people who
lived in the village with a little information about their families. Many of these families still occupied
these same houses in the 1960's when they were demolished to make way for the shopping centre.
Were these your relatives? Can you tell us a little about the lives they led, or do you have a photograph?
Click on either of the links below.
The Dublin Road in 1901 The Kilmacud Road in 1901
© June Bow & Karen Poff – August 2021
Just before the census was taken in April 1901, Stillorgan village had a population of 562 people
occupying 111 houses. The village had two pubs, two schools and two churches. It also had a
dispensary, a post office and a railway station. Although right beside the reservoir they had no
running water. There were two water pumps in the village and Cullen's Pub allowed the use of their
pump when the public pumps were out of order. The houses of the village ran along one side of
the Dublin road and on both sides of what is now the Lower Kilmacud Road up as far as the old
Kilmacud Church.
There was no street lighting in the village, it was 1902 before gas lamps were erected. The majority of
the houses were two roomed cottages. The villagers worked as domestics in the larger houses, some
living in, and some on a daily basis. Most of the men worked as general or agricultural labourers, and
many of the women took in washing. The Rathdown Rural Council employed some of the villagers as
labourers and St John of God also employed many in their laundry or as attendants. Some of the
houses were connected to a main sewer but it was 1906 before the open stone sewer at Jolly's lane was
replaced with a pipe.
The occupants of the cottages were not named in the street directories of the time and the census of
1901 just gives each house a number but not its whereabouts. Below are two links to the people who
lived in the village with a little information about their families. Many of these families still occupied
these same houses in the 1960's when they were demolished to make way for the shopping centre.
Were these your relatives? Can you tell us a little about the lives they led, or do you have a photograph?
Click on either of the links below.
The Dublin Road in 1901 The Kilmacud Road in 1901
© June Bow & Karen Poff – August 2021