Altadore

NAME                           Altadore, Avoca Avenue - Work in Progress

AREA LOCATION       Avoca Avenue, Stillorgan

MAP LOCATION        OSI map of 1898 - 1913 places it in the townland of Stillorgan Grove but it
                                      is not annotated. 
                              
GENERAL                    The plot of land of land for three houses was put up for sale in 1866 through
the encumbered court with houses Avondale and Altadore already built.

YEAR BUILT               1860
 
VALUATION              The valuation in 1881 was 44L

Number of
Rooms                         In the 1901 census it is noted as having 14 rooms.            
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ARCHITECT                 Unknown            
 
SOURCES                     Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
                                      Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1860                              James McNally - Lease Holder
1863 - 1869                  Michael Murphy
1870                              Lease For Sale
1871 - 1905                  James Murphy
1905 - 1926                  Oliver Fry
1927                              Emma Fry
1930 - 1935                  Somers family
1936 - 1940                  C T McKenna
​1989                              Sold

​STAFF
1901                             Mary Roddy - Cook
                                      Bridget Bergin - Parlourmaid
                                      Alice Chanley - Housemaid
1911                             Elizabeth Brown - Cook
                                      Bridget Farrell - Housemaid
​                                      Margaret Barry - Parlourmaid
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CURRENT
STATUS                       Extant

CONTRIBUTOR         ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                            March 2020