Amana
NAME Coolgarrif/Amana/Willowgarth
AREA LOCATION Glenalbyn Road
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it straddling the townlands of Stillorgan Grove
and Stillorgan South and it is annotated at Amana.
GENERAL Amana originally on 19 acres. The land to the rear of the house backed onto Ulster
Terrace and had a private gate to the short lived golf links.
YEAR BUILT circa 1860
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 43 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 9 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps and NAI Census
& Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1902 - 1912 Mark Louis Orr
1913 Amana for sale on 1/2 acre
1916 F Kelly (see Easter rising- lifted to Frongoch)
1918 - 1921 Stephen Kelly ( Architect)
1921 Coolgariff for Sale
1925 - 1935 John McManus
1935 - 1963 Richard Noel Kennedy
1974 Nancy Jackson
1986 Willowgarth on 1/2 acre for sale with OPP for 7 apartments.
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and in use as a family home.
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE October 2019