Amana

NAME                        Amana/Coolgarrif/Willowgarth/Willow Garth

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 Stillorgan Park Golf Club and links.  An Edwardian
property built by the Orr family in 1902/3.  The name was changed to Coolgariff by 1916 and to
Willowgarth by 1974.  It had four reception rooms, five bedrooms, a conservatory and a self contained
granny flat when put up for sale in 1986.
                     
YEAR BUILT             circa 1902
 
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 - 1919                Stephen Kelly (Architect)
1920                            Charles Coates
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 (attained 123K).

                                           
CURRENT
STATUS                       Extant and in use as a family home.

CONTRIBUTOR         ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                           October 2019