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Ardilea
NAME Woodfield/Roebuck Cottage/Ardillea/Ardilea
AREA LOCATION Ardilea Lawns, Roebuck, Clonskeagh.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck and it is
annotated as Roebuck Cottage and Ardilea respectively. It is also visible on Taylor's
map of 1816.
GENERAL A five bay Georgian style house. When is burned down in 1959 it was described as
being a 14 room mansion. The house was completely destroyed and the Walker family
were lucky to escape. They were woken by the dog barking and the door bell ringing
which had short circuited with the fire. All that survives is the gatelodge and beautiful
stone cut gated entrance on Mount Anville Road. The name was changed to Ardilea
circa 1862.
YEAR BUILT circa 1819
VALUATION In 1900 the valuation was 139 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted
as having 27 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
John Charles Lyons leased from Blackburne.
1823 - 1855 John Charles Lyons
1857 - 1876 Edmond D’Olier
1878 Vacant for sale on 8 acres
1879 - 1901 John Craig Parkes
1903 - 1927 Senator Martin Fitzgerald
1928 - 1946 Andrew Joseph O'Shaughnessy
1946 - 1959 Frank & Patricia Walker (Jersey Cattle farmer and market gardener)
1959 Destroyed in a fire.
1965 Ardilea Estate built (later Louvain, Salamanca, Heidelberg and Salzburg)
STAFF
1853 Michael Healy leased the gate lodge from Lyons.
1883 Mr Byrne - Gardener
1901 Ellen Connolly - Housemaid (married in 1901)
1901 Josephine Clarke - Dairy maid
Rose Dunne - Parlour maid
Catherine Nolan - Cook
1911 Rose McGinn
Julia Bell
Ellie Morris - Nurse
Katie O'Brien - Nurse
John Kennedy
1912 Michael Boylan - Gatekeeper
Thomas Martin - Chauffeur
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE December 2017
AREA LOCATION Ardilea Lawns, Roebuck, Clonskeagh.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck and it is
annotated as Roebuck Cottage and Ardilea respectively. It is also visible on Taylor's
map of 1816.
GENERAL A five bay Georgian style house. When is burned down in 1959 it was described as
being a 14 room mansion. The house was completely destroyed and the Walker family
were lucky to escape. They were woken by the dog barking and the door bell ringing
which had short circuited with the fire. All that survives is the gatelodge and beautiful
stone cut gated entrance on Mount Anville Road. The name was changed to Ardilea
circa 1862.
YEAR BUILT circa 1819
VALUATION In 1900 the valuation was 139 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted
as having 27 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
John Charles Lyons leased from Blackburne.
1823 - 1855 John Charles Lyons
1857 - 1876 Edmond D’Olier
1878 Vacant for sale on 8 acres
1879 - 1901 John Craig Parkes
1903 - 1927 Senator Martin Fitzgerald
1928 - 1946 Andrew Joseph O'Shaughnessy
1946 - 1959 Frank & Patricia Walker (Jersey Cattle farmer and market gardener)
1959 Destroyed in a fire.
1965 Ardilea Estate built (later Louvain, Salamanca, Heidelberg and Salzburg)
STAFF
1853 Michael Healy leased the gate lodge from Lyons.
1883 Mr Byrne - Gardener
1901 Ellen Connolly - Housemaid (married in 1901)
1901 Josephine Clarke - Dairy maid
Rose Dunne - Parlour maid
Catherine Nolan - Cook
1911 Rose McGinn
Julia Bell
Ellie Morris - Nurse
Katie O'Brien - Nurse
John Kennedy
1912 Michael Boylan - Gatekeeper
Thomas Martin - Chauffeur
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE December 2017