Ardilea

NAME                       Roebuck Cottage/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 Rosebuck Cottage and Ardilea  respectively.  Frequently referred to as
                                  Mount Anville.
 
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 family were
                                 lucky to escape.  They were woken by the door bell ringing which had short circuited
                                 with the fire.  All that survives is the gatelodge and beautiful stone cut gated entrance
                                 on Mouth Anville Road.
             
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             
 
SOURCES                  Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1862 - 1876               Edmond D’Olier
1878                           Vacant
1879 - 1901               John Craig Parkes Esq
1903 - 1941               Senator Martin Fitzgerald Esq JP (Martin Fitzgerald was awarded a Military Cross for his
                                    actions in liberating Geffen.    Martin was the son of Senator Martin Fitzgerald and Mary
                                    Fitzgerald.
1942 - 1946               Mr O'Shaugnessy
1946 - 1959               Frank & Patricia Walker (Jersey Cattle farmer and market gardener)
1959                           Destroyed in a fire.
                                
STAFF
1911                           Rose McGinn
                                    Julia Bell
                                    Ellie Morris - Nurse
                                    Katie O'Brien - Nurse
                                    John Kennedy
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CURRENT
STATUS                      No longer extant 

CONTRIBUTOR        ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                          December 2017