Avondale

NAME                           Avondale

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.  James McNally was the
owner.  Detached two storey Victoria house enclosed within a high wall.  


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
1862                             Hon Andrew Godfrey Stuart
1868 - 1874                 Frederick Francis O'Carroll
1877 - 1924                 John Murphy
1925                             For Sale
1927 - 1928                 John Henry Piggot, County Court Judge, Limerick
​1929 - 1960                 John C MacGuigan (see wedding of daughter Constance)
1963                             For Sale
1967                             For Sale 
1971 - 1974                 Ted Nealon (journalist, broadcaster and politician)
1998                             Sold for 1.6 million

​STAFF

1901 - 1911                  Anne Whelan - Cook
                                       Catherin Fox- Housemaid
                                       Catherine Green - Parlourmaid
​1911                               Margaret Green - Domestic servant
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CURRENT
STATUS                       Extant and in use as a family home - a protected structure.

CONTRIBUTOR         ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                            March 2020