Belgrove (near UCD)
NAME Priesthouse/Priest House Belgrove
AREA LOCATION Stillorgan Road opposite Cranford Court.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Priesthouse and Belgrove respectively and later as
Belgrove Nursery.
GENERAL 1783: This holding of 10 acres included four cabins along the road and one
further back. It was leased to Nowlan. 1832: the estate of John Goddard Richards. Leased by the
late Lord Trimbleston to Kearney in 1788 who s'old interest to Greene, who assigned to Carroll,
under whom Edward Gerty/Geraghty holds the lease'.
‘There is on this holding an ancient small dwelling house with a trifling new addition. The whole
consisting of seven rooms, garden, stabling for six horses, coach house, parlour, lodge and gate.’
(Brassington 1832). James Keegan owner and petitioner put Belgrove up for sale through the
Incumbered Courts in 1867. It was called Belgrove - part of the lands of Priest House, part of the
Manor of Roebuck in the Barony of Rathdown. It was on 17 acres his lease dated 1808 was held
on a 98 year lease from 1788. James was a butcher and salesmaster of Clarendon Street.
In 1888 it was for sale described as a commodious residence on 10 acres in need of repair with a
small stream running through the grounds. For sale again in 1917 on 17 acres.
YEAR BUILT circa 1756
VALUATION In the 1901 census it is noted as having 10 rooms occupied by family. No
valuation found.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1758 William Callaghan, farmer - RIP
1809 Bennett, Coach maker
1813 George Scott, Bankrupt
1817 - 1829 John Boylan
1818 - 1830 William Donleavy
1832 Andrew Vance
1835 - 1836 James Robinson
1841 E J Nolan
1845 Thomas Barns
1846 Lieut General Hamerton
1854 - 1871 Edward William Fitzgerald
1887 William Byrne, farmer
1889 Vacant
1892 - 1912 William Sinclair
1916 Theobald Butler-Kearney
1921 - 1956 Jacob Pearson
1973 Demolished as part of the Stillorgan dual carriageway development
STAFF
1841 Mr Thomas Maher - Gardener
1911 Bridget Sweeny - Cook
1920 Albert Rave - Head Gardener at Belgrove Nursery
1954 Mr W Fagan - Nursery rear of Belgrove
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow, Catherine Brugha & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019
NAME Priesthouse/Priest House Belgrove
AREA LOCATION Stillorgan Road opposite Cranford Court.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Priesthouse and Belgrove respectively and later as
Belgrove Nursery.
GENERAL 1783: This holding of 10 acres included four cabins along the road and one
further back. It was leased to Nowlan. 1832: the estate of John Goddard Richards. Leased by the
late Lord Trimbleston to Kearney in 1788 who s'old interest to Greene, who assigned to Carroll,
under whom Edward Gerty/Geraghty holds the lease'.
‘There is on this holding an ancient small dwelling house with a trifling new addition. The whole
consisting of seven rooms, garden, stabling for six horses, coach house, parlour, lodge and gate.’
(Brassington 1832). James Keegan owner and petitioner put Belgrove up for sale through the
Incumbered Courts in 1867. It was called Belgrove - part of the lands of Priest House, part of the
Manor of Roebuck in the Barony of Rathdown. It was on 17 acres his lease dated 1808 was held
on a 98 year lease from 1788. James was a butcher and salesmaster of Clarendon Street.
In 1888 it was for sale described as a commodious residence on 10 acres in need of repair with a
small stream running through the grounds. For sale again in 1917 on 17 acres.
YEAR BUILT circa 1756
VALUATION In the 1901 census it is noted as having 10 rooms occupied by family. No
valuation found.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1758 William Callaghan, farmer - RIP
1809 Bennett, Coach maker
1813 George Scott, Bankrupt
1817 - 1829 John Boylan
1818 - 1830 William Donleavy
1832 Andrew Vance
1835 - 1836 James Robinson
1841 E J Nolan
1845 Thomas Barns
1846 Lieut General Hamerton
1854 - 1871 Edward William Fitzgerald
1887 William Byrne, farmer
1889 Vacant
1892 - 1912 William Sinclair
1916 Theobald Butler-Kearney
1921 - 1956 Jacob Pearson
1973 Demolished as part of the Stillorgan dual carriageway development
STAFF
1841 Mr Thomas Maher - Gardener
1911 Bridget Sweeny - Cook
1920 Albert Rave - Head Gardener at Belgrove Nursery
1954 Mr W Fagan - Nursery rear of Belgrove
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow, Catherine Brugha & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019