Booterstown House
NAME Booterstown House
AREA LOCATION 56 Booterstown Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1838 - 1845 place it in the townland of Williamstown and
is annotated as Booterstown Castle.
GENERAL In 1823 it as for sale described as a commodious house in perfect condition.
It had a coach house for two carriages, stabling for five horses, hay and straw loft, harness toom
and granary. It had pumps in the lock up yard. It also had fruit and vegetable garden,
greenhouses and melon pits.
YEAR BUILT circa 1823
VALUATION
NUMBER
OF ROOMS In the 1901 census it is noted as having xx rooms occupied by xx people.
ARCHITECT Unknown.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers,
NAI Census & Wills, Rev B H Blacker, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1823 Lease for sale
1833 - 1858 Mrs Charlotte Sweetman nee Dalton
1859 For sale
1863 - 1880 Valentine Blake Dillon
1879 Death of Ismay Blake Dillon
1886 Lease for sale
1893 Robert Marchbank
1908 For sale on 3 acres
1911 For sale on 3 acres
1913 - 1919 Francis Elrington Ball
1920 For sale on 2 acres
1921 - 1923 Mrs Fitzgerald
- 1932 Sir Michael & Lady McLoghlen
1933 - 1934 Mr & Mrs Simon Laing
1937 For sale on 2 acres
1950 - 1956 W J Costelloe (father of Paul Costello)
1951 For sale including furniture £1450
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE December 2018
NAME Booterstown House
AREA LOCATION 56 Booterstown Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1838 - 1845 place it in the townland of Williamstown and
is annotated as Booterstown Castle.
GENERAL In 1823 it as for sale described as a commodious house in perfect condition.
It had a coach house for two carriages, stabling for five horses, hay and straw loft, harness toom
and granary. It had pumps in the lock up yard. It also had fruit and vegetable garden,
greenhouses and melon pits.
YEAR BUILT circa 1823
VALUATION
NUMBER
OF ROOMS In the 1901 census it is noted as having xx rooms occupied by xx people.
ARCHITECT Unknown.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers,
NAI Census & Wills, Rev B H Blacker, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1823 Lease for sale
1833 - 1858 Mrs Charlotte Sweetman nee Dalton
1859 For sale
1863 - 1880 Valentine Blake Dillon
1879 Death of Ismay Blake Dillon
1886 Lease for sale
1893 Robert Marchbank
1908 For sale on 3 acres
1911 For sale on 3 acres
1913 - 1919 Francis Elrington Ball
1920 For sale on 2 acres
1921 - 1923 Mrs Fitzgerald
- 1932 Sir Michael & Lady McLoghlen
1933 - 1934 Mr & Mrs Simon Laing
1937 For sale on 2 acres
1950 - 1956 W J Costelloe (father of Paul Costello)
1951 For sale including furniture £1450
STAFF
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE December 2018