Calpe
NAME Calp/Calpe/Calpê
AREA LOCATION Blackrock, its rear opposite Blackrock Dart station.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Blackrock but it is not
named.
GENERAL Two story house, with 3 reception rooms and 6 bedrooms.
YEAR BUILT circa 1850
VALUATION In 1900 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted
as having 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, NAI Census & Wills and contemporaneous
newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1853 - 1863 Thomas Dixon
1863 - 1867 Emma Dixon
1868 - 1882 Samuel Boucher
1882 - 1908 John Behan
1909 For Sale
1910 - 1918 Henry McLaughlin
1919 For Sale
1931 - 1948 J McMahon
1948 Mary Catherine Finneran RIP (wife of Wm. F Finneran)
1950 For Sale on 1 acre
STAFF
1901 Margaret McGuire - Cook
Kate Baldwin - Housemaid
1911 Mary Giran - Governess
Annie Brown - Nurse
Annie Elliott - Cook
Minnie Hunter - General servant
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2019
AREA LOCATION Blackrock, its rear opposite Blackrock Dart station.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Blackrock but it is not
named.
GENERAL Two story house, with 3 reception rooms and 6 bedrooms.
YEAR BUILT circa 1850
VALUATION In 1900 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted
as having 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, NAI Census & Wills and contemporaneous
newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1853 - 1863 Thomas Dixon
1863 - 1867 Emma Dixon
1868 - 1882 Samuel Boucher
1882 - 1908 John Behan
1909 For Sale
1910 - 1918 Henry McLaughlin
1919 For Sale
1931 - 1948 J McMahon
1948 Mary Catherine Finneran RIP (wife of Wm. F Finneran)
1950 For Sale on 1 acre
STAFF
1901 Margaret McGuire - Cook
Kate Baldwin - Housemaid
1911 Mary Giran - Governess
Annie Brown - Nurse
Annie Elliott - Cook
Minnie Hunter - General servant
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE January 2019