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Carrickbrennan
NAME Carrickbrennan Lodge/Carrickbrennan House/Carrickbrennan
AREA LOCATION Monkstown Valley/Arundel off Monkstown Road
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Monkstown and it is annotated as Carrickbrennan Lodge on both.
GENERAL A late Georgian house built circa 1811 on a square plan. It has
three bays on each façade and is two storeys over a full basement approached by a long
avenue (Clifton Lane) with outer gatehouse shared with Dalguise, it also had an inner
gatelodge. The colonnaded portico led to an outer hallway with tiled floor which in turn led
to a inner hall with tiled floor, marble fireplace which led to the stairway with circular first floor
balcony. The entrance to Carrickbrennan is now off an internal housing estate road in Arundel.
The stable building once in the grounds is now a house called ‘The Coach House’. The shared
brick gatelodge on Monkstown Road is still extant. Carrickbrennan was for for sale in 1974 on
7 acres and had a four bedroom modernised bungalow style house to the rear of the main
house included in the sale. It was for sale in 1987 on 1 acre.
YEAR BUILT circa 1811
VALUATION In 1894 the valuation was 100 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 21 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but possibly John Skipton Mulvaney
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball, Lewis 1837 and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1837 - 1838 James Pim, junior
1841 - 1865 Edward Atkinston of Carrickbrennan & Portadown
1865 - 1880 Mrs Atkinson
1883 - 1884 Joseph Faviere Elrington, QC (rip)
1887 - 1902 Francis R M Crozier
1910 - 1926 Colonel George Arthur Hughes
1926 - 1935 Miss Edith Mary Hughes (rip)
1948 - 1967 Mr Justice Cecil A Lavery
1986 Blackrock Housing Ltd
STAFF
1849 - 1854 Thomas Sullivan - Gatelodge keeper
1901 James Lanigan - Butler
Martha Kelly - Kitchenmaid
Mary Carroll - Cook
Annie Hall - Housemaid
1911 Kathleen McInerney - Parlourmaid
Mary Fisher - Housemaid
Agnes Talbot - Cook
Martin O'Halloran - Gardener living in gatelodge
James Byrne - General Servant living in gatelodge
CURRENT Extant and a protected structure
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2025
AREA LOCATION Monkstown Valley/Arundel off Monkstown Road
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Monkstown and it is annotated as Carrickbrennan Lodge on both.
GENERAL A late Georgian house built circa 1811 on a square plan. It has
three bays on each façade and is two storeys over a full basement approached by a long
avenue (Clifton Lane) with outer gatehouse shared with Dalguise, it also had an inner
gatelodge. The colonnaded portico led to an outer hallway with tiled floor which in turn led
to a inner hall with tiled floor, marble fireplace which led to the stairway with circular first floor
balcony. The entrance to Carrickbrennan is now off an internal housing estate road in Arundel.
The stable building once in the grounds is now a house called ‘The Coach House’. The shared
brick gatelodge on Monkstown Road is still extant. Carrickbrennan was for for sale in 1974 on
7 acres and had a four bedroom modernised bungalow style house to the rear of the main
house included in the sale. It was for sale in 1987 on 1 acre.
YEAR BUILT circa 1811
VALUATION In 1894 the valuation was 100 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 21 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but possibly John Skipton Mulvaney
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball, Lewis 1837 and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1837 - 1838 James Pim, junior
1841 - 1865 Edward Atkinston of Carrickbrennan & Portadown
1865 - 1880 Mrs Atkinson
1883 - 1884 Joseph Faviere Elrington, QC (rip)
1887 - 1902 Francis R M Crozier
1910 - 1926 Colonel George Arthur Hughes
1926 - 1935 Miss Edith Mary Hughes (rip)
1948 - 1967 Mr Justice Cecil A Lavery
1986 Blackrock Housing Ltd
STAFF
1849 - 1854 Thomas Sullivan - Gatelodge keeper
1901 James Lanigan - Butler
Martha Kelly - Kitchenmaid
Mary Carroll - Cook
Annie Hall - Housemaid
1911 Kathleen McInerney - Parlourmaid
Mary Fisher - Housemaid
Agnes Talbot - Cook
Martin O'Halloran - Gardener living in gatelodge
James Byrne - General Servant living in gatelodge
CURRENT Extant and a protected structure
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2025