CASINO
NAME Casino/Mount St Mary/Emmet House
AREA LOCATION Dundrum Road opposite St Luke's Crescent.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Farranboley
and he is annotated as Casino on both. It also appears on both Taylor's map of
1816 and Duncan's map of 1821 as Casino. On later maps it is name Mount St
Mary.
GENERAL Four bay, two storey over basement Georgian mansion. In 1814 it was for sale
on twelve acres. In 1878 there was a dispute between James Meldon and the owners of the Mowld's
estate re the boundaries of their adjoining properties. The name of the house was changed to Mount
St Mary when it was purchased by the Marist Fathers in 1921. Access is now through its secondary
entrance on the Dundrum Road but the main entrance was originally on Bird Avenue. The entrance
was changed when land was donated for the building of a church in 1954 by the Marist Fathers. The
gatelodge was demolished when the Church of the Miraculous Medal was built in 1957. It had a
underground tunnel that led from the basement to the Dundrum Road with a opening at the
summerhouse in the garden. This is believed to be where Robert Emmet hid when Town Major Sirr
was searching for him.
YEAR BUILT circa 1780
VALUATION In 1905 the valuation was 114 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1786 - 1802 Dr Robert Emmet
1803 - 1814 James Martin Pike
1834 - 1841 George Stapleton
1843 - 1871 James Dillon Meldon
1872 - 1874 Michael Errington
1874 Household furniture for sale
1876 - 1881 James Felix Meldon
1882 - 1913 Henry Lockington Harty
1914 Vacant
1915 - 1918 John C Meyers
1921 - 2020 Society of Mary (Marist Fathers)
2020 Grounds (excluding Emmet House) purchased by Francis Rhatigan - Winterbrook for 20 Million
2021 25/08/2021 Permission granted under SHD for 231 apartments
STAFF
1803 - 1805 Denis Keating - Butler
1901 Catherine Mary Quinn - Servant
Mary Catherine Norton - Servant
1911 Ellen McDonnell - Cook
Bridget McDonnell
John Rodgers - Butler
1943 John Brady, builders labourer living at gatelodge.
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and a protected structure
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019
AREA LOCATION Dundrum Road opposite St Luke's Crescent.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Farranboley
and he is annotated as Casino on both. It also appears on both Taylor's map of
1816 and Duncan's map of 1821 as Casino. On later maps it is name Mount St
Mary.
GENERAL Four bay, two storey over basement Georgian mansion. In 1814 it was for sale
on twelve acres. In 1878 there was a dispute between James Meldon and the owners of the Mowld's
estate re the boundaries of their adjoining properties. The name of the house was changed to Mount
St Mary when it was purchased by the Marist Fathers in 1921. Access is now through its secondary
entrance on the Dundrum Road but the main entrance was originally on Bird Avenue. The entrance
was changed when land was donated for the building of a church in 1954 by the Marist Fathers. The
gatelodge was demolished when the Church of the Miraculous Medal was built in 1957. It had a
underground tunnel that led from the basement to the Dundrum Road with a opening at the
summerhouse in the garden. This is believed to be where Robert Emmet hid when Town Major Sirr
was searching for him.
YEAR BUILT circa 1780
VALUATION In 1905 the valuation was 114 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1786 - 1802 Dr Robert Emmet
1803 - 1814 James Martin Pike
1834 - 1841 George Stapleton
1843 - 1871 James Dillon Meldon
1872 - 1874 Michael Errington
1874 Household furniture for sale
1876 - 1881 James Felix Meldon
1882 - 1913 Henry Lockington Harty
1914 Vacant
1915 - 1918 John C Meyers
1921 - 2020 Society of Mary (Marist Fathers)
2020 Grounds (excluding Emmet House) purchased by Francis Rhatigan - Winterbrook for 20 Million
2021 25/08/2021 Permission granted under SHD for 231 apartments
STAFF
1803 - 1805 Denis Keating - Butler
1901 Catherine Mary Quinn - Servant
Mary Catherine Norton - Servant
1911 Ellen McDonnell - Cook
Bridget McDonnell
John Rodgers - Butler
1943 John Brady, builders labourer living at gatelodge.
CURRENT
STATUS Extant and a protected structure
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019