Photograph courtesy of Janet Carroll

Collegnes

NAME                       Collegnes/Callagnus/ St Andrews College Campus

AREA LOCATION    Booterstown Avenue
 
MAP LOCATION    OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Booterstown
                                  and it is annotated as Callagnus and Collegnes respectively.  The address was
​                                  given as Gardiner's Row in the 19th Century.  This short terrace led to the farm,
                                  garden and gatelodges of St Helen's House and was named "Gardener's Row"
                                  as the garden staff for Sans Souci House, St Helen's House and other houses in
                                  Booterstown lived in the cottages.
 
GENERAL                The original house built circa 1775 was a 3 bay simple Georgian plain square 
house.  It was extended by adding to each side of the main house.  The pedimented window, the 
architraves added to the window and the Ionic pedimented porch seem to all be of the same 
period.  In 1931 the garden was covered in 'yards and yards of wisteria' and had Kowhai trees 
that were over 30 feet high.
             
YEAR BUILT            circa 1775
 
VALUATION           In 1869 the valuation was 144 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
                                 having 22 rooms occupied by family.
 
ARCHITECT             Unknown
 
SOURCES                Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, NAI
                                  Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1778 - 1795             Isaac D'Olier
1811 - 1819             Jeremiah D'Olier
1820 - 1869             Isaac Mathew D’Olier
​1869 - 1872             Mrs Lloyd
1871 - 1877             John Merrick Lloyd & Guy Lloyd/The Misses Lloyd
1878 - 1896             The Misses Lloyd
1897 - 1904             Frederick Flood, Physician/Joanna Olivia Flood
1905 - 1912             Percy Broderick Bernard
1912 - 1914             Frederick L Flood
1913                         For Sale
1922 - 1923             For Sale on 20 acres
1922                         Lt Col Edgeworth-Johnstone
1924                         John P Smyth
1925 - 1936             Francis X Smyth (Dentist?)
​1937 - 1968             Sisters of Mercy
1940 - 1943             National School
1968                         St Andrew's College announce move to Booterstown
1999                         St Andrew's buy a further 3 acres from the Sisters of Mercy

STAFF
1849                         Joseph Wright - porter to Isaac D'Olier - Gardiner's Row Lodge
1901                         Dalby Lewis - Gardener
                                  Mary Lennon - Servant
                                  Bridget Connelly - Servant
1908 - 1909             Malachy Byrne - Gardener/Groundsman
1911                         Violet Douglas - Companion
                                  Alice Marie Shaw - Ladies maid
                                  Mary Hart  - Parlourmaid
                                  Florence Horan - Upper House maid
                                  Rosy Story - Under House maid
                                  Jane Darragh  - Kitchen maid
                                  Kate Merrius ​- Cook

CURRENT
STATUS                    No longer extant 

CONTRIBUTOR      ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                         December 2017