To Rosemount by Richard John Corballis.
Corballis of Rosemount
John Corballis born circa 1735 was a timber merchant and saw miller of New Street in Dublin City. He
is thought to be the son of John Corballis and Jane McManus who were buried in Cruagh graveyard.
John junior married Margaret Mooney circa 1766 and signed the Catholic Qualification Rolls in 1778.
He held Corballis Row in Cabbage Garden Lane which he leased out. He purchased the house and
lands of Rosemount in Roebuck from Mr Williams in 1780. He died in 1805 and left 30K in personal
estate which included numerous properties including land and houses at Harold’s Cross and Francis
Street. This wealth was shared equally between his two sons.
1 Margarita Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 23 Feb 1767.
2 Richard Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 27 Jan 1769 was a Timber merchant and worked
with his father before opening stores at City Quay and Sir John Rogerson's Quay. He married
Deborah Taylor, daughter of Bartholomew Taylor of Nonsuch, Castlepollard on 1 Nov 1791.
They lived at Baggot Street before moving to Rosemount. Deborah born circa 1767 died
30 May 1845 aged 82 and Richard died 25 Aug 1847 at Roebuck and left 90K in personal estate.
Both were interred in the vaults of the Pro Cathedral.
1 Maria Margaret Mary Corballis born circa 1792 lived at Rosemount for most of her life,
but moved to Roebuck Lodge after her father died. She renamed Roebuck Lodge,
Cottage. She died at Cottage, Roebuck on 7 Aug 1877 and was buried in the family
vault at the Pro Cathedral. She left 2K in personal estate.
2 Richard Corballis born 23 Jan 1793 died young.
3 Bartholomew Corballis eldest son born 13 Apr 1794 baptised at Westland Row on
19 Apr 1794. He attended Maynooth College and was living at Rosemount in 1827.
He was disinherited and moved to Edinburgh following an argument with his father.
Local hearsay was that he had fathered two illegitimate daughters and was on the point
of becoming a bankrupt.
4 John Richard Corballis born 27 Aug 1796 attended Maynooth College. He graduated Trinity
and was called to the Irish bar in 1820. He married Jane Eleanor Martyn, eldest daughter
of Edward Martyn of Tulira Castle, County Galway on 24 Sep 1828 and they lived at Mount
street and later Baggot Street. He inherited Rosemount and 2,000 acres in County Meath in
1847. He was a member of the RSAI of the RDS where he sat on the Philosophy committee.
He was a commissioner for National education for The Charitable Donations and Bequests
Society. A devoted Catholic he was incensed when it was intimated that the Roman Catholic
bishops had voted to forbid parents from sending their children to Trinity without special
dispensation. This ban came into effect in 1871 and was only lifted in 1970. He was a
director of the Grand Canal Company of Ireland and a member of the Royal St George Yacht
Club. John died 13 Feb 1879 at Roebuck and left 80K in personal estate. Jane died
31 Mar 1883 at Rosemount age 84.
1 Mary Deborah Corballis was born on 5 Sep 1828. She married Rt Hon Stephen
Woulfe Flanagan on 17 Feb 1851. She died on 8 Jan 1886 aged 57. Stephen Woulfe
Flanagan was born on 4 Aug 1816 and died on 6 Jan 1891 at age 74. He was
buried at Glasnevin Cemetery. Stephen held the office of Judge of Landed Estates
Court.
2 Richard John Corballis born 2 May 1831 at Mount Street lived at Rosemount for
most of his life. He was rumoured to be a recluse but was a governor of the Jervis
Street hospital and a member of the RDS proposed by Sir William Betham. He was a
Knight of the Catholic Order of the Golden Spur and an honorary secretary of the
Dublin Mansion House Relief Committee for Relief of Distress in Ireland. An amateur
he died a bachelor on 23 Sep 1931 at Rosemount and left over 500K in personal estate
of which 50K was in the UK. He left 20K to the Jesuits in Gardiner Street, his
Brazilian Cross was left to Miss Christina Chichester of Runnamoat, Rosemount
was left to the Woulfe Flanagan family and the residue was left to his nephew
James Cecil Corballis who would later reside at Rosanna in Ashford.
3 Jane Frances Corballis baptised at St Andrew's, Westland Row on 6 Sep 1832 died
unmarried 19 Apr 1914 at Crenmorne Villas, Terenure.
4 Elizabeth Margaret Corballis baptised St Andrews in 1834. She lived with her sister
Jane in Terenure but after Jane's death moved back to Rosemount to live with her
brother. She died a spinster at Harold's Cross Hospice on 17 Jul 1921, late of
Rosemount.
5 Edward Christopher Corballis, second son baptised at St Andrews on 18 Jan 1835.
He was a barrister but did not practibe. In 1871 he was working in the War Office.
He died 10 Dec 1873 at Beaumont Street, Portland Place in London.
6 Frances Eleanor Corballis baptised 11 Dec 1839 at St Andrew's, Westland Row
joined the nuns of the Sacre Coeur and died on 14 Jun 1870 near Paris.
7 James Anthony Corballis baptised at St Andrew's, Westland Row on 22 Nov 1843. He
married Adelaide Donnett and in 1891 he was a Colonel in the army reserve living at
The Croft, Wroughton Road, Swindon, Highworth, Wiltshire with his wife and
two children.
5 Robert Coballis born 27 Nov 1798 at Rosemount attended Lay College Maynooth. He
died in 11 Aug 1820 at Rosemount and was buried at Donnybrook.
6 Margaret Corballis born 15 Nov 1800 attended the Middlegate Bar Convent in York and
was professed a nun at Loretto Convent in 1822 as Sister Mary Catherine.
7 Elizabeth Corballis born 9 May 1801 attended Middlegate Bar Convent school in York
and was professed a nun at Loretto Convent in 1826. She died at the convent on
20 Sep 1839.
8 Anna Maria Corballis born 14 Apr 1805 was to became a nun but instead acted as
secretary to her father. On the death of her father she founded a convent at
Mountmellick. Mother Mary Charles died 2 Nov 1885 at the Presentation Convent,
Mountmellick.
3 Esther Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 5 Apr 1770 married James Brady of Ballinscarny,
Co Meath.
1 Catherine Brady married James Coleman and died 9 Sep 1871 at Phibsboro.
4 James Anthony Corballis born 1771 was a timber merchant of Townsend Street. He married
Anne Kenny on 31 Dec 1794 at St Andrew's Westland Row. He lived at Roebuck Hall (now part
of The Palms, Clonskeagh) before he purchased Ratoath Manor in 1813.
5 Mary Anne Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 15 Feb 1776 married Christopher Connor of
Great Britain Street circa October 1794.
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John Corballis born circa 1735 was a timber merchant and saw miller of New Street in Dublin City. He
is thought to be the son of John Corballis and Jane McManus who were buried in Cruagh graveyard.
John junior married Margaret Mooney circa 1766 and signed the Catholic Qualification Rolls in 1778.
He held Corballis Row in Cabbage Garden Lane which he leased out. He purchased the house and
lands of Rosemount in Roebuck from Mr Williams in 1780. He died in 1805 and left 30K in personal
estate which included numerous properties including land and houses at Harold’s Cross and Francis
Street. This wealth was shared equally between his two sons.
1 Margarita Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 23 Feb 1767.
2 Richard Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 27 Jan 1769 was a Timber merchant and worked
with his father before opening stores at City Quay and Sir John Rogerson's Quay. He married
Deborah Taylor, daughter of Bartholomew Taylor of Nonsuch, Castlepollard on 1 Nov 1791.
They lived at Baggot Street before moving to Rosemount. Deborah born circa 1767 died
30 May 1845 aged 82 and Richard died 25 Aug 1847 at Roebuck and left 90K in personal estate.
Both were interred in the vaults of the Pro Cathedral.
1 Maria Margaret Mary Corballis born circa 1792 lived at Rosemount for most of her life,
but moved to Roebuck Lodge after her father died. She renamed Roebuck Lodge,
Cottage. She died at Cottage, Roebuck on 7 Aug 1877 and was buried in the family
vault at the Pro Cathedral. She left 2K in personal estate.
2 Richard Corballis born 23 Jan 1793 died young.
3 Bartholomew Corballis eldest son born 13 Apr 1794 baptised at Westland Row on
19 Apr 1794. He attended Maynooth College and was living at Rosemount in 1827.
He was disinherited and moved to Edinburgh following an argument with his father.
Local hearsay was that he had fathered two illegitimate daughters and was on the point
of becoming a bankrupt.
4 John Richard Corballis born 27 Aug 1796 attended Maynooth College. He graduated Trinity
and was called to the Irish bar in 1820. He married Jane Eleanor Martyn, eldest daughter
of Edward Martyn of Tulira Castle, County Galway on 24 Sep 1828 and they lived at Mount
street and later Baggot Street. He inherited Rosemount and 2,000 acres in County Meath in
1847. He was a member of the RSAI of the RDS where he sat on the Philosophy committee.
He was a commissioner for National education for The Charitable Donations and Bequests
Society. A devoted Catholic he was incensed when it was intimated that the Roman Catholic
bishops had voted to forbid parents from sending their children to Trinity without special
dispensation. This ban came into effect in 1871 and was only lifted in 1970. He was a
director of the Grand Canal Company of Ireland and a member of the Royal St George Yacht
Club. John died 13 Feb 1879 at Roebuck and left 80K in personal estate. Jane died
31 Mar 1883 at Rosemount age 84.
1 Mary Deborah Corballis was born on 5 Sep 1828. She married Rt Hon Stephen
Woulfe Flanagan on 17 Feb 1851. She died on 8 Jan 1886 aged 57. Stephen Woulfe
Flanagan was born on 4 Aug 1816 and died on 6 Jan 1891 at age 74. He was
buried at Glasnevin Cemetery. Stephen held the office of Judge of Landed Estates
Court.
2 Richard John Corballis born 2 May 1831 at Mount Street lived at Rosemount for
most of his life. He was rumoured to be a recluse but was a governor of the Jervis
Street hospital and a member of the RDS proposed by Sir William Betham. He was a
Knight of the Catholic Order of the Golden Spur and an honorary secretary of the
Dublin Mansion House Relief Committee for Relief of Distress in Ireland. An amateur
he died a bachelor on 23 Sep 1931 at Rosemount and left over 500K in personal estate
of which 50K was in the UK. He left 20K to the Jesuits in Gardiner Street, his
Brazilian Cross was left to Miss Christina Chichester of Runnamoat, Rosemount
was left to the Woulfe Flanagan family and the residue was left to his nephew
James Cecil Corballis who would later reside at Rosanna in Ashford.
3 Jane Frances Corballis baptised at St Andrew's, Westland Row on 6 Sep 1832 died
unmarried 19 Apr 1914 at Crenmorne Villas, Terenure.
4 Elizabeth Margaret Corballis baptised St Andrews in 1834. She lived with her sister
Jane in Terenure but after Jane's death moved back to Rosemount to live with her
brother. She died a spinster at Harold's Cross Hospice on 17 Jul 1921, late of
Rosemount.
5 Edward Christopher Corballis, second son baptised at St Andrews on 18 Jan 1835.
He was a barrister but did not practibe. In 1871 he was working in the War Office.
He died 10 Dec 1873 at Beaumont Street, Portland Place in London.
6 Frances Eleanor Corballis baptised 11 Dec 1839 at St Andrew's, Westland Row
joined the nuns of the Sacre Coeur and died on 14 Jun 1870 near Paris.
7 James Anthony Corballis baptised at St Andrew's, Westland Row on 22 Nov 1843. He
married Adelaide Donnett and in 1891 he was a Colonel in the army reserve living at
The Croft, Wroughton Road, Swindon, Highworth, Wiltshire with his wife and
two children.
5 Robert Coballis born 27 Nov 1798 at Rosemount attended Lay College Maynooth. He
died in 11 Aug 1820 at Rosemount and was buried at Donnybrook.
6 Margaret Corballis born 15 Nov 1800 attended the Middlegate Bar Convent in York and
was professed a nun at Loretto Convent in 1822 as Sister Mary Catherine.
7 Elizabeth Corballis born 9 May 1801 attended Middlegate Bar Convent school in York
and was professed a nun at Loretto Convent in 1826. She died at the convent on
20 Sep 1839.
8 Anna Maria Corballis born 14 Apr 1805 was to became a nun but instead acted as
secretary to her father. On the death of her father she founded a convent at
Mountmellick. Mother Mary Charles died 2 Nov 1885 at the Presentation Convent,
Mountmellick.
3 Esther Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 5 Apr 1770 married James Brady of Ballinscarny,
Co Meath.
1 Catherine Brady married James Coleman and died 9 Sep 1871 at Phibsboro.
4 James Anthony Corballis born 1771 was a timber merchant of Townsend Street. He married
Anne Kenny on 31 Dec 1794 at St Andrew's Westland Row. He lived at Roebuck Hall (now part
of The Palms, Clonskeagh) before he purchased Ratoath Manor in 1813.
5 Mary Anne Corballis baptised at St Nicholas on 15 Feb 1776 married Christopher Connor of
Great Britain Street circa October 1794.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2021