Corless family of Friarsland, Roebuck Grove
Thomas Corless was a farmer of Kinvara, Co Galway.
1 Joseph Corless born circa 1844 was the manager of Burton Bindon’s of D’Olier Street and Hynes
of Dame Street. He purchased the lease on 27 St Andrew Street and opened the Burlington
Hotel & Restaurant and Oyster Saloons in 1876 (Now O’Neill’s). In 1880 he purchased the
Dolphin Hotel. He was sole agent for Ireland for the Tivoli lager beer which he supplied in wood
and bottle. Both hotels were famous for their dressed lobster salad and their fresh cut
sandwiches. He died a bachelor on 29 Nov 1881 aged 37 from TB and left 6K in personal estate.
2 Thomas Corless born circa 1850 Galway married Annie Leavy, daughter of Patrick Leavy, a carrier
at St Catherine’s, Meath Street on 6 Aug 1871. Thomas was publican in 1871, a draper and grocer
in 1873. On the death of his brother he moved to Dublin to administer his estate. He kept the
Burlington Restaurant and hotel but put the Dolphin hotel up for sale in 1882. This was bought
by Michael Nugent in 1884. He put Friarsland in Roebuck Grove up for sale in 1884. He was the
most extensive oyster grower in the world with over 800 acres of oyster beds in Connemara. He
was the founder and organiser of The Hotel and Restaurant Association of All Ireland. Thomas sold
the Burlington to the Jammet brothers in 1900. He applied for planning to open a hotel at Boolard
outside Clifton in 1901 but was refused permission. Thomas died 23 Sep 1902 at 24 Cabra Road
and was buried at Glasnevin. He left £70 in personal estate.
1 Jane Martha (Annie) Corless born 3 Nov 1873 at Kinvar was a student of RIA of Music and was
a gold medallist winning the Bexby prize. She then studied in Milan. Her contralto voice was
said to be of unusual sweetness, compass, and volume and she was an accomplished pianist.
She married Louis Brady, son of James Brady a merchant of 13 Longford Tce at Our Lady of
Refuge Church in Rathmines on 3 Feb 1896 and they had two children.
2 Alice Rose May Corless born 9 Dec 1875 at 66 Bridgefoot Street studied music in Paris and was
a harpist. She married William Dunne on 14 Sep 1905 and they had two children by 1911 and
were living in Glasnevin.
3 William Henry Corless born 25 Nov 1877 at Kinvara.
4 Esther Catherine Corless born circa 1878 in Galway was a harpist and studied in Milan. She
was a professor of music at Rathmines school of Music in 1907. She died in 1955 at St Michael’s
Hospital in Dun Laoghaire.
5 Thomas Corless born 23 May 1880 at Galway.
6 Joseph Corless born circa 1884 was a civil servant and died a bachelor at Cabra in 1942.
3 Annie Corless from Kinvara was a domestic servant and died a spinster at the hospital of St Elizabeth,
West Brookline Street, Boston, USA on 30 Jan 1894 and left £500 in personal estate. The hospital’s
roots date back to 1868 when five Catholic women started St. Elizabeth’s Hospital to care for sick
immigrant women and as a place of shelter for retired and feeble women in domestic service.
St. Elizabeth’s quickly gained prestige as a “Women’s Hospital” especially in the field of gynaecology.
4 Martin Corless born circa 1850 was a shopkeeper in Kinvarra and died 19 Dec 1903.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – December 2020
Thomas Corless was a farmer of Kinvara, Co Galway.
1 Joseph Corless born circa 1844 was the manager of Burton Bindon’s of D’Olier Street and Hynes
of Dame Street. He purchased the lease on 27 St Andrew Street and opened the Burlington
Hotel & Restaurant and Oyster Saloons in 1876 (Now O’Neill’s). In 1880 he purchased the
Dolphin Hotel. He was sole agent for Ireland for the Tivoli lager beer which he supplied in wood
and bottle. Both hotels were famous for their dressed lobster salad and their fresh cut
sandwiches. He died a bachelor on 29 Nov 1881 aged 37 from TB and left 6K in personal estate.
2 Thomas Corless born circa 1850 Galway married Annie Leavy, daughter of Patrick Leavy, a carrier
at St Catherine’s, Meath Street on 6 Aug 1871. Thomas was publican in 1871, a draper and grocer
in 1873. On the death of his brother he moved to Dublin to administer his estate. He kept the
Burlington Restaurant and hotel but put the Dolphin hotel up for sale in 1882. This was bought
by Michael Nugent in 1884. He put Friarsland in Roebuck Grove up for sale in 1884. He was the
most extensive oyster grower in the world with over 800 acres of oyster beds in Connemara. He
was the founder and organiser of The Hotel and Restaurant Association of All Ireland. Thomas sold
the Burlington to the Jammet brothers in 1900. He applied for planning to open a hotel at Boolard
outside Clifton in 1901 but was refused permission. Thomas died 23 Sep 1902 at 24 Cabra Road
and was buried at Glasnevin. He left £70 in personal estate.
1 Jane Martha (Annie) Corless born 3 Nov 1873 at Kinvar was a student of RIA of Music and was
a gold medallist winning the Bexby prize. She then studied in Milan. Her contralto voice was
said to be of unusual sweetness, compass, and volume and she was an accomplished pianist.
She married Louis Brady, son of James Brady a merchant of 13 Longford Tce at Our Lady of
Refuge Church in Rathmines on 3 Feb 1896 and they had two children.
2 Alice Rose May Corless born 9 Dec 1875 at 66 Bridgefoot Street studied music in Paris and was
a harpist. She married William Dunne on 14 Sep 1905 and they had two children by 1911 and
were living in Glasnevin.
3 William Henry Corless born 25 Nov 1877 at Kinvara.
4 Esther Catherine Corless born circa 1878 in Galway was a harpist and studied in Milan. She
was a professor of music at Rathmines school of Music in 1907. She died in 1955 at St Michael’s
Hospital in Dun Laoghaire.
5 Thomas Corless born 23 May 1880 at Galway.
6 Joseph Corless born circa 1884 was a civil servant and died a bachelor at Cabra in 1942.
3 Annie Corless from Kinvara was a domestic servant and died a spinster at the hospital of St Elizabeth,
West Brookline Street, Boston, USA on 30 Jan 1894 and left £500 in personal estate. The hospital’s
roots date back to 1868 when five Catholic women started St. Elizabeth’s Hospital to care for sick
immigrant women and as a place of shelter for retired and feeble women in domestic service.
St. Elizabeth’s quickly gained prestige as a “Women’s Hospital” especially in the field of gynaecology.
4 Martin Corless born circa 1850 was a shopkeeper in Kinvarra and died 19 Dec 1903.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – December 2020