Drommartin Hill House

NAME                           Dromartin/Drommartin Hill House  

AREA LOCATION       Upper Kilmacud Road, adjacent to Airfield.
 
MAP LOCATION       OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
                                     Drummartin and it is annotated as Drummartin House and Drummartin Hill
                                     House respectively.  Incorrectly marked as this house was originally Annemount.
 
GENERAL                   Originally a two story cottage with low door opes and low ceilings.  Much
extended in the late 1800's.  Anthony Byrne Darcy held the lease in 1849.
                                    

YEAR BUILT               circa 1750
 
VALUATION               In 1935 the valuation was 21 pounds.
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ARCHITECT                Unknown      
 
SOURCES                    Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1878 - 1882                 James Joseph McMahon          
1888 - 1893                 Edward Ascough (sculptor)
1914 - 1916                 George Stanislaus Rooney
1916 - 1954                 Margaret Rooney
1963 - 2013                 Dudley family (Dudley's field)
2013                             For Sale quoting 1.1 million                        
STAFF
           
CURRENT
STATUS                       Extant

CONTRIBUTOR        ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                           January 2019