Garnaville
NAME Kilmacud Cottage/Garnaville with Garnavilla Cottage/Ornee (Orné) Cottage
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN, 81 Kilmacud Road Lower (Callary Road), now the site of Myles Quirke
Carpets, New Image and DID Electrical, opposite Kilmacud Chapel.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan North and it is
annotated as The Cottage, Garnaville and Garnavilla cottage respectively but the site held
a number of buildings including Garnaville Cottage, Garnaville and Ornee Cottage. These
lands were commonly known as Callara/Callery from 1803 to 1840 and comprised of at
least 50 acres in 1803 stretching down to where Beaufield Park is today.
GENERAL An interesting house on 1/2 acres with good frontage to the Kilmacud Road was how it was
described in 1977 when it was offered for sale. Garnaville Cottage was described in Griffith's as a neat little
cottage well sheltered by trees whereas Ornee Cottage was a small cottage in bad repair. In 1882 described as
a modern detached Villa residence with 3 reception rooms and 5 bedrooms with servant's quarters on 1 acre of
pretty gardens with lawn tennis grounds and stabling.
Garnaville - Garán a Bile meaning copse of the ancient tree.
YEAR BUILT circa 1780
VALUATION In 1910 the valuation was 28 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 16 rooms
occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
OCCUPANTS
1784 - 1800 William Allebyrn - Ornee Cottage
1784 - 1795 Richard Thwaites
1803 - 1804 Mrs Alliburn - Ornee Cottage
1824 Mrs Webb, Proprietor
1829 Frederick S Parker (Ornee Cottage)
1830 Ornee cottage on 5 acres for lease
1832 Michael Browne Lacy of Ushers Quay - Ornee Cottage
1835 Misses Burrows - Garnaville Cottage
1835 John Byrne - Ornee Cottage
1837 W Flood
1858 - 1875 Mrs John Grant (House)
1880 Beaufield along with Garnaville & Ornee Cottage lease sold to T S Martin.
1882 Garnaville to let
1882 -1888 John Doherty - Manufacturer
1889 Thomas C Skerriff for sale
1890 Vacant
1897 99 year lease
1900 - 1901 Mr Peter Moore Jnr & J P O’Halloran HM Customs-Cottage annex
1899 - 1917 Varian Family (House)
1920 - 1941 William J Costello of Drury Street (House) father of Paul Costello
1921 - 1956 Richard Cooper (Cottage)
1930 - 1935 Charles Haspey & Violet Ann Cooper (Cottage)
1938 For Sale
1940 - 1955 R E Whelan Richard E O’Faolain - (House)
1947 Timothy Shanahan (Cottage)
1977 Garnaville Cottage For Sale on 1/2 acre
STAFF
1901 Ellen Henderson - Domestic servant
1911 Debora Ladd - Housekeeper and cousin
Mary Murphy - General domestic servant
CURRENT
STATUS Demolished
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2017
NAME Kilmacud Cottage/Garnaville with Garnavilla Cottage/Ornee (Orné) Cottage
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN, 81 Kilmacud Road Lower (Callary Road), now the site of Myles Quirke
Carpets, New Image and DID Electrical, opposite Kilmacud Chapel.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Stillorgan North and it is
annotated as The Cottage, Garnaville and Garnavilla cottage respectively but the site held
a number of buildings including Garnaville Cottage, Garnaville and Ornee Cottage. These
lands were commonly known as Callara/Callery from 1803 to 1840 and comprised of at
least 50 acres in 1803 stretching down to where Beaufield Park is today.
GENERAL An interesting house on 1/2 acres with good frontage to the Kilmacud Road was how it was
described in 1977 when it was offered for sale. Garnaville Cottage was described in Griffith's as a neat little
cottage well sheltered by trees whereas Ornee Cottage was a small cottage in bad repair. In 1882 described as
a modern detached Villa residence with 3 reception rooms and 5 bedrooms with servant's quarters on 1 acre of
pretty gardens with lawn tennis grounds and stabling.
Garnaville - Garán a Bile meaning copse of the ancient tree.
YEAR BUILT circa 1780
VALUATION In 1910 the valuation was 28 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as having 16 rooms
occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
OCCUPANTS
1784 - 1800 William Allebyrn - Ornee Cottage
1784 - 1795 Richard Thwaites
1803 - 1804 Mrs Alliburn - Ornee Cottage
1824 Mrs Webb, Proprietor
1829 Frederick S Parker (Ornee Cottage)
1830 Ornee cottage on 5 acres for lease
1832 Michael Browne Lacy of Ushers Quay - Ornee Cottage
1835 Misses Burrows - Garnaville Cottage
1835 John Byrne - Ornee Cottage
1837 W Flood
1858 - 1875 Mrs John Grant (House)
1880 Beaufield along with Garnaville & Ornee Cottage lease sold to T S Martin.
1882 Garnaville to let
1882 -1888 John Doherty - Manufacturer
1889 Thomas C Skerriff for sale
1890 Vacant
1897 99 year lease
1900 - 1901 Mr Peter Moore Jnr & J P O’Halloran HM Customs-Cottage annex
1899 - 1917 Varian Family (House)
1920 - 1941 William J Costello of Drury Street (House) father of Paul Costello
1921 - 1956 Richard Cooper (Cottage)
1930 - 1935 Charles Haspey & Violet Ann Cooper (Cottage)
1938 For Sale
1940 - 1955 R E Whelan Richard E O’Faolain - (House)
1947 Timothy Shanahan (Cottage)
1977 Garnaville Cottage For Sale on 1/2 acre
STAFF
1901 Ellen Henderson - Domestic servant
1911 Debora Ladd - Housekeeper and cousin
Mary Murphy - General domestic servant
CURRENT
STATUS Demolished
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2017