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Glena
NAME Ashmount/Glena
AREA LOCATION Rock Road Booterstown
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland Booterstown and
it is annotated as Glena.
GENERAL A villa style granite and redbrick double fronted, one storey over
basement house. It has a unusual corner tower with conical roof. It has six bedrooms and
five reception rooms and covers 5382 sq ft over its two levels. The old stables at the rear
of the property were turned into parking ports. It sports a plaque to John Count
McCormack unveiled by the American Ambassador to Ireland at a ceremony which de
Valera attended in 1966.
YEAR BUILT circa 1889
VALUATION As Ashmount it had a valuation of £24 in 1878 and as Glena in
1894 the valuation was 75 pounds. In the 1911 census it is noted
as having 16 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1868 - 1889 Joseph Glennon - Ashmount possibly on the same or an adjacent site.
1890 - 1899 Joseph Glennon - Glena
1900 - 1943 Patrick Joseph Brady
1943 - 1945 John Count McCormack
1945 - 1954 Cyril Count McCormack
1954 For sale guiding £3,900
1960 - 1961 Dan Morrissey
1975 Sold for £37.5k
2016 For Sale quoting €3.6m
2018 For Sale quoting €2.5m
STAFF
1901 Bridget Lynch - Cook
Ellen Lynch - Housemaid
1911 Rose Doyle - Cook
Nora Lynch -Parlour/housemaid
CURRENT Extant and a protected structure
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2024
AREA LOCATION Rock Road Booterstown
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland Booterstown and
it is annotated as Glena.
GENERAL A villa style granite and redbrick double fronted, one storey over
basement house. It has a unusual corner tower with conical roof. It has six bedrooms and
five reception rooms and covers 5382 sq ft over its two levels. The old stables at the rear
of the property were turned into parking ports. It sports a plaque to John Count
McCormack unveiled by the American Ambassador to Ireland at a ceremony which de
Valera attended in 1966.
YEAR BUILT circa 1889
VALUATION As Ashmount it had a valuation of £24 in 1878 and as Glena in
1894 the valuation was 75 pounds. In the 1911 census it is noted
as having 16 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1868 - 1889 Joseph Glennon - Ashmount possibly on the same or an adjacent site.
1890 - 1899 Joseph Glennon - Glena
1900 - 1943 Patrick Joseph Brady
1943 - 1945 John Count McCormack
1945 - 1954 Cyril Count McCormack
1954 For sale guiding £3,900
1960 - 1961 Dan Morrissey
1975 Sold for £37.5k
2016 For Sale quoting €3.6m
2018 For Sale quoting €2.5m
STAFF
1901 Bridget Lynch - Cook
Ellen Lynch - Housemaid
1911 Rose Doyle - Cook
Nora Lynch -Parlour/housemaid
CURRENT Extant and a protected structure
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2024