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The Grove/Tigh Lorcain
NAME Grove/The Grove/Tigh Lorcain Hall/Stillorgan Bowling Alley/Leisureplex
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN crossroads, site of the Leisureplex.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Woodland
and it is annotated as The Grove and Tigh Lorcain Hall respectively.
GENERAL In 1783 on 36 acres and on 2 acres in 1799. A lease on the land was demised
from John Joshua Allen to Caleb Jenkin. In 1834 Charles LaGrange bought the lease and in 1881
Anna M LaGrange put the lease up for sale. With two gate lodges, the southern gatelodge is the
site of the now derelict Blakes restaurant and the northern gatelodge is now the site of Stillorgan
College of Further Education. The name of the house was changed to Tigh Lorcain Hall in 1896
and was in use as a dairy farm until 1952 when a CPO split the farm in two to build the (N11) in
order to bypass Stillorgan village. The land was sold to the council for £5500 and it was reported
that local authority housing would be built on either side of the new road. It was October 1979
before that road was completed.
The non basement house was split into two parts in 1938 to accommodate the two Morrow
brothers and their families. In 1939 part of the surrounding wall collapsed, killing local man
John Traynor who was loading a cart at the farm. He was just 23, newly married and lived at
The Cottage, Brewery Road. In 1960 the house was for sale on 3 acres, one of its selling
points was that it could be converted into 2 semi detached residences by the closing of one door.
YEAR BUILT circa 1720
VALUATION In 1910 the valuation was 144 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Landed
Estate Court papers, NAI Census & Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1731 - 1733 Edward Lovett Pearce
1740 - 1762 Sir George Ribton, 1st Bart
1762 - 1783 Sir George Ribton, 2nd Bart
1784 John Joshua Allen (Owner - leased to Jenkin)
1784 - 1799 Caleb Jenkin
1800 - 1809 Theobald McKenna
1824 - 1876 Hughes Family
1879 - 1891 Thomas Farrell
1892 - 1894 Vacant
1894 - 1924 Charles Henry Hone
1925 - 1926 Mrs Mary Boland of Boland Public House
1926 - 1952 Morrow family
1952 County Council purchase (CPO)
1960 Demolished
1963 - 2019 Bowling Alley/Leisureplex
2006 Purchased by Treasury Holdings for €65 million
2016 Purchased By Kennedy Wilson for €15 million
2019 Permission granted for 232 'build to rent' apartments (4-8 storey)
STAFF
1849 Joseph Carter - Northern gate lodge
1862 John Gethings - Servant
1901 Mary Brady - Cook
Florence Annie Glasby - Housekeeper
1911 Ellen Maria Harerty - Cook
Henrietta Seagrave - Housemaid
1912 George Robert Campbell - Gardener
1914 Frederick Pearson - Coachman
1936 Cecil William George Welland - General man
1939 John Joseph Traynor - Labourer
1942 - 1944 John Edwards - living at Tigh Lorcain Lodge
1940's/50's Crilly family - living at the back lodge
CURRENT
STATUS Demolished in 1960
CONTRIBUTOR ©June Bow/Karen Poff
DATE May 2017
NAME Grove/The Grove/Tigh Lorcain Hall/Stillorgan Bowling Alley/Leisureplex
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN crossroads, site of the Leisureplex.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Woodland
and it is annotated as The Grove and Tigh Lorcain Hall respectively.
GENERAL In 1783 on 36 acres and on 2 acres in 1799. A lease on the land was demised
from John Joshua Allen to Caleb Jenkin. In 1834 Charles LaGrange bought the lease and in 1881
Anna M LaGrange put the lease up for sale. With two gate lodges, the southern gatelodge is the
site of the now derelict Blakes restaurant and the northern gatelodge is now the site of Stillorgan
College of Further Education. The name of the house was changed to Tigh Lorcain Hall in 1896
and was in use as a dairy farm until 1952 when a CPO split the farm in two to build the (N11) in
order to bypass Stillorgan village. The land was sold to the council for £5500 and it was reported
that local authority housing would be built on either side of the new road. It was October 1979
before that road was completed.
The non basement house was split into two parts in 1938 to accommodate the two Morrow
brothers and their families. In 1939 part of the surrounding wall collapsed, killing local man
John Traynor who was loading a cart at the farm. He was just 23, newly married and lived at
The Cottage, Brewery Road. In 1960 the house was for sale on 3 acres, one of its selling
points was that it could be converted into 2 semi detached residences by the closing of one door.
YEAR BUILT circa 1720
VALUATION In 1910 the valuation was 144 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 15 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Registry of Deeds, Landed
Estate Court papers, NAI Census & Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1731 - 1733 Edward Lovett Pearce
1740 - 1762 Sir George Ribton, 1st Bart
1762 - 1783 Sir George Ribton, 2nd Bart
1784 John Joshua Allen (Owner - leased to Jenkin)
1784 - 1799 Caleb Jenkin
1800 - 1809 Theobald McKenna
1824 - 1876 Hughes Family
1879 - 1891 Thomas Farrell
1892 - 1894 Vacant
1894 - 1924 Charles Henry Hone
1925 - 1926 Mrs Mary Boland of Boland Public House
1926 - 1952 Morrow family
1952 County Council purchase (CPO)
1960 Demolished
1963 - 2019 Bowling Alley/Leisureplex
2006 Purchased by Treasury Holdings for €65 million
2016 Purchased By Kennedy Wilson for €15 million
2019 Permission granted for 232 'build to rent' apartments (4-8 storey)
STAFF
1849 Joseph Carter - Northern gate lodge
1862 John Gethings - Servant
1901 Mary Brady - Cook
Florence Annie Glasby - Housekeeper
1911 Ellen Maria Harerty - Cook
Henrietta Seagrave - Housemaid
1912 George Robert Campbell - Gardener
1914 Frederick Pearson - Coachman
1936 Cecil William George Welland - General man
1939 John Joseph Traynor - Labourer
1942 - 1944 John Edwards - living at Tigh Lorcain Lodge
1940's/50's Crilly family - living at the back lodge
CURRENT
STATUS Demolished in 1960
CONTRIBUTOR ©June Bow/Karen Poff
DATE May 2017