Haliday family of Monkstown Park
William Halliday married Ann Shaw
born circa 1759 circa 1786 born circa 1762
Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary
died 7 Sep 1835 died 12 Oct 1850
Chapelizod Kingstown
William Halliday born circa 1759 at Carrick on Suir. He dispensed ‘medicine and advice’
from his house at 32 Arran Quay. He married Ann Shaw circa 1786. William of Deer Park,
Carrick on Suir died at Mulberry Hill, Chapelizod on 7 Sep 1835 and was buried at
Chapelizod. Anne died 12 Oct 1850 at Kingstown and was buried at Taney.
1 William Haliday eldest son born circa 1788 was admitted Kings Inns. He was a
European language scholar with a passion for the Irish language. He married Mary
Alder on 11 Feb 1812. William died 26 Oct 1812 and was buried in Taney aged 24.
No issue found.
2 When Charles Haliday died at home in Monkstown Farm House on 14 Sep 1866 he
had lived there for more than 20 years. He was born in October 1789, the second son
of William Halliday (note the different spelling of the surname) who was originally from
Carrick on Suir. An entry in the Parish records of St Paul on Arran Quay shows the
baptism of a Charles Haliday son of William and Ann Halliday but it cannot be certain
that this is the same Charles Haliday. The different spellings of the surname are not
significant in this respect because it appears that Charles only began to use Haliday in
the 1820s.
William Halliday, Charles’s father, was an apothecary with a business at 32 Arran Quay
at the corner of West Arran Street in Dublin. He had served an apprenticeship from 1777
to 1782 to Thomas Lucas apothecary of Clonmel and immediately moved to Dublin where
he was successful in business. Within 10 years William was able to buy the Arran Quay
house from Nicholas Loftus of the Dragoon Guards. In December 1795 he became a
Freeman of Dublin City. He was active in the Corporation of Apothecaries as seen in a
newspaper report of 1797 concerning the election of 1797. He lived the last years of his
life in Mulberry Hill at Chapelizod where he died 7 Sept 1835 aged 76.
William reportedly had four sons although only three have been identified so far. The
eldest son William studied law. He was passionate about the Irish language and wrote a
grammar at the age of 19. William married Mary Alder, daughter of Finlay Alder and
Elizabeth Brownley, in 1812. Within the year Mary had become a widow. A younger
brother Daniel studied medicine in Edinburgh and graduated in 1819 before taking up
residence at 11 Rue de la Paix in Paris where he died in 1836.
Charles Haliday, the second of the siblings, was a man of many interests. He went to
London in the first decade of the 19th century to acquire a business proficiency which he
further developed in banking. Later he became an agent for the merchant John Norcot
D'Esterre (1797–1815), who was later killed by Daniel O’Connell in a duel. Haliday returned
to Dublin in 1812 following the death of William, his older brother. William’s father-in-law
Finlay Alder had planned that William would join his timber business but after his death
Alder offered the opportunity to Charles. Alder’s business was located at Arran Quay, close
to the house where William Haliday the elder had conducted his medical business,
strengthening Haliday’s connection to the area. Interestingly, the house at 32 Arran Quay
is called Halliday House, presumably named for this family.
His business career was highly active and successful. He styled himself a merchant and was
for some time the chair of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. At a certain point Charles
decided that he no longer needed to devote his full attention to increasing his wealth. He
took up several public health causes, including a campaigning to maintain public access to
the sea following the building of the Dublin-Kingstown railway. He remained however an
avid reader and collector of sources of business matters.
Charles married Mary Hayes (known as Marianne) of Mountmellick in 1823. They leased a
Villa Fairy Land, in Monkstown in 1834. Ten years later they bought the Monkstown Park
house that had earlier been the residence of Charles Jones Viscount Ranelagh. Ranelagh is
named as a Monkstown resident in the 1766 religion census. Haliday demolished the original
house and built on a different site within the grounds. The latter house was designed with a
view to housing Haliday’s large collections, including a particularly significant one of
pamphlets. This collection was donated after his death by his widow Marianne to the Royal
Irish Academy. His wife Marianne remained in the house until her death.
Charles was buried in the nearby Carrickbrennan graveyard. He left effects 'under £45, 000'.
Richard Welch of Arran of West Arran Street (a relative of Marianne) was one of his executors.
Marianne died on 10 April 1868 and is buried with Charles. She effects 'under £30,000' and
again Richard Welch (by then living at Monkstown Park) was her sole executor. The couple
had no children.
3 Daniel (Dan) Haliday born 19 Oct 1798. Daniel studied medicine in Edinburgh before
settling in Paris. He died at 11 Rue de La Paix in May 1836 and was interred in Pere la Chaise.
His remains were removed and interred in Taney with his brother William.
© Brid Nolan - March 2025
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William Halliday married Ann Shaw
born circa 1759 circa 1786 born circa 1762
Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary
died 7 Sep 1835 died 12 Oct 1850
Chapelizod Kingstown
William Halliday born circa 1759 at Carrick on Suir. He dispensed ‘medicine and advice’
from his house at 32 Arran Quay. He married Ann Shaw circa 1786. William of Deer Park,
Carrick on Suir died at Mulberry Hill, Chapelizod on 7 Sep 1835 and was buried at
Chapelizod. Anne died 12 Oct 1850 at Kingstown and was buried at Taney.
1 William Haliday eldest son born circa 1788 was admitted Kings Inns. He was a
European language scholar with a passion for the Irish language. He married Mary
Alder on 11 Feb 1812. William died 26 Oct 1812 and was buried in Taney aged 24.
No issue found.
2 When Charles Haliday died at home in Monkstown Farm House on 14 Sep 1866 he
had lived there for more than 20 years. He was born in October 1789, the second son
of William Halliday (note the different spelling of the surname) who was originally from
Carrick on Suir. An entry in the Parish records of St Paul on Arran Quay shows the
baptism of a Charles Haliday son of William and Ann Halliday but it cannot be certain
that this is the same Charles Haliday. The different spellings of the surname are not
significant in this respect because it appears that Charles only began to use Haliday in
the 1820s.
William Halliday, Charles’s father, was an apothecary with a business at 32 Arran Quay
at the corner of West Arran Street in Dublin. He had served an apprenticeship from 1777
to 1782 to Thomas Lucas apothecary of Clonmel and immediately moved to Dublin where
he was successful in business. Within 10 years William was able to buy the Arran Quay
house from Nicholas Loftus of the Dragoon Guards. In December 1795 he became a
Freeman of Dublin City. He was active in the Corporation of Apothecaries as seen in a
newspaper report of 1797 concerning the election of 1797. He lived the last years of his
life in Mulberry Hill at Chapelizod where he died 7 Sept 1835 aged 76.
William reportedly had four sons although only three have been identified so far. The
eldest son William studied law. He was passionate about the Irish language and wrote a
grammar at the age of 19. William married Mary Alder, daughter of Finlay Alder and
Elizabeth Brownley, in 1812. Within the year Mary had become a widow. A younger
brother Daniel studied medicine in Edinburgh and graduated in 1819 before taking up
residence at 11 Rue de la Paix in Paris where he died in 1836.
Charles Haliday, the second of the siblings, was a man of many interests. He went to
London in the first decade of the 19th century to acquire a business proficiency which he
further developed in banking. Later he became an agent for the merchant John Norcot
D'Esterre (1797–1815), who was later killed by Daniel O’Connell in a duel. Haliday returned
to Dublin in 1812 following the death of William, his older brother. William’s father-in-law
Finlay Alder had planned that William would join his timber business but after his death
Alder offered the opportunity to Charles. Alder’s business was located at Arran Quay, close
to the house where William Haliday the elder had conducted his medical business,
strengthening Haliday’s connection to the area. Interestingly, the house at 32 Arran Quay
is called Halliday House, presumably named for this family.
His business career was highly active and successful. He styled himself a merchant and was
for some time the chair of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. At a certain point Charles
decided that he no longer needed to devote his full attention to increasing his wealth. He
took up several public health causes, including a campaigning to maintain public access to
the sea following the building of the Dublin-Kingstown railway. He remained however an
avid reader and collector of sources of business matters.
Charles married Mary Hayes (known as Marianne) of Mountmellick in 1823. They leased a
Villa Fairy Land, in Monkstown in 1834. Ten years later they bought the Monkstown Park
house that had earlier been the residence of Charles Jones Viscount Ranelagh. Ranelagh is
named as a Monkstown resident in the 1766 religion census. Haliday demolished the original
house and built on a different site within the grounds. The latter house was designed with a
view to housing Haliday’s large collections, including a particularly significant one of
pamphlets. This collection was donated after his death by his widow Marianne to the Royal
Irish Academy. His wife Marianne remained in the house until her death.
Charles was buried in the nearby Carrickbrennan graveyard. He left effects 'under £45, 000'.
Richard Welch of Arran of West Arran Street (a relative of Marianne) was one of his executors.
Marianne died on 10 April 1868 and is buried with Charles. She effects 'under £30,000' and
again Richard Welch (by then living at Monkstown Park) was her sole executor. The couple
had no children.
3 Daniel (Dan) Haliday born 19 Oct 1798. Daniel studied medicine in Edinburgh before
settling in Paris. He died at 11 Rue de La Paix in May 1836 and was interred in Pere la Chaise.
His remains were removed and interred in Taney with his brother William.
© Brid Nolan - March 2025
Return to Monkstown Park page