Hollycourt
NAME Hollycourt Cottage/Hollycourt/Holly Court
AREA LOCATION 51 Carysfort Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Newtown Blackrock it is annotated as Holly Court on the 1845 map
GENERAL General description of house.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830s
VALUATION In 1891 the valuation was 33 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 8 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1843 - 1857 Major Laurence Dundas
1860 - 1866 John Henry Edge & Mrs J D Edge
1864 Hollycourt boarding and day school for gentlemen
1868 Household furniture sale as proprietor leaving the neighbourhood
1875 Mrs Orr
1879 Hercules Ellis (rip), barrister
1884 - 1904 George Richard Cash
1884 - 1890 Captain Wallop Brabazon
1884 - 1894 Mary Brabazon
1894 - 1921 Lydia M Alexandrina Brabazon
1894 - 1942 Madelina Brabazon
1949 Maria Jermaine Stockley (rip) widow of Professor WFP Stockley
1949 - 1982 Mr & Mrs James Laurence Mallin (married Sophie Stockley) aka Séamus
1982 - 1986 Michael Ó Mealláin
1995 Sophie Ó Mealláin left 448k in personal estate
STAFF
1901 Christina Walsh - Cook
1911 Anne Kennedy - General domestic servant
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2025
AREA LOCATION 51 Carysfort Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Newtown Blackrock it is annotated as Holly Court on the 1845 map
GENERAL General description of house.
YEAR BUILT circa 1830s
VALUATION In 1891 the valuation was 33 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 8 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1843 - 1857 Major Laurence Dundas
1860 - 1866 John Henry Edge & Mrs J D Edge
1864 Hollycourt boarding and day school for gentlemen
1868 Household furniture sale as proprietor leaving the neighbourhood
1875 Mrs Orr
1879 Hercules Ellis (rip), barrister
1884 - 1904 George Richard Cash
1884 - 1890 Captain Wallop Brabazon
1884 - 1894 Mary Brabazon
1894 - 1921 Lydia M Alexandrina Brabazon
1894 - 1942 Madelina Brabazon
1949 Maria Jermaine Stockley (rip) widow of Professor WFP Stockley
1949 - 1982 Mr & Mrs James Laurence Mallin (married Sophie Stockley) aka Séamus
1982 - 1986 Michael Ó Mealláin
1995 Sophie Ó Mealláin left 448k in personal estate
STAFF
1901 Christina Walsh - Cook
1911 Anne Kennedy - General domestic servant
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2025