Idrone House
NAME Idrone House
AREA LOCATION Blackrock on Newtown Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Blackrock and is unnamed on both.
GENERAL Two storey non basement house run as a boarding House from 1894.
YEAR BUILT circa 1840
VALUATION 38 Pounds in 1925 with 8 Rooms
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, NAI Census & Wills and contemporaneous
newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1842 - 1864 Quinlan family
1866 Death of Thomas Connolly of Kilmore
1874 To let
1881 - 1887 Weldrick family
1894 - 1909 Miss Eliza Trevor - Boarding House
1909 - 1968 Eliza and John Joseph Connolly - Boarding House
1989 To Auction
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2019
AREA LOCATION Blackrock on Newtown Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Blackrock and is unnamed on both.
GENERAL Two storey non basement house run as a boarding House from 1894.
YEAR BUILT circa 1840
VALUATION 38 Pounds in 1925 with 8 Rooms
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, NAI Census & Wills and contemporaneous
newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1842 - 1864 Quinlan family
1866 Death of Thomas Connolly of Kilmore
1874 To let
1881 - 1887 Weldrick family
1894 - 1909 Miss Eliza Trevor - Boarding House
1909 - 1968 Eliza and John Joseph Connolly - Boarding House
1989 To Auction
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2019