Knocksinna
 
 
NAME                       Knocksinna

AREA LOCATION    Knocksinna off N11 between White's Cross and Foxrock Church
 
MAP LOCATION     OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Galloping Green South and
                                  it is annotated as Knocksenna.  It was demolished and the Indian embassy
                                  'India House' a listed Art Deco style building was built on the site.
 
GENERAL                 House with gatelodge, stabling and coach house on 10 acres with a right of way
                                  across the golf links.  It had an ornamental building on the grounds which was
​                                  used as a dairy.
 
YEAR BUILT            circa 1873 -  Mansion at Stillorgan for Robert Smyth with gate lodge and
                                  ornamental gates. Circa 1937 for new build.
                                 
VALUATION            In 1912 the valuation was 105 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
                                  having 18 rooms occupied by the family.
 
ARCHITECT              John Holme (1873) and Robinson & Keefe (1937)
 
SOURCES                 Thom’s directories, Griffith's Valuation, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI
                                  Census & Wills and OSI Maps.
  
OCCUPANTS

1873 - 1893              Robert Smyth
1911 - 1920              H Leopold Pim 
​1921 - 1934              Charles Gamble
1939                          J J Fitzpatrick              
STAFF

1911                         Kate Nolan - Housemaid
                                  Mary Kate O'Donnell -Housemaid
                                  Emilienne Dubrielle - Governess
                                  William Saunders - Butler

CURRENT
STATUS                    Extant

CONTRIBUTORS    © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                         Jan 2019