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Moreen
NAME Marino/Moreen
AREA LOCATION Sandyford Road one mile from Dundrum now the Central Bank (Mint on 37 acres).
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Balally
and it is annotated as Moreen on both. Earlier maps show a house called
Marino on the site, (Taylor 1816 & Duncan 1821).
GENERAL In 1815 John McKay had the House, Offices and Gardens for let with up to 70 acres.
In 1842 a steeple chase was run at Moreen by Manners McKay. The 2nd gate lodge of Clonard opposite
Balally Terrace on the Sandyford Road is still extant. Land from Moreen was given to the council in 1904
for the building of these eight labourers cottages. The Fitzsimon family put Moreen up for sale in 1933, it
was described as a medium sized Georgian house with a gatelodge entrance. After the fire of 1951 it was
again for sale on 124 acres with road frontage of 3700'. The external walls of the house and the out
buildings were still in good condition and it had a front a back gatelodge.
YEAR BUILT circa 1790
VALUATION In 1847 the valuation was 342 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 19 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Original Unknown, current building designed by Sam Stephenson.
SOURCES OSI Maps, NAI Census & Wills, contemporaneous newspapers, Thom's
Directories and Griffiths Valuation.
OCCUPANTS
1760 Land owned by William McKay
1800 de Selby family
1815 To Let
1815 - 1870 McKay family
1871 - 1893 Major James Francis Lenox MacFarlane
1893 - 1897 Walter Henry Manners MacFarlane
1900 - 1931 Fitzsimon family
1933 Sisters of Charity
1940 - 1941 Michael Joseph Lynch and his daughter Grainne
1943 - 1944 Harold Clifford Hoskins - Alliance & Dublin Consumers Gas Company
1950 - 1951 Dr Colman Mansfield Saunders
1951 Fire destroys most of the building
1953 For Auction
1972 - todate Central Bank Currency Centre
STAFF
1849 Hugh Doyle - living at gatelodge
1849 Matthew Reilly - living at gatelodge
1901 Margaret Frances Donahue - Servant
Mary Anne MacDermott - Servant
1911 Margaret Maher - Cook
Ellen Mahon - Servant
Anne Shaw - Servant
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE December 2020
AREA LOCATION Sandyford Road one mile from Dundrum now the Central Bank (Mint on 37 acres).
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Balally
and it is annotated as Moreen on both. Earlier maps show a house called
Marino on the site, (Taylor 1816 & Duncan 1821).
GENERAL In 1815 John McKay had the House, Offices and Gardens for let with up to 70 acres.
In 1842 a steeple chase was run at Moreen by Manners McKay. The 2nd gate lodge of Clonard opposite
Balally Terrace on the Sandyford Road is still extant. Land from Moreen was given to the council in 1904
for the building of these eight labourers cottages. The Fitzsimon family put Moreen up for sale in 1933, it
was described as a medium sized Georgian house with a gatelodge entrance. After the fire of 1951 it was
again for sale on 124 acres with road frontage of 3700'. The external walls of the house and the out
buildings were still in good condition and it had a front a back gatelodge.
YEAR BUILT circa 1790
VALUATION In 1847 the valuation was 342 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 19 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Original Unknown, current building designed by Sam Stephenson.
SOURCES OSI Maps, NAI Census & Wills, contemporaneous newspapers, Thom's
Directories and Griffiths Valuation.
OCCUPANTS
1760 Land owned by William McKay
1800 de Selby family
1815 To Let
1815 - 1870 McKay family
1871 - 1893 Major James Francis Lenox MacFarlane
1893 - 1897 Walter Henry Manners MacFarlane
1900 - 1931 Fitzsimon family
1933 Sisters of Charity
1940 - 1941 Michael Joseph Lynch and his daughter Grainne
1943 - 1944 Harold Clifford Hoskins - Alliance & Dublin Consumers Gas Company
1950 - 1951 Dr Colman Mansfield Saunders
1951 Fire destroys most of the building
1953 For Auction
1972 - todate Central Bank Currency Centre
STAFF
1849 Hugh Doyle - living at gatelodge
1849 Matthew Reilly - living at gatelodge
1901 Margaret Frances Donahue - Servant
Mary Anne MacDermott - Servant
1911 Margaret Maher - Cook
Ellen Mahon - Servant
Anne Shaw - Servant
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE December 2020