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Front Door & Porch Mount Merrion
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Mount Merrion
NAME Mount Merrion
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN, Dublin Road on the site of what is now the Talbot Hotel.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Kilmacud East and it is annotated as Mount Merrion on both.
GENERAL In the early 1900's the house was split in two and it became Hopetoun
House and Mount Merrion House. In 1952/3 Hopetoun House was for sale on 3 acres,
described as a secluded semi-detached house with a short drive and a gatelodge at it's
entrance. The frontage to the Stillorgan road was walled. In 1961 the South County Hotel
was opened on the site and Mount Merrion House may have been used as staff quarters for a
time. Keane's Mount Merrion Motors and M McCarry Newsagents were adjacent and a
Dr Cribbon, dentist.
In 1986 the hotel rebranded, Mount Merrion House was demolished and the hotel expanded.
This in part may have been due to the tragic death of Donegal born hotel maid Theresa
Gallagher who was murdered at the staff accomodation in 1982.
Parkes Hotel covered much of the original site of Mount Merrion House, which ran The Coconut
Grove, The Peppermint Garden Restaurant and Flamingos Nightclub followed by the LA Cafe.
The hotel was auctioned in 1994 and achieved the higgest price ever for a hotel - 3.6 million
and was extended again.
YEAR BUILT circa 1818
VALUATION In 1885 the valuation was 110 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted
as having 30 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Griffiths Valuation, OSI
maps, Griffith's Valuation and NAI Census & Wills
OCCUPANTS
1818 - 1849 William Murphy
1849 - 1852 John William Murphy
1860 James Murphy & Margaret Murphy
1862 Margaret Murphy/William Murphy
1878 - 1909 William Brudenell Murphy
1909 House split and part becomes Hopetoun House
1909 - 1939 Reginald Brudenell Murphy
1900 - 1907 Sir Thomas Talbot Power
1907 - 1930 Mrs. Anna Murphy
1932 House for sale
1937 - 1959 Hildebrand family
1952 - 1953 Hopetoun For Sale on 3 acres
1956 - 1961 William N Bennett, MRCVS - Hopetoun House
1961 South County Hotel built in the grounds by Hopetoun Holdings (PV Doyle)
1962 Ownership transfered to Odeon (Ireland) Ltd
1986 Mount Merrion House Demolished
1987 Sean Quinn
1994 Brennan & Pettit
STAFF
1849 Thomas Mulvey - Gatekeeper
1852 -1962 Patrick & Anna Woods (the Woods family served the Murphy family for over 80 years)
1901 Nora Lyons - Housemaid
Annie Conroy - Kitchenmaid
George Clancy - Butler
John Doogan - Groom
John McCormick - Gardener
Margaret Conroy - Cook
1911 Anne Lyons - Housemaid
Ellen Conroy - Housemaid
Lizzy Morgan - Kitchenmaid
Bridget O'Connor -Parlourmaid
Molly Cahill - Cook
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE 20 March 2018
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN, Dublin Road on the site of what is now the Talbot Hotel.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Kilmacud East and it is annotated as Mount Merrion on both.
GENERAL In the early 1900's the house was split in two and it became Hopetoun
House and Mount Merrion House. In 1952/3 Hopetoun House was for sale on 3 acres,
described as a secluded semi-detached house with a short drive and a gatelodge at it's
entrance. The frontage to the Stillorgan road was walled. In 1961 the South County Hotel
was opened on the site and Mount Merrion House may have been used as staff quarters for a
time. Keane's Mount Merrion Motors and M McCarry Newsagents were adjacent and a
Dr Cribbon, dentist.
In 1986 the hotel rebranded, Mount Merrion House was demolished and the hotel expanded.
This in part may have been due to the tragic death of Donegal born hotel maid Theresa
Gallagher who was murdered at the staff accomodation in 1982.
Parkes Hotel covered much of the original site of Mount Merrion House, which ran The Coconut
Grove, The Peppermint Garden Restaurant and Flamingos Nightclub followed by the LA Cafe.
The hotel was auctioned in 1994 and achieved the higgest price ever for a hotel - 3.6 million
and was extended again.
YEAR BUILT circa 1818
VALUATION In 1885 the valuation was 110 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted
as having 30 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, Griffiths Valuation, OSI
maps, Griffith's Valuation and NAI Census & Wills
OCCUPANTS
1818 - 1849 William Murphy
1849 - 1852 John William Murphy
1860 James Murphy & Margaret Murphy
1862 Margaret Murphy/William Murphy
1878 - 1909 William Brudenell Murphy
1909 House split and part becomes Hopetoun House
1909 - 1939 Reginald Brudenell Murphy
1900 - 1907 Sir Thomas Talbot Power
1907 - 1930 Mrs. Anna Murphy
1932 House for sale
1937 - 1959 Hildebrand family
1952 - 1953 Hopetoun For Sale on 3 acres
1956 - 1961 William N Bennett, MRCVS - Hopetoun House
1961 South County Hotel built in the grounds by Hopetoun Holdings (PV Doyle)
1962 Ownership transfered to Odeon (Ireland) Ltd
1986 Mount Merrion House Demolished
1987 Sean Quinn
1994 Brennan & Pettit
STAFF
1849 Thomas Mulvey - Gatekeeper
1852 -1962 Patrick & Anna Woods (the Woods family served the Murphy family for over 80 years)
1901 Nora Lyons - Housemaid
Annie Conroy - Kitchenmaid
George Clancy - Butler
John Doogan - Groom
John McCormick - Gardener
Margaret Conroy - Cook
1911 Anne Lyons - Housemaid
Ellen Conroy - Housemaid
Lizzy Morgan - Kitchenmaid
Bridget O'Connor -Parlourmaid
Molly Cahill - Cook
CURRENT
STATUS No longer extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE 20 March 2018