Rockville                 

NAME                            Rockville/Blackrock Garda Station

AREA LOCATION        Off main street Blackrock beside Blackrock market originally known as
                                       15½ Rock Street.    
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MAP LOCATION           OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Blackrock
                                         but it is not annotated.
                                     
GENERAL                       Georgian five bay two storey town house with cut granite doorcase approached
by seven granite steps.  In use as offices and accommodation for the DMP and later a Garda Station.

YEAR BUILT                   circa 1788   
 
VALUATION                  In the 1911 census it is noted as having 14 rooms in occupation.  In 1921 the
​                                         valuation was 21L
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ARCHITECT                   Unknown           
 
SOURCES                       Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
                                         Dublin Historical Mapping.
  
OCCUPANTS
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1840 - 1925                    Dublin Metropolitan Police
​1901                                Sgt Philip Courtney
1911                                Sgt Michael Walsh
1925 - 1993                    An Garda Siochana
                
STAFF
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CURRENT
STATUS                         

CONTRIBUTOR          ©​ June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE                             November 2019