Roebuck Grove - Photograph by Kevin Harrington
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Roebuck Grove, Friarsland
NAME Roebuck Grove, Friarsland (Locally known as Goatstown House)
AREA LOCATION Goatstown Road at the Roebuck Road junction.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Friarsland
and it is annotated as Roebuck Grove on both.
GENERAL
A house was built on the site circa 1800 called Roebuck Grove (one of three Roebuck Groves in the
area). This now forms part of Our lady's Grove and is known as the Provincialate. In 2017 Durkans
applied for permission for residential units on the site with the preservation of Roebuck Grove House.
YEAR BUILT circa 1800
VALUATION The valuation was 117L in 1883
Number of
Rooms In the 1901 census it is noted as having 11 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1619 St Mary's Chantry, Church of St Nicholas Within (Dublin).
Lease from John Hyde, chaplain of the chantry of St Nicholas' Church to
William Wolferstone, Stillorgan, Co Dublin of Friarsland, Co. Dublin on
15 Jul 1619.
1780 - 1789 John Scott, Lord Earlsfort, the Viscount Clonmel.
1832 - 1842 John Cumming, bookseller
1848 William Lewis
1853 For Sale
1849 - 1872 Charles Pickering
1872 - 1774 Robert Tedcastle
1879 - 1881 George Tedcastle
1882 - 1883 Thomas Corless
1884 Joseph Corless
1885 William Rice
1897 - 1914 Robert Woods (left 16K)
1915 - 1917 Keith Woods
1920 - 1935 Percy McEntagart, motor engineer agent for Citroen
1935 - 1947 George Archer
1962 Thomas McKeogh
1963 Religious of Jesus and Mary (Our Lady's Grove)
2018 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd application for residential units.
2019 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd amended including 'the provision of a sedum roof
to the rear extension and photovoltaic panels on the west facing roof of Roebuck
Grove House.'
2021 Derelict and surrounded by hoarding
STAFF
1901 - 1911 Myles Dowling - Gardener living at gatelodge
1901 John Grant - Farm labourer
1911 John McCormick -Labourer
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2020
AREA LOCATION Goatstown Road at the Roebuck Road junction.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Friarsland
and it is annotated as Roebuck Grove on both.
GENERAL
A house was built on the site circa 1800 called Roebuck Grove (one of three Roebuck Groves in the
area). This now forms part of Our lady's Grove and is known as the Provincialate. In 2017 Durkans
applied for permission for residential units on the site with the preservation of Roebuck Grove House.
YEAR BUILT circa 1800
VALUATION The valuation was 117L in 1883
Number of
Rooms In the 1901 census it is noted as having 11 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills
Griffith's Valuation and OSI Maps.
OCCUPANTS
1619 St Mary's Chantry, Church of St Nicholas Within (Dublin).
Lease from John Hyde, chaplain of the chantry of St Nicholas' Church to
William Wolferstone, Stillorgan, Co Dublin of Friarsland, Co. Dublin on
15 Jul 1619.
1780 - 1789 John Scott, Lord Earlsfort, the Viscount Clonmel.
1832 - 1842 John Cumming, bookseller
1848 William Lewis
1853 For Sale
1849 - 1872 Charles Pickering
1872 - 1774 Robert Tedcastle
1879 - 1881 George Tedcastle
1882 - 1883 Thomas Corless
1884 Joseph Corless
1885 William Rice
1897 - 1914 Robert Woods (left 16K)
1915 - 1917 Keith Woods
1920 - 1935 Percy McEntagart, motor engineer agent for Citroen
1935 - 1947 George Archer
1962 Thomas McKeogh
1963 Religious of Jesus and Mary (Our Lady's Grove)
2018 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd application for residential units.
2019 Durkan Estates Clonskeagh Ltd amended including 'the provision of a sedum roof
to the rear extension and photovoltaic panels on the west facing roof of Roebuck
Grove House.'
2021 Derelict and surrounded by hoarding
STAFF
1901 - 1911 Myles Dowling - Gardener living at gatelodge
1901 John Grant - Farm labourer
1911 John McCormick -Labourer
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE April 2020