Roebuck Hall
NAME Roebuck Hall
AREA LOCATION Located in The Palms, Clonskeagh
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Roebuck Hall on both
GENERAL
This house consisted of ‘a parlour, drawing room, five bed chambers. Kitchen and servants apartments
with stabling for eight horses. Coach house and yard and two walled garden.’ There is an additional ‘large
parlour and drawing room, hall and three bed chambers, and basement story consisting of servants
rooms.’ (Brassington 1832)
A two storey, three bay over basement Georgian house. It has a recessed Grecian Doric columned
granite portico topped with a Wyatt window. It had out offices and a gatelodge. It was for sale in
1934 on 10 acres; It had five reception rooms and nine bedrooms, two bathrooms, maids rooms
and domestic offices.
YEAR BUILT circa 1820
VALUATION In 1880 the valuation was 130 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 24 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but built by Mr Dixon
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1783 Meadowland of Mr Towers
1826 - 1851 Rt Hon Francis Blackburne
1851 - 1860 Charles Samuel Grey
1862 - 1863 Archbishop Whately
1866 Mrs Manders
1874 For Sale
1875 - 1876 Captain James Verschoyle
1877 Executors Sale on 8 acres
1877 - 1878 Andrew Mulligan
1879 - 1887 Crozier family
1888 - 1897 Hugh Sweetman
1897 - 1905 Mrs Gresson
1906 - 1921 Lucas White King
1922 - 1934 William J Kenny
1935 - 1963 Val Cosgrave
Converted to flats and out buildings used by various companies.
1962 The Palms built in the Orchard of Roebuck Hall
STAFF
1889 Patrick Blake - Coachman (see birth of child)
1901 Margaret Cloony - Cook
Elizabeth O'Hara - House parlourmaid
William Hagan - Gardener (living at gatelodge)
1911 Ellen Cullen - Cook
Bride McLoughlin - Housemaid
1911- 1915 Margaret (Maggie) Carroll - Parlourmaid
Josephine Sullivan - Housemaid
Hannah Murray - Kitchenmaid
Amy Janette Matthews - Private Governess
1910 - 1915 James Calvert - Head Gardener (living at gatelodge)
1915 Mr Donnelly - Gardener
1914 Mr Turley - Chauffeur
CURRENT
STATUS Extant, sub divided into apartments and a protected structure
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2021
AREA LOCATION Located in The Palms, Clonskeagh
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Roebuck Hall on both
GENERAL
This house consisted of ‘a parlour, drawing room, five bed chambers. Kitchen and servants apartments
with stabling for eight horses. Coach house and yard and two walled garden.’ There is an additional ‘large
parlour and drawing room, hall and three bed chambers, and basement story consisting of servants
rooms.’ (Brassington 1832)
A two storey, three bay over basement Georgian house. It has a recessed Grecian Doric columned
granite portico topped with a Wyatt window. It had out offices and a gatelodge. It was for sale in
1934 on 10 acres; It had five reception rooms and nine bedrooms, two bathrooms, maids rooms
and domestic offices.
YEAR BUILT circa 1820
VALUATION In 1880 the valuation was 130 pounds and in the 1911 census it is noted as
having 24 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown but built by Mr Dixon
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI Maps, South
Dublin Historical Mapping.
OCCUPANTS
1783 Meadowland of Mr Towers
1826 - 1851 Rt Hon Francis Blackburne
1851 - 1860 Charles Samuel Grey
1862 - 1863 Archbishop Whately
1866 Mrs Manders
1874 For Sale
1875 - 1876 Captain James Verschoyle
1877 Executors Sale on 8 acres
1877 - 1878 Andrew Mulligan
1879 - 1887 Crozier family
1888 - 1897 Hugh Sweetman
1897 - 1905 Mrs Gresson
1906 - 1921 Lucas White King
1922 - 1934 William J Kenny
1935 - 1963 Val Cosgrave
Converted to flats and out buildings used by various companies.
1962 The Palms built in the Orchard of Roebuck Hall
STAFF
1889 Patrick Blake - Coachman (see birth of child)
1901 Margaret Cloony - Cook
Elizabeth O'Hara - House parlourmaid
William Hagan - Gardener (living at gatelodge)
1911 Ellen Cullen - Cook
Bride McLoughlin - Housemaid
1911- 1915 Margaret (Maggie) Carroll - Parlourmaid
Josephine Sullivan - Housemaid
Hannah Murray - Kitchenmaid
Amy Janette Matthews - Private Governess
1910 - 1915 James Calvert - Head Gardener (living at gatelodge)
1915 Mr Donnelly - Gardener
1914 Mr Turley - Chauffeur
CURRENT
STATUS Extant, sub divided into apartments and a protected structure
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2021