Roebuck Park
NAME Roebuck Park/Roebuck Park House
AREA LOCATION To the west of the Goatstown Road, between what is now Larchfield
Park and Mount Carmel Road. OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913
place it in the townland of Roebuck and it is annotated as Roebuck
Park on both.
GENERAL A Victorian house with a fine cut granite portico approached by seven
granite steps and a cast iron ornate balustrade. Two storey over basement five bay house
with double arched windows above the portico. The property had two gatelodges, one on
Goatstown Road, close to the small green at Larchfield which was built circa 1845 by George
Kinahan which is longer extant. A new entrance to the south was created circa 1820 which
led to Taney Road. The lodge at the entrance on the corner of Taney Park has survived along
with one of the rusticated granite entrance pillars. It is built to a L-plan with a hipped roof and
a gabled end. Above the architraved door there is a floral roundel and the build is thought to
be work of Millar & Symes who were contracted to carry out alterations and additions to the
main house in 1820.
In 1919 it was for sale on 45 acres with a long carriage drive and a gatelodge within 15 minutes
walk of Clonskea tram.
The land was sold off for development circa 1950 and by 1952 one hundred houses had been
built in the park, the shops were built and another 400 houses were under construction. In
1955 the Corporation issued a CPO on 3.5 acres of Roebuck Park for use as amenity space. In
1993 Samastra Holdings were granted permission to restore and convert the house into 13
apartments and to build 13 houses in the remaining grounds. The houses were built in the
grounds and Moorview Development Ltd applied for permission to demolish the house which
was now surrounded by hoarding and had been set on fire. DLRCoCo issued an order to
demolish on safety grounds and it was demolished by May 1995.
YEAR BUILT circa 1790
VALUATION In 1910 the valuation was 212 pounds.
NUMBER
OF ROOMS In the 1901 census it is noted as having 20 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown, alterations and additions by Millar & Symes in 1820.
main house in 1820.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps,
Registry of Deeds, DLRCoCo Planning, Griffiths Valuation, NAI Census
& Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1797 - 1824 Daniel Kinahan (1756)
1824 - 1860 Daniel Kinahan (son of the above)
1860 - 1903 George Kinahan
1903 - 1914 Margaret Hayes Kinahan
1915 - 1919 W G Kinahan
1919 House for sale on 45 acres
1921 - 1933 John Murray
1921 - 1958 Evelyn Murray (RIP)
1959 - 1961 Dr Neil Murray, Agr. Forest. R., Forestry Consultant
1941 - 1984 Dr Desmond P Murray
1993 Estate of Desmond Murray settled (356K)
1994 Moorfield Developments part of the Cunningham Group
1995 Demolished in April/May 1995
STAFF
1849 Anthony Lelis - Gateporter
1901 Richard Quincey - Gardener living in estate cottage
1893 - 1901 James Morison - Gardener living in estate cottage
1901 Andrew Browne - Land Steward living in estate cottage
1901 William Fitzroy - Groom living in estate cottage
Kate Cluny - Cook
Annie Poole - Maid
Margaret Gilchrist - Housemaid
Ellen McKeown - General domestic
Alexander Hall - Butler
William Carter - Footman
1905 Sandys Wilkinson, gardener living at Roebuck Park Lodge
1911 Kate Clancy - Cook
Mary Doran - Housemaid
Lizzie Kavanagh - Parlour Maid
Bridget Byrne - Kitchenmaid
1911 - 1939 Edward Stanley - Sexton of Taney living in estate cottage (Taney cottage)
Henry Reade - Gardener
1911 Alexander Moreland - Labourer in estate cottage
1911 - 1956 Sandys Wilkinson - Gardener in estate cottage (Taney Cottage)
1911 - 1928 Samuel Henry Wilson - Painter in estate cottage (Church cottage)
1901 - 1940 William Oakes - Coachman living at Roebuck Park Lodge (Back Lodge)
1919 Mr Brown - Caretaker
CURRENT
STATUS No Longer extant
CONTRIBUTORS ©June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2016
NAME Roebuck Park/Roebuck Park House
AREA LOCATION To the west of the Goatstown Road, between what is now Larchfield
Park and Mount Carmel Road. OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913
place it in the townland of Roebuck and it is annotated as Roebuck
Park on both.
GENERAL A Victorian house with a fine cut granite portico approached by seven
granite steps and a cast iron ornate balustrade. Two storey over basement five bay house
with double arched windows above the portico. The property had two gatelodges, one on
Goatstown Road, close to the small green at Larchfield which was built circa 1845 by George
Kinahan which is longer extant. A new entrance to the south was created circa 1820 which
led to Taney Road. The lodge at the entrance on the corner of Taney Park has survived along
with one of the rusticated granite entrance pillars. It is built to a L-plan with a hipped roof and
a gabled end. Above the architraved door there is a floral roundel and the build is thought to
be work of Millar & Symes who were contracted to carry out alterations and additions to the
main house in 1820.
In 1919 it was for sale on 45 acres with a long carriage drive and a gatelodge within 15 minutes
walk of Clonskea tram.
The land was sold off for development circa 1950 and by 1952 one hundred houses had been
built in the park, the shops were built and another 400 houses were under construction. In
1955 the Corporation issued a CPO on 3.5 acres of Roebuck Park for use as amenity space. In
1993 Samastra Holdings were granted permission to restore and convert the house into 13
apartments and to build 13 houses in the remaining grounds. The houses were built in the
grounds and Moorview Development Ltd applied for permission to demolish the house which
was now surrounded by hoarding and had been set on fire. DLRCoCo issued an order to
demolish on safety grounds and it was demolished by May 1995.
YEAR BUILT circa 1790
VALUATION In 1910 the valuation was 212 pounds.
NUMBER
OF ROOMS In the 1901 census it is noted as having 20 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown, alterations and additions by Millar & Symes in 1820.
main house in 1820.
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, OSI Maps,
Registry of Deeds, DLRCoCo Planning, Griffiths Valuation, NAI Census
& Wills.
OCCUPANTS
1797 - 1824 Daniel Kinahan (1756)
1824 - 1860 Daniel Kinahan (son of the above)
1860 - 1903 George Kinahan
1903 - 1914 Margaret Hayes Kinahan
1915 - 1919 W G Kinahan
1919 House for sale on 45 acres
1921 - 1933 John Murray
1921 - 1958 Evelyn Murray (RIP)
1959 - 1961 Dr Neil Murray, Agr. Forest. R., Forestry Consultant
1941 - 1984 Dr Desmond P Murray
1993 Estate of Desmond Murray settled (356K)
1994 Moorfield Developments part of the Cunningham Group
1995 Demolished in April/May 1995
STAFF
1849 Anthony Lelis - Gateporter
1901 Richard Quincey - Gardener living in estate cottage
1893 - 1901 James Morison - Gardener living in estate cottage
1901 Andrew Browne - Land Steward living in estate cottage
1901 William Fitzroy - Groom living in estate cottage
Kate Cluny - Cook
Annie Poole - Maid
Margaret Gilchrist - Housemaid
Ellen McKeown - General domestic
Alexander Hall - Butler
William Carter - Footman
1905 Sandys Wilkinson, gardener living at Roebuck Park Lodge
1911 Kate Clancy - Cook
Mary Doran - Housemaid
Lizzie Kavanagh - Parlour Maid
Bridget Byrne - Kitchenmaid
1911 - 1939 Edward Stanley - Sexton of Taney living in estate cottage (Taney cottage)
Henry Reade - Gardener
1911 Alexander Moreland - Labourer in estate cottage
1911 - 1956 Sandys Wilkinson - Gardener in estate cottage (Taney Cottage)
1911 - 1928 Samuel Henry Wilson - Painter in estate cottage (Church cottage)
1901 - 1940 William Oakes - Coachman living at Roebuck Park Lodge (Back Lodge)
1919 Mr Brown - Caretaker
CURRENT
STATUS No Longer extant
CONTRIBUTORS ©June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2016