Rosemount
NAME Rosemount
AREA LOCATION Gardeners Row, Booterstown/12 Rosemount Terrace, Booterstown.
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Booterstown
and it is annotated as Rosemount on both.
GENERAL Five bay, two storey over basement residence approached by a handsome
carriage drive, with gate lodge at entrance. It has a curved contemporary gatescreen with pedestrian
gate opes either side of the main gate. Gates now in situ appear to be 19th century. It had two
entrance halls both front and rear. Many extensions have been added over the years. The gatelodge
and coach house are still extant.
YEAR BUILT circa 1760
VALUATION In 1887 the valuation was 80 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 17 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census & Wills, OSI maps and
Griffith's valuation.
OCCUPANTS
1817 Mr Cavendish
1825 For Sale
1830 - 1840 Charles Smith
1842 Patrick Scott, solicitor
1843 - 1860 Hugh O'Callaghan
1860 - 1865 Mrs Eliza O'Callaghan
1866 For Sale
1867 - 1870 Hugh Vaughan
1870 For Sale
1871 - 1873 Nathaniel Hone
1874 - 1882 Henry Brett
1883 - 1894 Mrs Mary Brett
1896 - 1900 Richard Naish
1901 - 1910 Mary Doherty Stenson
1901 - 1911 Clery children
1911 Frances Ffrench
1916 Mrs Johnston of Magheramena Castle (Violet daughter SAW Waters)
1921 For Sale on 6 acres including portion of lands set up as allotments
1925 -1936 Major Thomas French
1928 Edward Le Grand Adams
1938 - todate Medical Missionaries of Mary (Mother Mary Martin)
STAFF
1830 Mr Fox - Gardener
1837 James Kane - Gatekeeper
1871 - 1873 John Inglis - Gardener
1901 Mary Emily Talbot - Nursery Governess
Annie Foster - House Parlour maid
Esther Johnston - Housemaid
Bridget Heenan - Cook
1911 Mary Smyth - Cook
Mary McCann - Parlourmaid
Jane McDonald - Kitchenmaid
Bridget McKeogh - Hospital Nurse
Anne McCann - Housemaid
1899 - 1911 John McLoughlin - Gardener (living at gatelodge)
1901 - 1904 Walter McLoughlin - Gardener (living at gatelodge) RIP
1923 - 1926 Albert Rave - Gardener (living at gatelodge)
1937 Owen Maher - Gardener living at the lodge
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019