Photograph courtesy of Dominic Lee of Priory Studios - 2022
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Photograph courtesy of Dominic Lee of Priory Studios -2022
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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
1844 - 1864 Hugh O'Callaghan DL,JP
1860 - 1864 Mrs O'Callaghan
1867 - 1868 Hugh Vaughan
1870 For Sale
1873 Nathaniel Hone
1877 - 1882 Henry Brett - County Surveyor
1883 - 1894 Mary Brett (wife of the above)
1901 Mary Doherty Stenson
1901 - 1911 Clery children - Wards of Court
1928 Edward Le Grand Adams, formerly United States Consul in Dublin (rip - at the house of his son in law)
1938 - todate Medical Missionaries of Mary (Mother Mary Martin)
STAFF
1830 Mr Fox - Gardener
1837 James Kane - Gatekeeper
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
1901 - 1911 John McLoughlin - Gardener (living at gatelodge)
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019