Ros na Greine
NAME Newstead/Wai-Ku-Ku/Ros na Greine
AREA LOCATION Avoca Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Woodland but it is
not annotated.
GENERAL Detached, three bay, two storey double-fronted Victorian Villa. In 1898
it was described as on 1 acre and having a large plot to the rear suitable for building. It had
two reception rooms, a spacious hall and five bedrooms. It had a large fruit garden, vinery,
conservatory, greenhouse and fernery. The name was changed to Wai Ku Ku circa 1910 by
James Shiel perhaps because his only daughter was born in New Zealand. The name was
changed again circa 1933 to Ros Na Greine.
YEAR BUILT circa 1862
VALUATION In 1935 the valuation was 60 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers & OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1862 - 1897 Lancelot George Watson
1898 For Sale on 1 acre
1899 - 1909 Thomas Clarke, JP
1910 - 1918 James Shiel, retired seed merchant
1919 - 1924 Elizabeth Shiel
1925 Patrick Wall
1933 - 1942 Professor John James Nolan
1966 Terence H Roche
2016 For Sale quoting 4.5 Million
STAFF
1862 - 1897 Patrick Flynn - Gardener
1901 Ellen MacDarby - General domestic servant
1911 Margaret Mangan - General domestic servant
Rose Curran - General domestic servant
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019
AREA LOCATION Avoca Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map of 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Woodland but it is
not annotated.
GENERAL Detached, three bay, two storey double-fronted Victorian Villa. In 1898
it was described as on 1 acre and having a large plot to the rear suitable for building. It had
two reception rooms, a spacious hall and five bedrooms. It had a large fruit garden, vinery,
conservatory, greenhouse and fernery. The name was changed to Wai Ku Ku circa 1910 by
James Shiel perhaps because his only daughter was born in New Zealand. The name was
changed again circa 1933 to Ros Na Greine.
YEAR BUILT circa 1862
VALUATION In 1935 the valuation was 60 pounds and in the 1901 census it is noted as
having 14 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom's, contemporaneous newspapers & OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1862 - 1897 Lancelot George Watson
1898 For Sale on 1 acre
1899 - 1909 Thomas Clarke, JP
1910 - 1918 James Shiel, retired seed merchant
1919 - 1924 Elizabeth Shiel
1925 Patrick Wall
1933 - 1942 Professor John James Nolan
1966 Terence H Roche
2016 For Sale quoting 4.5 Million
STAFF
1862 - 1897 Patrick Flynn - Gardener
1901 Ellen MacDarby - General domestic servant
1911 Margaret Mangan - General domestic servant
Rose Curran - General domestic servant
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE November 2019