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Stillorgan Park House
NAME Stillorgan House/Stillorgan Park House/Park House
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN, entrance from Stillorgan Park
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Stillorgan Grove and it is annotated as Stillorgan House on both
maps.
GENERAL The original house has long gone - we know what it looked like thanks to a well
known painting by Gabriele Ricciardelli - it faced north towards Mount Merrion Avenue and stood
at the head of a long grove of trees, planted three rows deep on either side. The estate stretched
from Stillorgan village across to Newtownpark Avenue, down to Blackrock, and adjoined the
Fitzwilliam estate at Mount Merrion Avenue, encompassing all of what is now Priory Park, Grove
Avenue, Avoca Avenue, Stillorgan Grove and Carysfort Avenue. A grove of lime trees (also known
as lindens) is shown on a map of the Allen estate dating from the 18th century. Arthur Lee Guinness
lived here from 1840 to around 1860. On Mayday each year he hosted a fete to which both country
folk and gentry were invited. In 1852 more than 3000 people attended. There was a May
procession, Maypole dancing and the music of fife and drums. A Queen of Spring was elected and
a harp was played. Arthur seems to have had a fondness for the native harp, and it was said that
whilst the sale of his effects was taking place that a harper was employed to play funeral dirges in
the grounds.
Ownership of the new house built by the Carysfort family passed to Douglas Proby circa 1908,
then to Granville Proby and eventually to Major Richard George Proby circa 1948.
YEAR BUILT Original House built 1695, new house built on site in 1887/8.
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 140 pounds and in the 1901 census it is
noted as having 13 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Newspapers, NAI Census & Wills & OSI maps
OCCUPANTS
Manor lands occupants if this is the site of original manor house.
John De Clahill
Raymond De Carew
Hacketts
1360 Sir John Cruise
1405 John Derpatrick
1410 Robert Derpatrick
1422 John Loghenan
Plunketts
Wingfields
1587 Wolverstons
1670 O’Neills
1695 Col. John Allen
1717 Joshua Allen
1752 Lady Allen
1754 Rt. Hon Philip Tisdal
1780 Lord Lifford
1783 James Hewitt
1789 - 1799 Nicholas Le Favre
1803 - 1837 John Verschoyle
1840 - 1860 Arthur Lee Guinness
1871 In the landed estate Court
1878 House levelled with the ground.
1887/88 Stillorgan Park House (New House in Progress)
1904 Rt. Hon Charlotte Mary, Countess of Carysfort
1908 - 1921 Stillorgan Park Company - Col Douglas James Proby
1910 - 1940 Henry J Monahan & Mrs. Monahan
1942 - 1961 Hendron Family
Portion of house leased to Dermot Ryan
1961 Marlborough Estates
1963 Trustee of the Polio Fellowship of Ireland/Rehabilitation Inst (1986)
STAFF
1779 Patrick McDaniel – gardener
1901 Anne Byrne - Housemaid
Kate Nolan - Kitchenmaid
Maria Brown - Nurse
Kate Barrett - Nursery maid
1911 Kathleen Farrell - Housemaid
Ellen McDarby - Cook
Josephine Lynch - Kitchenmaid
John Huff - Butler
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2017
NAME Stillorgan House/Stillorgan Park House/Park House
AREA LOCATION STILLORGAN, entrance from Stillorgan Park
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838-1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Stillorgan Grove and it is annotated as Stillorgan House on both
maps.
GENERAL The original house has long gone - we know what it looked like thanks to a well
known painting by Gabriele Ricciardelli - it faced north towards Mount Merrion Avenue and stood
at the head of a long grove of trees, planted three rows deep on either side. The estate stretched
from Stillorgan village across to Newtownpark Avenue, down to Blackrock, and adjoined the
Fitzwilliam estate at Mount Merrion Avenue, encompassing all of what is now Priory Park, Grove
Avenue, Avoca Avenue, Stillorgan Grove and Carysfort Avenue. A grove of lime trees (also known
as lindens) is shown on a map of the Allen estate dating from the 18th century. Arthur Lee Guinness
lived here from 1840 to around 1860. On Mayday each year he hosted a fete to which both country
folk and gentry were invited. In 1852 more than 3000 people attended. There was a May
procession, Maypole dancing and the music of fife and drums. A Queen of Spring was elected and
a harp was played. Arthur seems to have had a fondness for the native harp, and it was said that
whilst the sale of his effects was taking place that a harper was employed to play funeral dirges in
the grounds.
Ownership of the new house built by the Carysfort family passed to Douglas Proby circa 1908,
then to Granville Proby and eventually to Major Richard George Proby circa 1948.
YEAR BUILT Original House built 1695, new house built on site in 1887/8.
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 140 pounds and in the 1901 census it is
noted as having 13 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT
SOURCES Thom’s directories, Newspapers, NAI Census & Wills & OSI maps
OCCUPANTS
Manor lands occupants if this is the site of original manor house.
John De Clahill
Raymond De Carew
Hacketts
1360 Sir John Cruise
1405 John Derpatrick
1410 Robert Derpatrick
1422 John Loghenan
Plunketts
Wingfields
1587 Wolverstons
1670 O’Neills
1695 Col. John Allen
1717 Joshua Allen
1752 Lady Allen
1754 Rt. Hon Philip Tisdal
1780 Lord Lifford
1783 James Hewitt
1789 - 1799 Nicholas Le Favre
1803 - 1837 John Verschoyle
1840 - 1860 Arthur Lee Guinness
1871 In the landed estate Court
1878 House levelled with the ground.
1887/88 Stillorgan Park House (New House in Progress)
1904 Rt. Hon Charlotte Mary, Countess of Carysfort
1908 - 1921 Stillorgan Park Company - Col Douglas James Proby
1910 - 1940 Henry J Monahan & Mrs. Monahan
1942 - 1961 Hendron Family
Portion of house leased to Dermot Ryan
1961 Marlborough Estates
1963 Trustee of the Polio Fellowship of Ireland/Rehabilitation Inst (1986)
STAFF
1779 Patrick McDaniel – gardener
1901 Anne Byrne - Housemaid
Kate Nolan - Kitchenmaid
Maria Brown - Nurse
Kate Barrett - Nursery maid
1911 Kathleen Farrell - Housemaid
Ellen McDarby - Cook
Josephine Lynch - Kitchenmaid
John Huff - Butler
CURRENT
STATUS Extant
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE May 2017