circa 1993
Rosemont/Trimbleston Lodge
NAME Trimbleston Lodge, Roebuck
AREA LOCATION Off Goatstown Road close to where Trimbleston Apartments are now
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Rosemont and Trimbleston Lodge respectively.
GENERAL The house stood on a large lawn approached by a long carriage drive. It
had a walled garden stocked with fruit trees with number outhouses and offices. It was for sale in
1945 described as a delightful non basement residence on 10 acres.
YEAR BUILT circa 1835
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 10 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1800 Original lease
1839 - 1842 James Dillon Meldon - Rosemont
1857 - 1863 Edward Armstrong Vicars - Trimbleston Lodge
1865 lease for 104 years
1879 For Sale
1865 - 1879 James John Redmond
1880 - 1881 Joseph Kavanagh
1881 For Sale
1896 For Sale
1911 For Sale
1914 For Sale
1914 F Rooney
1930 - 1939 Samuel Bolton
1939 - 1945 Moody & Manners
1946 - 1960 Michael O'Brien
1993 Trimbleston Lodge still extant and 41 houses to be built on the grounds by Sorohan
STAFF
1871 Andrew Corcoran - Gardener
CURRENT STATUS No longer extant but some of the former demesne boundary walls survive
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2018
AREA LOCATION Off Goatstown Road close to where Trimbleston Apartments are now
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Roebuck
and it is annotated as Rosemont and Trimbleston Lodge respectively.
GENERAL The house stood on a large lawn approached by a long carriage drive. It
had a walled garden stocked with fruit trees with number outhouses and offices. It was for sale in
1945 described as a delightful non basement residence on 10 acres.
YEAR BUILT circa 1835
VALUATION In 1912 the valuation was 38 pounds and in the 1911 census it is
noted as having 10 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1800 Original lease
1839 - 1842 James Dillon Meldon - Rosemont
1857 - 1863 Edward Armstrong Vicars - Trimbleston Lodge
1865 lease for 104 years
1879 For Sale
1865 - 1879 James John Redmond
1880 - 1881 Joseph Kavanagh
1881 For Sale
1896 For Sale
1911 For Sale
1914 For Sale
1914 F Rooney
1930 - 1939 Samuel Bolton
1939 - 1945 Moody & Manners
1946 - 1960 Michael O'Brien
1993 Trimbleston Lodge still extant and 41 houses to be built on the grounds by Sorohan
STAFF
1871 Andrew Corcoran - Gardener
CURRENT STATUS No longer extant but some of the former demesne boundary walls survive
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE July 2018