Yapton
NAME Yapton
AREA LOCATION Monkstown Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Monkstown and it is annotated as Yapton on both.
GENERAL Two storey three bay mansion with bow return. A extension nearly
doubled its size. A new school building was opened in 1953 joining Yapton with Greenbank.
YEAR BUILT circa 1840
VALUATION In 1868 the valuation was 156 pounds and in the 1901 census it is
noted as having 13 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1846 Death of Benedict McArthure
1848 - 1875 Thomas Hone
1875 - 1886 Mrs Jane Hone
1893 - 1894 William McCormick
1894 - 1903 Maria McCormick
1904 - 1922 Sir James Joseph Murphy
1923 For Sale
1925 - 1929 Francis Bagot of Buenos Aires
1945 Sacred Heart Convent School
1977 Demolished
STAFF
1900 Catherine McGuinness - Servant (see marriage)
1901 James Collins - Coachman
John Owens - Gardener
Mary Byrne - Servant
Anne Brady - Servant
Margaret Ellis - Servant
1911 Mary Roddy - Cook
Bridget Glynn - Housemaid
Ellen Kenny - Parlourmaid
Hannah Dempsey - assistant Housemaid
James Hammett - Coachman
Michael Gormley - Gardener
John Bolan - Coachman
CURRENT No longer extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE March 2025
AREA LOCATION Monkstown Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI maps of 1838 - 1845 and 1898-1913 place it in the townland of
Monkstown and it is annotated as Yapton on both.
GENERAL Two storey three bay mansion with bow return. A extension nearly
doubled its size. A new school building was opened in 1953 joining Yapton with Greenbank.
YEAR BUILT circa 1840
VALUATION In 1868 the valuation was 156 pounds and in the 1901 census it is
noted as having 13 rooms occupied by the family.
ARCHITECT Unknown
SOURCES Thom’s directories, contemporaneous newspapers, NAI Census &
Wills, F E Ball and OSI Maps
OCCUPANTS
1846 Death of Benedict McArthure
1848 - 1875 Thomas Hone
1875 - 1886 Mrs Jane Hone
1893 - 1894 William McCormick
1894 - 1903 Maria McCormick
1904 - 1922 Sir James Joseph Murphy
1923 For Sale
1925 - 1929 Francis Bagot of Buenos Aires
1945 Sacred Heart Convent School
1977 Demolished
STAFF
1900 Catherine McGuinness - Servant (see marriage)
1901 James Collins - Coachman
John Owens - Gardener
Mary Byrne - Servant
Anne Brady - Servant
Margaret Ellis - Servant
1911 Mary Roddy - Cook
Bridget Glynn - Housemaid
Ellen Kenny - Parlourmaid
Hannah Dempsey - assistant Housemaid
James Hammett - Coachman
Michael Gormley - Gardener
John Bolan - Coachman
CURRENT No longer extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE March 2025