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Drumcondra House

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until the dissolution of the monasteries. The area around the house later came into the ownership of the Coghill family. Marmaduke Coghill built Drumcondra House near to his the family's older residence at Belvidere House, Drumcondra sometime around the year 1710. He lived there with his sister Mary
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The main house is an eleven-bay three-storey building and appears to have been built sometime after 1710. Edward Lovett Pearce is said to have added the southern face around 1726-27 while Allesandro Gallilei likely also had some input. The later elements include the striking Portland stone features
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The house was then leased from Hester, Countess of Charleville to Alexander Kirkpatrick, a Scottish linen merchant, a former
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including corinthian pilasters and platband which contrast with other darker calp stone and granite used in construction.
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lived for a period at the house following his financial difficulties which resulted in a move from his property at 9
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The house originally also contained fine furniture, some of which may also have been designed by Lovett Pearce.
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The lands on which the house were built formed part of the holdings of the
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A temple folly in the grounds of the house was also likely designed by
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until his death in 1738; the house was renowned for its gardens.
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In 1842 Drumcondra House was rented by a Catholic priest named
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A Photo of All Hallows from the Historical Picture Archive (2)
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A Photo of All Hallows from the Historical Picture Archive (1)
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Drumcondra House digitised album from the Cortauld Gallery
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Palladian
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53°22′16″N 6°14′57″W / 53.37102°N 6.24923°W / 53.37102; -6.24923
Edward Lovett Pearce
Alessandro Galilei
Marmaduke Coghill
Georgian
Drumcondra
All Hallows College
Sir Edward Lovett Pearce
Alessandro Galilei
Marmaduke Coghill
Belvidere House
Priory of All Hallows
Drumcondra Church
Peter Scheemakers
Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville
Sir John Coghill, 1st Baronet of Richings
Sheriff of Dublin City
Bank of Ireland
John Claudius Beresford
Buckingham Street
Sir Guy Campbell
Lord Edward FitzGerald
Father John Hand
All Hallows College
Vincentian
Dublin City University
Daniel O'Connell

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