Lissenfield House, Rathmines
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Hi Guys,
I live in Lissenfield in Rathmines and was looking for some info on the house that once stood on the site. The attached pic shows it as it was in the 80’s (just beneath the tennis court), but not a trace of this original structure remains (save for a few trees). What’s more, my toilet is just about in line with the baseline..
What has fascinated me is the original driveway line remians, as well as a couple of trees but the developers seem to have removed everything else, and actually added a gatehouse at the enterence of the site.
The net throws up a couple of bites of info (ex British GOC’s house, associations wth the Free State Government etc) but little in terms of pictures and ultimate fate of this large building.
Anyone remember it or have any more info??
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Try Deirdre Kelly’s book The four roads to Dublin – has loads of info on the area
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Yeah, I’m gonna try source that book over the weekend..
Meant to say the picture was from FJP by the way
In my research (sitting in front of Google with a bowl of cornflakes) I noticed Patrick Scott had a painting called Lissenfield.. Wonder if this is related??
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This message is being posted a long time after the initial request but in case you’re still reading and still interested, I grew up in Lissenfied House on Rathmines road and can tell you anythng you need to know about the place and it’s past history.
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Peter and Mary Doyle’s women’s refuge, sited between the road and the house, was the first purpose-built building of its kind in the British Isles when it opened in 1985.
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This was the home to Richard James Mulcahy
Fought in the 1916 rising and eventually emerged in the post war of independence government beomcing Minister for Local Government in June 1927.see
http://www.ucd.ie/archives/html/collections/mulcahy-richard.htm
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