rucannon
Forum Replies Created
- Posts
Sincere thanks to all forum users who replied to my email.
I have since located title deeds which strongly indicate that Phase 2 of the Donnelly Centre was erected post 1962. Some of the land on which it is situate was only acquired by Donnelly (Dublin) Ltd from Dublin Corporation as part of a land exchange in 1962. This makes it unlikely that it was erected before then. The Centre was in all probability erected between 1962 and 1964. Unfortunately relevant Dublin Corporation records from this period (along with an entire slice of Irish history) were lost when the Corporation moved to Wood Quay.
The book “Tales from a City Farmyard” by Patrick Boland deals with Patrick’s childhood growing up in an urban farm situate on what later became Phase 2 of the Centre. This book is well worth a read for those interested in the local history of the Coombe/Cork Street area.
Donnelly (Dublin) Ltd and the Donnelly sausage factory were owned by the O’Mara family who were active in Irish political life in the first half of the twentieth century and were in-laws of the Limerick novelist Kate O’Brien. Stephen O’Mara is referred to briefly in Kate O’Brien’s book “Presentation Parlour”.
Regards
Ruth CannonThanks, I appreciate you taking the trouble to reply. I am trying to ascertain the date of the Centre for the purposes of an application under the Ground Rents Acts. I am hoping that the buildings were erected after 1961 since same is necessary if this application is to be successful. I have been informed that there is no planning permission record in respect of same, but perhaps this is a mistake. I will call in to the Planning Office to find out. Ordnance Survey maps have not been of huge assistance and the Valuation Office records are ambiguous.
Regards
Ruth
