Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Whitehall (rathdown By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitehall (rathdown By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Old Castle
- Coordinates
- 53.29592, -6.26880
- SMR number
- DU022-015----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located inside the entrance gates to a house on Whitehall road. It backs onto Rathfarnham Golf course. Comprises a tapered stone building encircled by a winding staircase. Apparently erected by a Major Hall who built Whitehall House (Ball 1903, II, 134-135). Sommerville-Large (1936) describes that 'Hall's Barn' was built as a folly to provide employment for the poor following the famine of 1738. It was modelled on a barn erected by the Connolly family in Castletown County Kildare. Built in 1742.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25th April 2012
References
Ball, E.F. 1902-20 (Reprint 1979) A history of the County Dublin, 6 vols. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
Somerville-Large, P. 1996 Dublin: The fair city. London. Sinclair-Stevenson.
Nearby in the register
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- Moundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.