Drumcondra House is a

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house and gardens in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland which as of 2022 forms part of the DCU All Hallows Campus and formerly part of

All Hallows College All Hallows College was a college of higher education in Dublin. It was founded in 1842 and was run by the Vincentians from 1892 until 2016. On 23 May 2014, it was announced that it was closing down, due to decreasing student numbers. The sale o ...

. It was designed by the architects Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and

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and was built in 1726 for

Marmaduke Coghill Marmaduke Coghill (1673–1738) was a member of Parliament for Dublin University, judge of the Prerogative Court and Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. Biography Coghill was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of John Coghill of Knaresborough, Y ...

who had originally lived in Belvidere House, and now forms part of DCU St. Patrick's Campus Drumcondra.

History

Coghill moved into Drumcondra House where he lived with his sister Mary until his death; the house was renowned for its gardens. Close by

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(formerly Clonturk parish) was built by Mark Coghill and contains a statue to her brother Marmaduke, on her death, the house was left to their niece. Drumcondra House became the residence of Charles Moore, then second Lord Tullamore, and afterwards

Earl of Charleville Earl of Charleville was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came in 1758 when Charles Moore, 2nd Baron Moore, was made Earl of Charleville, in the King's County. The title Baron Moore, of Tullamore in the ...

, who was married to a Coghill niece who following Moore's death remarried a second husband Major John Mayne, who assumed the name of Coghill, and was created a baronet. It was leased the Countess of Charleville to Alderman Alexander Kirkpatrick of Dublin Corporation a former high sheriff. Insurgents from the United Irishmen's 1798 rebellion were supposedly hung from a tree in the grounds of Drumcondra House. The soldier Major General Sir Guy Campbell K.C.B. was the last resident in the House, who rented it from the Coghill family. In 1842 Drumcondra House was rented by a Catholic priest named Father John Hand who went on to found a seminary

there, which was run by the Vincentian order which is now a college of

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Building

The main house is an eleven-bay three-storey building and appears to have been built around 1710 by Edward Lovett Pearce with a further ornate south facade added by Allesandro Gallilei in around 1726. The later elements include the striking Portland stone features including corinthian pilasters and platband which contrast with other darker calp stone used in construction.

Temple

A temple in the grounds of the house was also designed by

and was constructed around 1720.

References

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