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wm_Loreto Abbey Gates and Lodge_1.jpg.jpg1992Loreto Abbey Gates and Lodge_1Healy, Patrick
wm_Rathfarnham Priory Harolds grange 23.1.22_1.jpg.jpg1988Rathfarnham Priory Harolds Grange 23.1.22_1: The most famous occupant of the ruinous Priory was the politician, lawyer and orator John Philpot Curran who bought the seat Holly Park in 1790. It got its name as Curran was called the 'Prior' of 'The Order of St Patrick' drinking club. He was father of Sarah Curran who became secretly engaged to Robert Emmet. Little remains of it now.Healy, Patrick
wm_St Bridgets Rathfarnham.jpg.jpg1992St Bridget's Rathfarnham: Willbrook Road, detached three bay, two storey house with basement dating from around 1870.Healy, Patrick
wm_Old Orchard_2.jpg.jpg1992Old Orchard_2: This eighteenth century house was marked as Brasvailanne House on the Ordinance Survey of that year, with the name of Old Orchard recorded from 1845. It reputedly was inhabited by Robert Emmet, but there is no real evidence of that.Healy, Patrick
wm_Old Orchard House interior Stairway and doorway.jpg.jpg1992Old Orchard House interior Stairway and doorway, Butterfield Avenue, Rathfarnham.Healy, Patrick
wm_Scholarstown House Scholarstown Road.jpg.jpg1992Scholarstown House Scholarstown Road: reputedly the original of this detached, three bay, two storey house was built in 1588 for the Adam Loftus, Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, builder of Rathfarnham Castle, and rebuilt after a 1909 fire.Healy, Patrick
wm_Priory 23.1.jpg.jpg1992Priory 23.1: This was the home of John Philpot Curran, politician, orator and lawyer, and father of Sarah Curran at the time of Robert Emmet's Rising in 1803. He purchased the then Holly Park in 1790 and renamed it the Priory after the drinking club, The Order of St Patrick, of which he was the Prior.Healy, Patrick
wm_Ice House in grounds of The Orchard 17.2.39.jpg.jpg1988Ice House in grounds of The Orchard 17.2.39Healy, Patrick
wm_Outbuildings Butterfield House.jpg.jpg1992Outbuildings Butterfield House: Robert Emmet lodged here before the 1803 Rebellion using the assumed name of Robert Ellis. Anne Devlin, whose statue may be seen at the start of the Avenue, was housekeeper.Healy, Patrick
wm_Rathfarnham Priory.jpg.jpg1988Rathfarnham Priory: The most famous occupant of the ruinous Priory was the politician, lawyer and orator John Philpot Curran who bought the seat Holly Park in 1790. It got its name as Curran was called the 'Prior' of 'The Order of St Patrick' drinking club. He was father of Sarah Curran who became secretly engaged to Robert Emmet.Healy, Patrick