Village House (St. Agnes Presbytery) (St. Agnes) (Presbytery) (Grotius Lodge)

From the landholdings in Griffith’s Valuation it is clear that Grotius Lodge was the former name of St Agnes, later the Presbytery and now called Village House.

The Dutch jurist and philosopher Hugo de Groot (1583-1645) latinised his name as Grotius, and it is therefore likely that Cornelius de Groot was thinking of this when he named his house Grotius Lodge.

Finola Watchorn states that the house was donated to the Catholic church by Henry Mooney. She thinks that the house dates from the early 19th century or even the 1790s.


Owner / Occupier Information:
Thom’s Directory

1847 Cornelius De Groot, Grotius Lodge
1849 Charles P. Purcell, solicitor, Grotius Lodge (and 5 Peter Street)
1852 – 1853 George Despard, T.C.D., Grotius Lodge
1853 – 1859 Ralph Thornberry, builder, Grotius Lodge

1895-1912: Henry Mooney, market gardener, St. Agnes’s

1913: St. Agnes’s vacant

1914-1917: Irving William Sherwin, St. Agnes’s
1918-1922: Rev. Timothy O’Callaghan, St. Agnes
1923-1949: Rev. Patrick O’Keeffe, St Agnes

From 1918 to 2005 this was known as the Presbytery and at least one priest lived there.

 


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Building Details
Longitude: -6.31551
Latitude: 53.31826755428199
Still exists: Yes
Date built: 1847<
Date first mentioned: 1847
Road(s): St. Agnes Road