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Title: A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Ball, F. Erlington (Francis Elrington), d. 1928 Subjects: Dublin (Ireland : County) -- History Publisher: Dublin : Alex. Thom Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: considerable extent ofit as a deer park), with the idea, it is said, of its being a pointof view from Castletown. The only indication of its occupation isan announcement of the death at Mountpelier, in July, 1751, ofMr. Charles Cobbe, the elder son of the Archbishop of Dublin atthat time. In 1779 the house was visited by Austin Cooper, whosays that it had been built on the site of a cairn and stone circle,and was found Ijy liim out of repair. Later on in tlic eighteenlli century, as stated in llie history ofBelgard, tlie sliooting box known as Dillon Lodge was built andtlie adjacent park enclosed. Towards the close of that century alarge liouse was erected at tlie foot of Mount peliiT II ill, extensive1-uins of which still remain, and in the construction of which stones (1) Swifts Works, edited by Sir W. ScoU, vol. xviii., y. VM). ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 41 taken from tlic IdcI^c on the hill arc said to have been used. Itbears the arms of the Kai-ls of Kly, ami the name Dollymount, by

Text Appearing After Image: ^: Dollymount. Friiiii nil oJil ■</:( fi/i ill /lOisexsliin of Mif. Kiio.r. which it has been sometimes known, suggests that it was intendedfor the occupation of the lovely Dolly Monroe (}). ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. The present church of Tallaght is a modern structure datingfrom the year 1829, but on its soutliern side, and connected witliit by a passage, there is a picturesque belfry tower which belongedto a church erected in mediaeval times. The architectural featuresof the tower do little to fix its date, but it seems earlier thanthe fifteenth century. It is ten feet six inclies square inside andseventeen feet outside. At the south-east angle is a boldly con-structed stair turret corbelled out to a seemingly dangerous extentand buttressed by a later wall. The lower floor serves for a vestryand is modernised ; the second is reached by a modern flight ofsteps outside the wall; the entrance is also modern. Ascending the (1) Exsliaius Magazine for 1751, p. 447 ; Handcocks History o

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