Architecture of Dublin South

Architecture and Buildings of Dublin South including Rathfarmham. Including unbuilt proposals and demolished buildings.

8th C. – Round Tower, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Well preserved 8th century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Acknowledged as one of the oldest and best preserved in the country,

1583 – Rathfarnham Castle, Co. Dublin

The date of the foundation of the Castle is uncertain, but recent research would suggest 1583 as the most likely date.

1714 – Corkagh House, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Corkagh House originally started as a small farmhouse built circa 1650 which was later extended between 1702 and 1714 when a large wing of eight bays and a parapeted roof was constructed.

1729 – Archiepiscopal Palace, Tallaght, Co. Dublin

A castle was built on the site by the Anglo-Normans in 1324 to defend their town from the Irish tribes in the adjacent mountain territory.

1764 – Marlay House, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin

Marlay House was built by Thomas Taylor and was originally known as ‘The Grange’. David La Touche, first governor of the newly established Bank of Ireland acquired and extended the house in 1764 and renamed it for his wife Elizabeth Marlay.

1772 – Lucan House, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Architect: William Chambers, Michael Stapleton

Lucan House, often described as a pure Palladian villa, was constructed by Agmondisham Vesey,

1789 – St. John’s Church of Ireland, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Architect: Joseph Welland

The present St. John’s Church was built in 1789 and substantially extended in 1854 by Joseph Welland.

1795 – Church of Ireland, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin

The church which dates from 1795 has had two enlargements. The first was in the 1820s when the tower and spire were added.

1806 – Killakee House, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin

A 36-room, two-storey, symmetrical, stucco-faced house of with several curved bows. It had a balustraded parapet to the roof, a veranda with slender iron uprights and a balcony above along the centre of the front.

1814 – Liffey Bridge, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Architect: George Knowles

Designed by George Knowles, architect of Dublin’s Fr. Mathew and O’Donovan Rossa Bridges, and built in 1814 in collaboration with James Savage to replace several bridges which were carried away by floods.