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Streetview. NIAH lets us down today.

Niall McAuley Well done.

Wondering how you get on to the left balcony ?!

See also L_CAB_00261

A couple of shots later in the catalogue, we have with a Commer charabanc at Parknasilla - 1910+.

In 2007 via Robert English

Streetview - goo.gl/maps/bJTBYFc47eQFBKoY9

Via William Murphy, an interesting and slightly sad story of the original rejected statue, now in Merrion Square (see comments) -

THE GAELIC MUSE Exalted Poets of Kerry PIERCE FERRITER1 Hanged@ 1653 GEOFFREY O’DONOGHUE Died 1677 AOGÁN O’RAHILLY Died 1728 OWEN ROE O’SULLIVAN Died 1784 “Aogán, Geoffrey, Pierce and Owen, Songbirds sweet who with silver tone Charmed our forbears long ago And cheered them all in time of woe” Fr Patrick Dineen 1940

beachcomber australia Tastes and prejudices change like the wind but for me the rejected design would have been far more appropriate, indeed far more effective!

Field - Saturday 26 December 1885. I assmume that's the 'glazed verandah' next to the entrance extending to the corner of the building.




Meanwhile, Building News - Friday 17 January 1890 lists Rosdohan as one of the private mansions designed by Mr. John Pollard Seddon, in its series about 'Contemporary British Architects'. A lot of his other works were new churches, and he played a big part in the restoration of Llandaff Cathedral.

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Rear/front view via Paul Carbery, who says "built by Dan Carbery 1875 - burnt down in 1920's" -

Edit - above photo at NLI - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322691

Mr French/Lawrence took 11 photos of the house and grounds - catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=rosdohan+sneem&am...

From www.journalofnomads.com/rossdohan-island/

Nobody has lived on the island since the mansion got destroyed by fire in 1955. Now the place is abandoned, perfect for a night of camping and an inspiration for photography.

(other sources give a more plausible 1922)

Also " then burnt in the troubles and later rebuilt but now abandoned again. Now apparently owned by a German who never visits and may be locked up. " thediary.caerhays.co.uk/april/18th-april/april-2018-irish...

January 2020 -
"Kerry’s ‘most beautiful island’ sells for €2m
Parknasilla resort buys Rossdohan Island in Kenmare"
See - www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/kerr...

Well I never! Via Trove from 1910 ...

" ... It is pleasant to read in the "Gardeners' Chronicle" how well many of our Australian trees and shrubs do in Ireland. In a delightful spot on the southern coast stands Rossdohan, where Mr. S. T. Heard has a choice collection of plants and trees, and close at hand are other gardens, in which are many uncommon subjects. A blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) is 70ft. high and 7ft. in girth. Acacia deciirrens blooms profusely, and A. Riceana flourishes against a wall. Pittosporum bicolor and P. Ralphii, the Victorian Hazel (Pomaderris apetala), Hakea saligna, 25ft. high, and several of our Leptospermums, ranging up to 25ft. in height, flourish as well as they do in the Australian bush. Cassinia aculeata, another of our natives, blooms freely, its flowers are first white, then they change to pink, and last in perfect freshness until the frosts. Callistemon salignus, C. speciosus, Melaleuca Leucadendron, Eucalyptus urnigera, and E. viminalis were all thriving. New Zealand is also represented in these gardens. Edwardsia microphylla is 20ft. high, and nearly as much through, and in the spring time it appears like a cloud of yellow, with its beautiful blossoms. Olearias flourish, and a variegated form of Cordyline Australia is extremely rare. ..."

See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142926098?searchTerm=r...