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GREYSTONES ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL VOLUME 8

House, Leixlip. Richard was called to the bar in 1881. He was
Professor of Criminal Law at Dublin University between 1889
and 1894.

By 1926 Killincarrig had become the Clyda Hotel whose
proprietor was Cornelius de Groot, an antiques dealer from Bray.
By 1939 Killincarrig House had become the International Hotel.
Later it was called the Woodlands Hotel prior to a fire and
demolishment.

Rathdown House

An early two storey, three bay house, originally owned by the
Morres or Morris family. It was located off Windgates Road, near
to the entrance of where Redford Park is today. The playwright
John Millington Synge stayed here with his family in the summer
of 1884. In 1906, it was lived in by a Mrs Fox and later became
the home of Captain Gracie, followed by Miss Lavinia Armstrong
and Miss Blunden. Lavinia was born in County Dublin. She was
the daughter of E J Armstrong, DL, Esq of Lismoher, County
Clare and Leeson Street, Dublin. Her sister who lived with her
was the widow of Maurice Robert Blunden, son of Sir John
Blunden of Castle Blunden, County Kilkenny.

Fernside

Fernside was a two storey, three bay semi-detached house
that was located where Sam McCauley’s Chemist is located
today. It was built around 1880 and was lived in by William C
Watson, who was Postmaster of Greystones, and his wife
Eleanor A Watson. It was later lived in by M Blackmore.

Lewis’s Hotel

A two storey, four bay hotel built circa 1895. The building may

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