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- Churchtown parish has been occupied since Neolithic times as evidenced by the discovery of bronze age implements in the locality.
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Recently occupied by the De La Salle Brothers, it seems to be identical to a house named Waxfield where the death is recorded in 1766 of John Lamprey.
Churchtown parish has been occupied since Neolithic times as evidenced by the discovery of bronze age implements in the locality. The village itself was originally a collection of hovels until the early 1800s when the Earl of Egmont developed what is now a lime stone- built village.
Recently occupied by the De La Salle Brothers, it seems to be identical to a house named Waxfield where the death is recorded in 1766 of John Lamprey. In 1836 it was known as Hazelbrook, a name which was later transferred to the nearby, now defunct, Hughes Brothers milk bottling plant.
On the night of January 31st 1822 the Whiteboys attacked the Police Barracks in the village of Churchtown in North Cork. They set fire to the Barracks and a number of houses adjoining it (which were all thatched in those days).
The last of the old houses was demolished in the mid-1980s. It was a very early 18th century gabled residence named Grove Cottage and was probably the oldest occupied house in Dublin. This place was the scene of a skirmish at the outbreak of the rising of 1798.
Churchtown House was occupied for some years by Major Trench who was agent to the Earl of Egmont. Sir Edward Tierney lived there on and off for some time. For many years it was occupied by caretakers until 1895 when it was purchased by the Cowhey family.
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