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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: y mansion at Rathmines, and is said to have cost£3,000. The builder was a dignitary of the Church, a son of theArchbishop of Dublin of that time, the Venerable WilliamBulkeley, whom his father had appointed Archdeacon of hisdiocese. He is said to have been a person of great virtue andpiety, one who made it his employ only to serve the Church, and () Depositions of KUl (Sir Tlioinas Newconien. of Dublin, and riidinasWhittell, of Killininny). (3) Census of 1G59 ; Heavth Money KoU. (3) Tallaght Parish Register and Vestry Book; Handcocks History ofTallaght (2nd edition), pp. 38. 138, U9. 32 PAUISU OF IALLAGHT. his diversion only to improve and adorn his estate witli plantationswhich, from a desolate and wild land, he brought to a mostdelightfnl patrimony. In the old house at Old Bawn thereis ample evidence of his skill as a builder. The external appearanceof the house, which forms three sides of a square, with its pointede,ables and hioh fluted chimnevs, at once attracts attention, and a

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