A
Short History of EgansHouse
Eganshouse
comprises numbers 7 and 9 Iona Park, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.
Iona
Park was built between 1909 and 1911 as part of the development of Henry
Gore Lindsay’s estate in Glasnevin. Numbers 7 & 9 Iona Park
were built in 1909 and 1910 respectively, by the renowned builder, Alexander
Strain. The representatives of Henry Gore Lindsay and Alexander Strain
owned these properties until they were purchased by the previous owner
of Eganshouse in 1971.
Glasnevin,
or Glas Na’on, ‘Stream of the Infants’ — also known
as Glas Naedhe, O Naeidhe’s Stream, first came into prominence
in the sixth century, when St Mobhi founded a monastery on the banks
of the river Tolka, on the present site of Glasnevin Village.
After
the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century the lands
of Glasnevin became the property of the Holy Trinity (Christ Church
Cathedral) and in its returns for 1326 it was stated that 28 tenants
resided in Glasnevin...
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