Bonnybrook House stood on the townland of the same name, in the barony of Coolock, from as early as the early 1800s. It is described in the O.S. Name Books as: ‘A two story slated house, with slated offices houses, all in good repair, garden in good order & neatly laid out. Occupied by Mr….
There is a reference to ‘a decayed chapell’ in Killester as far back as 1654, in the Civil Survey, and Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary says ‘Killester House, the property of Gen. Luscombe, in which are incorporated the remains of an old abbey‘. In the Ordnance Survey Name Books, ‘Killester Abbey’ is described as a ‘two story…
