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An inspection in 1994 recorded a vernacular building in a largely disused farmyard. The dwelling was one storey high with a lobby-entry plan. Built of clay and stone. Hipped roof of unsown timbers pegged together and supporting a wheaten thatch covered with corrugated iron. It had a large open hearth with brick canopy supported by stout unsown bressamer. There was a brick-lined, domed wall oven to one side of the hearth. This may have been the dwelling house of George Taffe where mass was said in 1630 (Ronan 1940, 71) and the same 'farmhouse' mentioned in the Civil Survey in 1654-166 (Simington 1945, 75; Vernacular Building Survey of County Dublin, 2 (015).
The site was reinspected in 2010. None of the upstanding vernacular farm buildings matched the above description. The new owner had found that a house had existed on the site but had been pulled down sometime in the last 20 years.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 7 October 2014
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