Roebuck, also originally known as "Rabuck", is a townland and the name of a former estate in the

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s of Dublin, Uppercross, and Rathdown in Ireland. The townland incorporates roughly all the land in the triangle between Clonskeagh, Dundrum and Mount Merrion. Historically significant buildings which exist (or existed) in the area include Mountainville House, Mount Anville, St. Thomas's Church, Owenstown House, Roebuck Hill, Hermitage House, Friarsland House, Prospect Hall, Froebuck Park, Belfield House and Harlech House. Roebuck became established as a location shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland (from 1169). In 1261, it was owned by Fromund Le Brun, the

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, and a castle was built there in the 13th century, which was badly damaged in the

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. It was pictured in a ruinous condition by

Gabriel Beranger Gabriel Beranger (1725–1817) was a Dutch artist, known for his works showing Irish antiquities. Life Beranger was born in Rotterdam on 9 March 1725, as the son of Henry Beranger and Marie le Duc/Anne Marie Leduc. His parents, who had married in ...

around 1768. It was sold by Nicholas Barnewall, 14th Baron Trimlestown, to

James Crofton James Crofton was the Chief Clerk of the Irish Treasury in 1804. Around 1800 he purchased Roebuck Castle, County Dublin, from Nicholas Barnewall, 14th Baron Trimlestown Nicholas Barnewall, 14th Baron Trimlestown (8 June 1726 – 16 April 1813 ...

, an official of the Irish Treasury, in around 1800.''Origins of the Belfield Campus and UCD’s Period Houses Map and Guide''.
University College Dublin, Dublin, 2012. In 1466, Elizabeth le Brun, the last of Fromund's family, married Robert Barnewall, 1st

Baron Trimlestown Baron Trimlestown, of Trimlestown in County Meath, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. History The title was created in 1461 for Sir Robert Barnewall, who was the younger brother of Nicholas Barnewall, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, ...

. The Irish Civil Survey of 1654-56 recorded that the estate consisted of around 500 acres. It remained in the hands of the Trimlestown family until the early nineteenth century when parts were sold off. The surgeon Solomon Richards acquired land in the area of the estate known as Roebuck Grove from Baron Trimlestown in 1812. The estate was acquired by the Westby family in 1856 and from 1943 until 1985 it was owned by the Little Sisters of the Poor. It later became part of the University College Dublin campus.

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