Roebuck, also originally known as "Rabuck", is a

townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

and the name of a former estate in the baronys of

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

, Uppercross, and Rathdown in Ireland. The townland incorporates roughly all the land in the triangle between

Clonskeagh Clonskeagh or Clonskea (, meaning "meadow of the Whitethorn"; pronounced ), is a small southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The district straddles the River Dodder. Location and access Clonskeagh is a townland in the civil parish of Donnybro ...

, Dundrum and

Mount Merrion Mount Merrion () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is roughly 7 kilometres (5 mi) south of Dublin city centre and is situated on and around the hill of the same name. Location and access Mount Merrion is 3 kilometres (2 mi) south ...

. 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 The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of Kingdom of England, England then claimed sovereignty ...

(from 1169). In 1261, it was owned by

Fromund Le Brun Fromund le Brun (died 1283) was a cleric and judge in Ireland who became Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He lost a long battle to become Archbishop of Dublin, due to his notorious pluralism (i.e his holding of multiple benefices). He also clashed b ...

, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and a castle was built there in the 13th century, which was badly damaged in the

Irish Rebellion of 1641 The Irish Rebellion of 1641 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1641) was an uprising by Irish Catholics in the Kingdom of Ireland, who wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to partially or fully reverse the plantat ...

. 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 Nicholas Barnewall, 14th Baron Trimlestown (8 June 1726 – 16 April 1813) was an Irish landowner associated with the Roebuck Estate in County Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of Richard Barnewall, a younger brother of Robert Barnewall, 12th Baro ...

, 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 The Little Sisters of the Poor (french: Petites Sœurs des pauvres) is a Catholic religious institute for women. It was founded by Jeanne Jugan. Having felt the need to care for the many impoverished elderly who lined the streets of French towns ...

. It later became part of the

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

campus.

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