Clonsilla Lodge

BlazingSaddler · 13-11-2012 12:53PM #1

Does anybody know who owns this?, I reckon it would be a great site for a Coffee Shop after a bit of a makeover!

Hilly Bill · 13-11-2012 06:24PM

Is that the place across the road from the Spar shop? If it is then i think the Clonsilla historical society either owns it or just meet there.

BostonB · 13-11-2012 07:23PM

Where is Clonsilla lodge?

BlazingSaddler · 13-11-2012 08:00PM

It is the building across the road from Spar, Romayos, Ravellos, Host

BostonB · 16-11-2012 05:19PM

Never really looked at it before. Isn't parking and traffic a problem?

Diddler1977 · 16-11-2012 07:08PM

It would make a great coffee shop - something that Clonsilla badly needs. There is a small bit of parking and I think you can also park at the back of Charnwood and enter from there.

BostonB · 16-11-2012 08:27PM

I bet Charnwood would love that!

16-11-2012 08:43PM

BostonB wrote: »

I bet Charnwood would love that!

Would love a bit of rear entry? Well sure, who doesn't once in a while

What's the current use of the Lodge? Looks like a little scout den or something.

January · 16-11-2012 11:17PM

Weight Watchers meetings are held there too

03-01-2013 12:12PM

mattb74 wrote: »

Does anybody know who owns this?, I reckon it would be a great site for a Coffee Shop after a bit of a makeover!

Hi did u get any contacts for this?

BlazingSaddler · 03-01-2013 01:10PM

Bull Leinster wrote: »

Hi did u get any contacts for this?

No I didn't actually. If anybody has any details it would be most appreciated.

daymobrew · 04-01-2013 08:31PM

I know the person who manages it.
PM sent to mattb74.

ozmo · 05-01-2013 04:35AM

mattb74 wrote: »

Does anybody know who owns this?, I reckon it would be a great site for a Coffee Shop after a bit of a makeover!

Its a great resource to a lot of small organisations as a place to meet and converting to yet another shop would be a loss to the community.
There are plenty of other unused buildings opposite it eg. the Aldi site, Empty Sites at Mount Symon, the Petrol station etc. that could be better repurposed.

Its also listed as "G4: Active Green Space" - rezoning that for commercial/trading use would be very challenging.
(you can see this at http://www.myplan.ie/viewer )

Pat Dunne · 07-01-2013 02:51AM

ozmo wrote: »

Its also listed as "G4: Active Green Space" - rezoning that for commercial/trading use would be very challenging.
(you can see this at http://www.myplan.ie/viewer )

Thanks for the link, some very interesting information. So would I be right in saying that based on the information from the maps, the actual name of the lodge would be Lohunda Park Lodge?

ozmo · 07-01-2013 11:58AM

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Thanks for the link, some very interesting information. So would I be right in saying that based on the information from the maps, the actual name of the lodge would be Lohunda Park Lodge?

** Would anyone have a photo of "Clonsilla House" - I would like to see what it looked like - its not gone so long.

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,705621,738295,7,7

Finglas Incubus · 08-01-2013 10:45AM

ozmo wrote: »

Its the lodge house from the old Clonsilla House, that is now Castlefield woods

Clonsilla House was on the site of whats now Portersgate Estate:

'Clonsilla Lodge' was part of the Lohunda 'estate', check the 25' historic maps on http://www.myplan.ie.

ozmo · 08-01-2013 11:58AM

Finglas Incubus wrote: »

Clonsilla House was on the site of whats now Portersgate Estate:

'Clonsilla Lodge' was part of the Lohunda 'estate', check the 25' historic maps on http://www.myplan.ie.

Thanks for the photo - thats great

- But I think its then the other house I'm looking for a photo of...

The Lodge house in the village, is marked on the map attached.

And it seems to be the Lodge of a large building labelled as just "Clonsilla" (Not House) on the early 1800 maps - This building is now the Castlefield Estates - I put an Arrow to the location of the lodge house.

This building seems to have been renamed only in the later maps (1920's) to be "Lohunda Park"

Looking for photos of that building if possible -

thanks.

You can see it more clearly here - by silding the overlay button in bottom left you can see modern maps over it.
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,705621,738295,7,7

ozmo · 08-01-2013 01:21PM

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Thanks for the link, some very interesting information. So would I be right in saying that based on the information from the maps, the actual name of the lodge would be Lohunda Park Lodge?

Yes - it seems the official name is "Lohunda Lodge" - its mentioned as such ( a few times) in Fingal's Planning Guide for the Village...

http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Planning/StudiesandReports/UrbanVillagePlans/ClonsillaUrbanCentreStrategy/FileDownload,19517,en.pdf

A very good read !

ozmo · 16-05-2013 12:23PM

daymobrew wrote: »

I know the person who manages it.
PM sent to mattb74.

Hi, could anyone forward the contact details to me please - I noticed there was some damage done to the building roof at the back over the weekend and i'd like to let them know.

Thanks.

daymobrew · 17-05-2013 08:20PM

ozmo wrote: »

Hi, could anyone forward the contact details to me please - I noticed there was some damage done to the building roof at the back over the weekend and i'd like to let them know.

I have texted my contact. Thanks for the report.

Clonsilla Lodge

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