placenamesGlenealy
Gleann Fhaidhle
Rossana near Ashford lies within Glenealy electoral division, extending this record beyond the village and its immediate parish buildings.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Gleann Fhaidhle · Irish · main form
- Glenealy · English · main form
Place & story
An enlarged eighteenth-century house
William Tighe leased the Rossana property in 1741 and enlarged an existing house. Its central block acquired a three-storey brick frontage and two wings; battlements were added later. Frederick Darley prepared plans for further alterations in 1830. In the twentieth century, the house lost its wings and part of the main block, substantially changing its earlier form. [2]
A model preserves another appearance
An architectural model associated with Darley’s 1830 scheme entered the Irish Architectural Archive’s collection through a 2017 acquisition recorded by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland. That organisation considers it probably a model of the proposed alterations. Its maker is catalogued as anonymous. The model preserves evidence of the larger composition, while its possible presentation purpose cautions against treating every detail as proof of completed building work. [2]
Tenants and a proposed teacher’s house
The National Library’s catalogue of the Tighe Papers records letters concerning rents, drainage and everyday estate dealings. Glenealy correspondence from September to December 1883 concerns leasing a plot for a proposed schoolteacher’s house; the catalogue does not establish that it was built. Other papers document the sale of Rossana House in 1937. Together these records connect the country house with the district’s residents and institutions. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glenealy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rossanagh House Co. Wicklow, model acquisition2017/128 · Friends of the National Collections of Ireland
- Tighe Papers, Collection List50, introduction and Ms29,652(8),29,657 · Brigid Clesham, National Library of Ireland;1999
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-05-26. How this page was prepared.