placenamesKilbride
Cill Bhríde
The Dunboden estate preserves contrasting designs for a country residence, its working buildings and a family burial chamber.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cill Bhríde · Irish · main form
- Kilbride · English · main form
Place & story
A house enlarged in the nineteenth century
Dunboden Park’s ruined house dates from about 1815, with remodelling around 1860. The architectural inventory tentatively associates the later work with Sandham Symes. Its dressed-stone window details and cornice survive as evidence of an elaborate residence, although the roof has gone. Samuel Lewis recorded R. W. Cooper living at Dunboden in 1837. The inventory also allows for an earlier house on or near the site, without treating that possibility as established. [2] [3]
An elaborate memorial to Joshua Harry Cooper
The nearby Cooper mausoleum was erected around 1819. Its central limestone chamber lies within two concentric earthen banks, with entrances arranged on opposite sides. A small opening over the chamber doorway admits light from the setting sun. Inside, a marble pedestal supports a carved urn. Its inscription commemorates Joshua Harry Cooper, born on 25 June 1799 and dead on 5 February 1819. The structure deliberately resembles a prehistoric tomb, but belongs to nineteenth-century family commemoration. [4]
The working courtyard
Dunboden’s stable ranges, also dated to about 1815, enclose a courtyard northeast of the house. Their entrance has a carriage arch, a crenellated parapet and a bellcote; half-moon windows distinguish another range. The buildings record the substantial provision for horses, vehicles and estate work that accompanied the principal residence. [5]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Coordinates
- 53.44138, -7.32340
- Mapped area
- 8.06 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2465 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Kilbride. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunboden Park house, NIAH 15403303 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Kilbride-Veston or Kilbride-Vasty, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis
- Dunboden Park Cooper Mausoleum, NIAH 15403304 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Dunboden Park stable courtyard, NIAH 15403306 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.