The Civil Survey of 1654 divided the parish of Clonturk into 3 divisions:
The first was 'Drumconrath' (200 acres of land) which surrounded Drumcondra Castle (b.1560) and was leased at the time to James Bathe – Papist.
The other two divisions, call in the Survey 'Protestant lands' were 'Donogh Carney' (146 acres) and Clonturk (200 acres).
Donnycarney division was leased to Captain Michael Jones for a while, as a reward for his services to Cromwell. (Later it became the property of the Earl of Charlemont).
The Clonturk division – where Drumcondra House was built – was at the time leased to Robert Bathe – Papist (the eldest son of John Bathe by his second marriage). According to the Survey, it contained 'one fair stone house, slated; one office-house, slated; a small church, a garden and an orchard.' In 1684, the lease of the Clonturk property passed into the hands of Yorkshireman Sir John Coghill of Belvedere House (townland of Drishoge; b. 1660) and in 1726 his son Marmaduke Coghill built Drumcondra House on the site of, presumably, this 'fair stone house'.
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The Civil Survey of Dublin 1654
