Survey Data
Reg No
31312209
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Cultural, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Dalgan House
Original Use
Handball alley
Date
1930 - 1941
Coordinates
129848, 254173
Date Recorded
15/01/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding "back-to-back" handball alley, extant 1941, on a rectangular plan with cement rendered boundary walls to perimeter having lichen-covered rounded coping. Now disused. Set in grounds originally shared with Dalganpark.
Appraisal
A "back-to-back" handball alley illustrating the redevelopment of the Dalganpark estate as Saint Columban's Chinese Mission College (opened 1918; closed 1941). NOTE: A similar "back-to-back" handball alley was erected for the Columban Missionaries when they opened the new Dalgan Park (1938-41) at Dowdstown House in County Meath.