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Kingswood

"Ard Soluis", Kingswood, Clondalkin, Co.Dublin

Kingswood (front of house), 1942.
Note no lawn laid out yet.
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"Ard Soluis", Kingswood,
was designed and built by Dick Humphreys 1934-35,
Tommy O'Brien says he got a Mr. Olin, a plumber, further down on Pearse St, to build it,
fireplace had date "1934",
moved in c.Feb 1935.
Dick died 1968.
Citywest Business Campus (or via here) was established to the S of the house 1990.
Dick's widow Eithne died 1995.

SAP Ireland opened their new Irish headquarters just S of the house, 2001 (NOT 1997).
This is branch of SAP, Europe's largest software company (German, supplies business software solutions, especially to large companies).
Address: 1012-1014 Kingswood Ave, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, tel 467-4000.

The Humphreys family sold Ard Soluis to the adjoining Citywest think 2001.
It probably will be demolished and incorporated into Citywest Business Campus.
All industrial area around the house now.

Bright Horizons child care centre (catering for children of Citywest workers) built right beside Ard Soluis 2003, just before the entrance (i.e. on the NE side).
Address: 4008-4010 Kingswood Rd, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 22, tel 403-5717.

The entrance into Ard Soluis is now blocked off. No other entrance.
The house is still there but is being let go to seed, obviously awaiting demolition.

Location of Ard Soluis, Kingswood.
The 3-pronged building is SAP building. Ard Soluis is just N of it.
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Location of Ard Soluis, Kingswood.
View from E.
Ard Soluis is "The Site".
Old Naas Rd is front RHS. New Naas Rd is back RHS.
SAP building under construction to LHS.
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Kingswood under construction, 1934. From the front (S side).

Kingswood under construction, 1934. From the back (N side).

Early photo of Kingswood from the road (from the N, back of house visible, avenue curves round to the far side of the building to the front door).

Kingswood, under construction, 1934-5. The W facing porch.

Kingswood from an airplane, from the SW, shortly after it was built, c.1935. Note the old Naas Rd (the old Dublin - SW Ireland road).

The garden wall to the SW side, c.1937.

Laying out the lawn at the front (S side) of the house.

Kingswood. The W facing porch.

Kingswood. The drive now totally overgrown.
Photo 2007. See full size.