Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Also known as "Laurel Hill Cottage" [Deed, 1920].
John Ebrill
died there 1863.
William Ebrill
apparently lived there 1864.
He lived there from at least 1874 until his death in 1892.
William Ebrill's family
continued to live there until 1955.
The Ebrills lived on the land beside
Laurel Hill school,
and later sold part to Laurel Hill.
Note that
Laurel Hill school
existed at this time
(the Ebrill daughters were educated there).
Not to be confused with the large Summerville House.
[Gail O'Sullivan] says:
"Various houses and "cottages" on the estate were called various versions
of Summerville."
Summerville House survives
and is now
part of the campus of
Mary Immaculate College
(see street view).
Charles Ebrill lived nearby at "Little Summerville".
In 1901 census,
Summerville Cottage is listed as having
14 rooms,
7 windows in front of house,
and 7 out-buildings (consisting of
3 stables, 1 coach house, 1 cow house, 1 fowl house
and 1 shed).
In 1911 census,
it is listed as having
18 rooms,
7 windows in front of house,
and 5 out-buildings (consisting of
1 stable, 3 cow houses
and 1 shed).
Summerville Cottage (Laurel Hill Cottage) is now gone.
The site is now Summerville Gardens (housing estate).
Only the old back boundary wall survives.
See street view.
Summerville Cottage, Limerick.
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and full size.
Courtesy of John de Courcy.
Summerville Cottage, Limerick.
This would be the entrance side (the S facing side).
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Summerville Cottage, Limerick, 1955.
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and original.
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