Glenasmole Roads

Firhouse RoadGLENASMOLE ROADSRunning northwards from Old Bawn crossroads is the FirhouseRoad, leading to Firhouse and Butterfield Avenue. There areseveral old houses on this road. Allenton and Killininny havealready been described on pages 37 to 39. Ellenborough is besidethe crossroads, and Killininny House which was near the Dodder,was demolished about 30 years ago. It was a large Georgianfarmhouse.Killininny HouseIn the village of Firhouse is the Carmelite Convent which wasestablished here early in the nineteenth century. The house datedfrom the eighteenth century and was bought in 1800 by Mr. JamesJohnston, who later sold it to Mr. Beresford Burson. He wassucceeded by his son-in-law, Mr. Smith. This house wasdemolished and replaced by a new convent building in 2003.70