Bushy Park, Terenure, Co Dublin – apartments 

Bushy Park, Terenure, Co Dublin – apartments 

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London. 

p. 51. “(Shaw, Bt/PB) A plain three storey Georgian house with large C19 ground floor windows and external shutters. Belonged, ca 1800, to Abraham Wilkinson; later became the seat of his son-in-law, Sir Robert Shaw, 1st Bt, MP and Lord Mayor of Dublin (a 1st cousin of George Bernard Shaw’s grandfather) who had previously lived nearby at Terenure [House].”

Robert Shaw, 1774-1849, first baronet of Bushy Park Co. Dublin attributed to Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of Mealys Autumn Sale 2015.
Maria Shaw (1838-1875), Daughter of Sir Frederick Shaw 3rd Bt of Bushy Park, Dublin, by William Brocas, courtesy of Adam’s auction 23 March 2016.

 

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