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Durrow Abbey House

Construction on Durrow Abbey House began in 1837 and was completed in 1860. The inside was gutted by fire in 1923, but it was rebuilt several years later [1]. The lands on which the house stands were granted to Contan O’Mollow, Prior of Durrow, in the 1540s. He was slain in 1553. Nicholas Hebert, a member of an old English family, was granted the property shortly after in 1574. It passed to the Stepney family in the 18th century and was later sold to John Toler in 1815 [2]. John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury (1745-1831), nicknamed the “HANGING JUDGE” was a controversial Irish lawyer, politician, and judge, in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Daniel Toler, a Member of Parliament [3]. His most famous trial was that of Irish nationalist leader Robert Emmet. Norbury interrupted and abused Emmet throughout the trial before sentencing him to death [4]. Norbury WRONGFULLY CONVICTED AN INNOCENT YOUNG MAN from Blanchardstown of the capital crime of sheep-stealing. The man was hanged and his distraught widow survived him by just a few months. On her deathbed she cursed Norbury, VOWING TO HAUNT him from beyond the grave until the end of time, promising that she would never let him have another night’s sleep. Norbury was said to have suffered from chronic insomnia after that, a deserving end to a brutal man. On his own death, aged 85, Norbury was reportedly changed into a PHANTOM black hound condemned to forever roam the streets of Cabra, dragging a hefty chain in his wake [4]. After he resigned from the bench, John Toler was created Viscount Glandine and Earl of Norbury, of Glandine in King's County, in the Peerage of Ireland. The titles were created with special remainder to his second son, Hector, as his eldest son, Daniel, was then considered mentally unwell [5]. Sources/Citations: [1] - https://www.archiseek.com/2015/1860-d... [2] - https://offalyhistoryblog.wordpress.c... [3] - Toler, John - Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. [4] - https://emeraldisle.ie/the-cu-sidhe [5] - Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.