So I got a job to the airport with 2 gals from New York. They seemed normal enough except when it came to paying. It was around €25.40. No the payer said. Presenting her credit card. I want to give you a tip. Round it up to......€26.00 a 60 c tip. There is no way to counter this. Did I insult you?
They seemed normal enough, on business expenses. The other put down is to say. No if you are that hard up you can keep it. It cost me more to process the card than the tip was worth.
I loved Cuban music and the Buena Vista social club opened my ears to their magic.So we went there, no kids at the time. If you love vintage cars they have them all over Havana. The second week of the break took us to the Valadero beach resort, really 5 star hotels and great food. Now to get to my tipping problem. There was a girl who cleaned the room and on the Wednesday she said that she would be off when we were going, so could she have her tip now. I really thought it was odd but I gave her around €20, which was a good tip in Cuba. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday she never came back to the room. When we were moving out the leader of the chamber maids arrived and asked me for a tip. Why was our room not cleaned for 4 days? Why were you not doing your job supervising your staff? Now I have spoken to the manager a few times during our stay and he asked me to report directly to him if I saw anything amiss. Which I will be doing in 10 minutes.
I really did not want her sacked as the Cuban people live in dreadful poverty.
My wife has been ill for 10 days or so and I have been going over to the Blackrock clinic most days.
You don't know when she will be let out so you have to wait. You would be mad to wait in the grounds so I waited in Cross ave. This avenue has really Wow houses. I walked to the estate agents on the corner and asked him about the house below he really could not tell me more. So I googled it.By the way the house has been extended !!!!!The tragic thing is that the house was built just before the Irish potato famine.
You cannot really see it from the road.
Time to bring in helicopter thing and take a good look
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AREA LOCATION Cross Avenue
MAP LOCATION OSI map 1898-1913 place it in the townland of Merrion
and it is annotated as Glenvar.
GENERAL Originally called Churchview. A large house was built circa 1856 on
the site for George McMullin initially called D'Court Ville, later Glenvar. In 1921 it was
described as a detached residence on 11 acres. It has a concave roof with bracketed eves
which gives it an slightly Oriental look, the high chimneys are an unusual feature but very
typical of one of Mulvany's styles. It had two gatelodges (one on Mount Merrion Ave and
another on Cross Ave). One mirrored the architecture of the main residence with a quirky
belgcast/pagoda style roof very similar to the one Mulvany designed for Kilmacud House,
no image of the other has been found to date.
YEAR BUILT 1856 for George McMullin
VALUATION In 1879 the valuation was 115 pounds and on the 1901 census it is
noted as having 17 rooms occupied by family.
ARCHITECT John Skipton Mulvany
SOURCES Thom’s directories, OSI maps, Griffith's Valuation, NAI Census & Wills
contemporaneous newspapers.
OCCUPANTS
1834 - 1837 Henry Higginbotham
1840 Col Jones
1845 - 1848 Charles Hopes
1855 - 1856 George Reade MacMullen
1862 - 1866 John Barrington
1867 - 1886 Joseph Garratt
1886 - 1916 William Arthur Garratt
1916 - 1920 Mr & Mrs William Dove
1921 De Valera arrested here
1921 - 1926 (House in Mrs McGarry's name - purchased by The Dáil as their headquarters)
1939 Houses built on the land
1947 Edward Kearon
1950 - 1952 Mrs Evelyn Hornidge
1952 - 1989 The Wall Family
2013 Sold for €5,250,000
STAFF
1848 Murtagh Ennis – gatekeeper
1882 - 1883 John Williams - Gardener
1900 - 1901 James Rennix - Gardener living on site
1900 Elizabeth Anne Long - Cook
1901 Charlotte Foote - Housemaid
Ellen Moore - Kitchenmaid
Sarah Allingham - Parlourmaid
Johanna O'Brien - Cook
1911 Emily Bray - Parlourmaid
Maria Johnston - Cook
Ellen McKay - Housemaid
Lucy Abbott - Kitchenmaid
CURRENT Extant
STATUS
CONTRIBUTOR © June Bow & Karen Poff
DATE August 2019
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