Woodbrook House
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Woodbrook House situated in the parish of Ardcarne,three miles from Carrick-on-Shannon on the Boyle to Carrick-on-Shannon road.It is steeped in history,the Kirkwoods were landlords in the parish of Tumna.Various members of the Kirkwood family owned large holdings in the townland of Woodbrook,Dorrary and Cloongownagh in 1858.Woodbrook School was built by James Kirkwood for education of the children of his tenants.The family managed the school until 1911 thereafter,Rev.John McDermott,P.P.,Croghan became the manager of the school between 1911 and 1917.Originally 'planted' on the Mayo-Sligo border,near Killala the Kirkwood name first appears in records in or around the time of the 1691 rebellion.How they made there way to Roscommon is unclear,but it is noticeable that the Lloyd surname was incorporated into their surnames at one stage.It is possible that inter-marriage brought them to Roscommon.The Anglo Irish of the time kept to themselves and rarely inter-married with the native Irish.Woodbrook House was built in 1780,by a family called Phibbs who lived there.However according to John and Mai Malone,Grehan Barlow,an historical architect from Birmingham who visited the house in the late 1990s,was of the opinion that a house was built at Woodbrook by the Phibbs in 1671.This would imply an earlier structure either on or close to present the house.The original house was square shape and without wings,these were added in the 1880s,the gate and railing at the road were erected after the horse,Woodbrook,win the Grand national in 1881.Little is known of the Phibbs family,other than it is likely that they were Planters.Woodbrook house became the home of the kirkwoods in the 1800s when they bought the lands from the Phibbs family.The Kirkwood family purchased the 200 acre farm at Usna on the banks of the Boyle river and later obtained the 600 acre farm at Woodbrook.Their home became known as Woodbrook House on Usna farm.