Roebuck, Dublin

Roebuck (Irish: Reabóg),[3] also originally known as "Rabuck", is a townland and the name of a former estate in the baronies of Dublin and Rathdown in Ireland.

In 1261, the area around Roebuck was owned by Fromund Le Brun, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and a castle was built there in the 13th century.

Writing in 1781, the antiquarian Austin Cooper describes a large L-shaped castle with an inscribed stone in a window of the north west angle which featured the arms of the Trimblestown family.

The main 16th century castellated house was substantially remodelled for Thomas Barnewall, 13th Baron Trimlestown between 1788–94 to a design by the architect Samuel Sproule.

The estate was acquired by the Westby family in 1856 who further developed the current castle building in what was then a fashionable neo-gothic style.