The munificence of Kathleen Dukelow in Donating Philips’ Green to the people of Durrus, West Cork.
Kathleen Dukelow now in her 90s donated a site from her property and funds to build a community centre which will open officially soon.
Her school contemporaries recall her as the most intelligent pupil in the school with a great interest in botany, and she knows all the old bog plants. In the 1940 she emigrated to London to work as a telephonist.
Her mother was Charlotte (Lotty) Phillips. The Phillips family in Durrus originated with a family member who came around 1850 possibly at the time Lord Bandon recovered the Estate from the Evansons. The Phillips were involved in managing the estate and ran the Bandon Arms Hotel in the village and a coaching establishment. Their horses wee overwintered on Carbery Island.
Also in the photos is an old water pump before piped water came to the village
West Cork History 
Interesting….my Dukelow ancestor families had many teachers here in Canada….sounds like a wonderful interesting lady!
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Thank you for your work on this wonderful website https://durrushistory.com. My brother told me that Kathleen Dukeslow’s ashes are being interred at St James’s Church, Durrus on February 1st. Igrew up in Durrus. Thank you for this wonderful information and photographs of Philip’s Green.
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