Category: 19th century history
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Lucan’s Waterloo Veteran
On the 31st December 1815 Thomas Leonard of Lucan was discharged from military service being “unfit for further military service”. Thomas Leonard joined the 1st Battalion of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot on the 10th January 1815, having previously served 2 years in an recorded Regiment. At the time…
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The Orchard Tunnel
An essay on the Orchard Tunnel that once linked the grounds of Lucan House to the walled gardens on the opposite side of the Leixlip Road. Part of a series of mini essays on the architecture of Lucan Demesne, by Jonathan Cully.
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SOL historical tour of Lucan Demesne with Paul Butler, Sat 14 Oct 23.
The next guided historical tour around Lucan Demesne by SOL volunteers will be this Sat 14 Oct 2023, with historical photographer & drone operator Paul Butler guiding and local historian Elaine Hurley doing check in and assisting. Paul will take you through the history, mysteries and new discoveries we’ve made…
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Lucan and 1798: the story of the Lynch brothers by Helen Farrell
The sons of the owner of The Orange Tree, a late 18th century pub in Lucan village, Thomas (jnr.) and Patrick Lynch, were both heavily involved in the 1798 Rebellion. We think the location of The Orange Tree may be where Kenny’s Pub is now, but we are still researching…
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BEWLEY AVENUE, LUCAN: What’s in a name? – by Barry Mahady
Last week I stood in Lucan Garda Station looking at an old map of Lucan on the wall. I couldn’t help noticing how much the landscape has changed in Ballyowen from rural hinterland to a major residential district. The latter half of the 20th century saw a population flight from…
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Woodville House Archive: an update from Dave Power, SDCC Local Studies
Last year I reported here about Lucan’s Woodville House Archive which had, over the years, ended up in Yorkshire in the custody of a descendant of the Scott family who offered us the archive. I can now report its arrival in Tallaght Library, and can share some random examples of…
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Lucan Lodge by Barry Mahady
Out of general interest I decided this morning that I would do some light research into Lucan Lodge, a Georgian House that is currently a nursing home in the centre of the Ardeevin Housing Estate, at the back of the Ball Alley Pub. This was largely prompted by Helen Farrell’s…
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Gothic Lucan: part 2 by Jonathan Cully
Early Gothic Revival and Romanticism. From the late 1740’s, the predominance of Neo Classical design during the Age of Enlightenment and increasing industrialisation led to the emergence of Early Gothic Revival and later Romanticism in England; this would very quickly have spread to Ireland, as families like the Vesey’s of…
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Lucan Garda Station by Jonathan Cully, SOL Committee
100 years ago in 1922, control of Lucan Barracks passed from the Royal Irish Constabulary to the Civic Guard; the police force of the newly established Irish Free State. To commemorate this historic moment we have recreated the original barracks as it would have looked at the time of the…