Category: 20th century history
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The Release of the 1926 Census by Mary Jackson
It’s fair to say that no one in my family was surprised to hear that, at precisely 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, 18 April 2026, I was sitting with my laptop open, ready to dive into the newly released 1926 Census records the very moment they became available. And I was…
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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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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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Lucan Inn and its’ owners (Reeves / Fahy / Magee / Murphy ) by Joe Byrne
Recent discussions in our private Facebook Group, Society for Old Lucan (SOL) (free to join & open to all) brought up discussions around a beautiful photo of an Edwardian woman and children standing outside what looked to be the Lucan Inn. One of the children was the grandfather of the…
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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…