Category: #Architecture
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Elevating Lucan
A Series of Graphic Prints Highlighting Lucans Built Heritage. The Society for Old Lucan is now offering a selection of 12×8 framed prints of some of Lucan’s most notable architectural elevations and street scapes. Each Print has been designed by SOL committee member, Jonathan Cully, and faithfully captures the character…
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The Griffeen Bridge
A detailed study on the features and development of the neo-classical “Vesey Bridge” over the River Griffeen in Lucan Village. Part of a series of short essays on the architectural features of Lucan Demesne, by Jonathan Cully.
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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’s Gothic & Gothic Revival Architecture by Jonathan Cully, SOL.
Lucan has a fantastic array of Gothic Architecture which ranges from original medieval Gothic features through to the Early Gothic Revival period, the later Victorian Neo Gothic period, and beyond with lingering flourishes in the mid-20th century. Lucan’s gothic architecture can be found in a variety of settings from original…
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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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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…