Category: Medieval churches
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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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A will from 1474: St. Finian’s, Esker, Lucan by Helen Farrell, SOL.
There are probably hundreds of people buried at St. Finian’s Esker church site & graveyard, Esker, Co. Dublin under the ground as it has likely been in use as a graveyard for a millennia or more. Two such people buried at St. Finian’s are the (very wealthy) couple, Reginald Weston…
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Friday 23rd September 2022 event at St. Finian’s 19.30- 21.00 – booking now!
St. Finian’s medieval church: oral history recordings, night photos, tour. Hear about the recent survey from an archaeologist, take night photos, record memories of Lucan’s graveyards: BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE In this 1.5-2 hour evening workshop*, Society for Old Lucan (SOL) will share St. Finian’s medieval church & graveyard at…
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Photogrammetry by Paul Butler, SOL
What is Photogrammetry? Photogrammetry is the art and science of extracting 3D information from a series of photographs of an object or site, to produce an exact 3D model, or a 3D image. This can also be used to pick up details on objects that might not be seen otherwise.…
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3D VISUALISATIONS OF MEDIEVAL CHURCH OF ST. FINIAN, ESKER, LUCAN BY JONATHAN CULLY, SOL.
Take a look at some of the incredible 3D visualisations of St. Finian’s as it may have looked in medieval times, as created by SOL member, Jonathan Cully in 2020. Jonathan faithfully recreated the interior and exterior using existing examples from medieval churches around Ireland and the UK. He has…