Category: Medieval history
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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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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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NEAR TO ST. FINIAN’S MEDIEVAL CHURCH IS ANOTHER MEDIEVAL SITE…
by Helen Farrell, SOL Committee A few hundred yards away from St. Finian’s is the site of the medieval manorial court. Incredibly, a few years’ worth of court records remain. It’s fascinating to see surnames repeated of the jurors that still survive in the area, including Bogle (Buggle) and Shadwyck’s…