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LUCAN FRAMED PRINTS
Did you know you can support the work of SOL and get a beautiful, framed print, including local delivery for 35 euro? Order here: Products | Society of Old Lucan – see two examples below or contact us at oldlucan@gmail.com for commissions.
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ONLINE LECTURE: ST. FINIAN’S ESKER & ADOPT A MONUMENT
Take a look at a guest lecture, delivered to attendees at a Heritage Council conference on preparing for Heritage Week, 2025. The experiences and achievements of the “Adopt a Monument” participation by SOL at St. Finian’s Church, Esker, Lucan are discussed in detail by Helen Farrell. See: https://youtu.be/hq5tx9fZGLY?si=pGRaRpgcM3LQeIsf
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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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A New Approach to Lucan House
A detailed study into the development of the road through Lucan Village, and how its development affected the approach to Lucan House. Part of a series of short essays on the architectural features of Lucan Demesne, by Jonathan Cully.
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HISTORICAL TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT: Free training Wednesday 24th July at 6pm in Lucan Library – BOOKING NOW
Would you like to learn how to read & transcribe a previously unpublished 18th century Vesey family document? Join us at a free session to develop the skills to unlock details in this important piece of local history and to learn more about the lives of the Vesey family and…
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St. Joseph’s College Photogrammetry Project 2024.
Presentation of the Photogrammetry project by St. Joseph’s College in association with the Society for Old Lucan and Lucan Library. Paul Butler from SOL teamed up with Miss Carey and the students of St. Joseph’s College to run this project in which the students learned the process of photogrammetry (3D…
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SOL exhibitions in Lucan Library for November 2023 !
Jonathan Cully, an active committee member in SOL, digital expert and researcher, has two exhibitions on in Lucan Library for Nov 2023. From 23rd October to 10th November, the entrance lobby of Lucan Library will host an exhibition of Lost Lucan which are digital reconstructions of real medieval buildings around…
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Loss and Love in WWI
By Anne McCabe Conmey Through the wrought iron gates of Esker Cemetery in Lucan, down some rows to the right, a headstone stands bearing the names of my grandparents, James and Lilian McLoughlin. Behind the names, undoubtedly like many of those surrounding it, it has its own unique story to…
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St Edmundsbury Hospital by Joe Byrne
Lucan St Edmundsbury House and Demesne was acquired as a branch of St Patrick’s Hospital James Street in 1898. [Editor’s note: St. Edmundsbury started off life as just “Edmundspery” after its owner “Edmund S. Pery” who was an Anglo-Irish politician. Edmund Sexton Pery was the Speaker of the Irish House…
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Gothic Lucan: part 1 – by Jonathan Cully
Over the course of the coming days I will highlight many of Lucans Gothic-style architectural features. The posts will highlight local architectural features from some of the distinctly different periods of Gothic Architecture – Original Gothic, Romanticism & early Gothic Revival, and Late Gothic Revival. Lucan has many fine examples…