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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 created his own presentation (13… Read more

  • Catherine Kelly: my genealogy story

    Catherine Kelly: genealogy story download “While research of my mother’s family tree hit a roadblock due to Government regulations on the release of State records, I decided to try my hand at my father’s side, accompanied by some help from my niece, who is as passionate about genealogy as myself and also lives with her father… Read more

  • The Merriman Family in Lucan: research by Caroline Lawless

    A fallen white marble block in St. Finian’s Churchyard marks the resting place of Thomas Merriman, my 3rd great-uncle. Born in Lucan to Michael and Anne Merriman during the Great Famine in 1845, Thomas was the fourth of eight children all born in Lucan between 1838 and 1856.  Sadly, not all baptism records survive for… Read more

  • The placename of Lucan: it’s not “The Place of the Elms”

    The placename of Lucan: it’s not “The Place of the Elms”

    Helen Farrell Years ago, I looked up “elm” in my Foclóir and read that it was “leamhán” in Irish. The marsh-mallow plant that grows wild, down by the Liffey, was “leamhacán” in Irish, and far closer to our spelling of the area. This stayed in the back of my mind as an unanswered question for… Read more

  • The “Congo” in Lucan: Sarsfield Park names.

    Jonathan Cully of SOL Committe has mapped out the development stages of Sarsfield Park in the image below. Very interestingly, each stage was nick-named after an international conflict, at the time of construction. Lucan was experiencing a population boom at the time. When Sarsfield Park was being built, there was huge demand to get a… Read more

  • LOST AND FOUND IN LUCAN

    Saunders’s News-Letter 07 July 1779 “Lost, between Lucan and Cellbridge, a small Silver Watch, with Gold Hands, made by John Dalrymple, Dublin, No. 85.  Whoever has found it and brings it to the Printer hereof shall have two Guineas Reward, and no Questions asked.  It is requested if offered for Sale is may be stopped”.… Read more