Tag: #Research
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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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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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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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Lucan and 1798: the story of the Lynch brothers by Helen Farrell
The sons of the owner of The Orange Tree, a late 18th century pub in Lucan village, Thomas (jnr.) and Patrick Lynch, were both heavily involved in the 1798 Rebellion. We think the location of The Orange Tree may be where Kenny’s Pub is now, but we are still researching…
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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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Woodville House Archive: an update from Dave Power, SDCC Local Studies
Last year I reported here about Lucan’s Woodville House Archive which had, over the years, ended up in Yorkshire in the custody of a descendant of the Scott family who offered us the archive. I can now report its arrival in Tallaght Library, and can share some random examples of…
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Two hogsheads of claret and a pair of silk stockings
A ledger for Lucan Manor by Agmondisham Vesey (the elder) – by Elaine Hurley, SOL. Searching archives online can throw up intriguing documents in unexpected places, such as this listing I spotted last year in the archive of Columbia University, New York, USA: Account book showing receipts and expenditures of…
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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 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…