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Congratulations and well done to Joe and all the Festival Committee, on a job very well done! It was great to see so many unfamiliar faces around our village, over the weekend!
A bit of USA above, travelled over from Lucan South, and never seen before in Lucan Demesne, some Ninja Warriors!
The Ukelele Band were back again, and a big attraction on both days, as were lots of other performers. Well done to all, and looking forward to 2026, when hopefully we'll have our village back to ourselves!
Chestnuts! Well, some of us got clobbered by chestnuts on the way to the festival last weekend - a sure sign of Autumn!
On the sporting front , our hopes are high for the Girls in Green at the Women's Rugby World Cup, but it doesn't look like Ireland will be represented at the FIFA World Cup next year.
St. Mary's Camera Soiree
The members of the Camera Soiree headed back to the Parish Centre last Friday to start planning their 13th annual Exhibition. The next exhibition will take place in St. Mary's Parish Centre on Saturday and Sunday 15th and 16th November 2025. Once again, the Soiree is grateful to their friends in St. Andrew's for the loan of the frames without which the exhibition could not take place.
Turning to this week's photographs, Anna was down at the National Stud and Japanese Gardens and sent in some nice shots of animals, fairy trails and aquatic life.
Josie gave us a photo of sunset at the iconic boat house in the grounds of Carton House.
Joe took a photograph of the Cross of Cong taken when he was in the National Museum recently. The Cross is an early 12th-century Irish Christian ornamented cusped processional cross, which was acquired in 1122 Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (Turlough O Conor) High King of Ireland to donate to the Cathedral church of the period that was located at Tuam, County Galway. The cross was subsequently moved to Cong Abbey at Cong, from which it takes its name. The Cross of Cong was made in 1123 to encase a fragment of the True Cross.
Until next week stay safe!
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