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Still waiting for Spring to spring!!!
It's lovely to see some of the daffodils bursting into bloom, and hopefully we'll see lots of colour over the next few weeks.
Mid-term for the scholars this week. While secondary schools have the full week off, the primary boys and girls seem to have only Thursday and Friday off, which is fine given the awful weather ....
Library Knitters! We had some great feedback for our Library Knitters page in last week's issue.
Fair play to them all!
We have a couple of photos which we didn't fit in last week - this little horsey above is on the way to being somebody's favourite toy, and is being created by Aideen Lowry, who is a member of the group, and below, some of the ladies in action ....
Rezoning rearing its head in Lucan once again! Please do your best to study what is proposed - it seems we didn't pay enough attention to the Village Green proposals!!!
See political notes for details
The Boys in Green came up trumps last weekend, when they beat Italy, who have become a force to be reckoned with.
Fingers crossed, they can do the same against England at Twickenham!
A Blue Weekend - Dublin Footballers came good, against Monaghan on Saturday last. Let's hope they can make it two in a row - against Kerry in Croke Park this Saturday night.
The Dublin Hurlers will face Wexford, also in Croke Park this Saturday.
The Lady Footballers take on Kildare on Sunday!
Good luck to all!.
Lucan St. Patrick's Day Parade - We gather that there will be a parade despite all that's going on in the Village construction-wise. With less than a month to go, everybody needs to get the skates on ....
There's bikes, and 'bikes'....
We came across the above photo in our archives recently - Freda Byrne, from Dodsboro, was a familiar sight, with her trusty mode of transport, when she was snapped in July 20007.
Nearly twenty years ago, it's a far cry from the electric models, and scooters of today!
Don't forget! St. Mary's Camera Soiree Exhibition in Lucan Library!
Them floods .... This photo of the Weir Promenade was taken on Friday 13th February, leaving Birdie gobsmacked!
This area has been badly flooded over the years, with the waters coming up and into the back gardens of The Mall. One can only wonder at the damage that might have been caused to the ongoing works on this occasion, and will this mean that these same works will take longer to complete?
Would you look at this! All the giving out we do about the village works, and now they are providing us with umbrellas for all this rain!!!
Faces of Lucan
Just recently, someone remarked how nice it was to see faces from days gone by, in Lucan Newsletter. We got this collage together as a result.
Many have passed to their eternal reward, namely John McDonald, Dinny Malone, Martin Corry, Ewan O'Flynn, Gerry Butler, Sr. John Bosco, Laddie Birnie, Fr. Denis Carroll, Joe Byrne, and Eileen Floody.
Still with us are Rev. Trevor Morrow, Fr. Joe Coyne, Anne Beales, Noreen Kealy, Hannah Kelly, Sr. Rosemary, and May Clifford.
St. Mary's Camera Soiree
The Soiree's photography exhibition continues in Lucan Library until 9th March so there is plenty of time to drop in and have a look if you have not already done so.
The terrible weather has had an impact of the efforts of the group to take photos but Don, Joe and Josie have come up trumps. Don sent in a photo of the viaduct at Fenit pier in Kerry. An act of parliament in 1880 led to the commencement of work on the pier which continued for three years. The piles for the viaduct were driven in 1883. The viaduct was originally of wooden construction while the pier was made of concrete. The viaduct and harbour were upgraded in the 1950s.
Joe sent in a photo of a spectacular mural he found in Leixlip.
Josie sent in photos of the flooded sand dunes on Dollymount Strand taken last Sunday and of the statue of Our Lady Star of the Sea which is at located at the end of the Bull Wall and which is over 21 meters in height. The statue, which unusually faces towards land, was sculpted by Wicklow artist Cecil King and erected in 1972. The idea for such a statue was first suggested in 1950 with the intention that it be erected in time for the 1954 Marian Year but raising the necessary funds took a bit longer!
Finally, to cheer us up Josie sent us a photograph of some daffodils, the symbol of hope and new beginnings.
Stay safe until next week!
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