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Here comes the Sun!
At long last we have a taste of a hot summer - we remind everybody to stay safe, during these days ....
The Pipes of Lucan
Birdie has had a thought on the Village Green saga! What if the pipes in the photo above were some part of a 'musical contraption' that would play sweet tunes to us as we take our leisure on the new seating!!!!!!!!
The newly built wall is certainly looking well ....
Lucan Citizens Information Centre
As Citizens Information Centres nationally reach their 50th anniversary, we recall the early days of our local centre.
Originally known as the Community Information Centre, this group was established in 1981 under the auspices of the National Social Services Board.
Lucan's early volunteers ....
Back L-R: Jim Carroll Pat Mooney, Caroline Daly B.L., Carmel Carey, Geraldine Harrington, Rosaleen Murphy (who to this day sends in the weekly C.I.C. notes to Lucan Newsletter), Noreen Keegan.
Front L-R: Clare Brady, John Long, NSSB, Mona Sherry, Sheila Coll and Tara Greene.
Originally based in the Muintir na Tire Hall, and now at Ballyowen Community Centre, they offer information on social welfare entitlements, health, housing, consumer matters, and also provides legal advice and financial information.
St. Mary's Camera Soiree
The Camera Soiree submitted a varied bag this week.
Joe was on the Curragh and sent us a photo of the gravestone erected in 1967 to the memory of a Fr. O'Farrell who was killed at the Gibbet Rath, the location of one of the largest massacres carried out during the 1798 Rebellion, when almost 350 United Irishmen lost their lives. Fr. O'Farrell was cut down while trying to intercede on behalf of the United Irishmen.
Joe also caught a nice shot of harvesting in St. Edmundsbury.
Our wanderer in France sent us a photo of the Millau Viaduct. According to Wikipedia, as of October 2023, it is the tallest bridge in the world, having a structural height of 343 metres and it has been consistently ranked as one of the greatest engineering achievements of modern times.
Our wanderer also submitted a photo of a field of sunflowers. A common belief is that flowering sunflower heads track the sun across the sky. According to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew only immature flower buds exhibit this behaviour. The mature flowering heads point in a fixed, typically easterly, direction throughout the day. Despite the science the Italian word for sunflower is “girasole” meaning 'turn towards the sun'.
The star of this week's selection is Josie's photograph of a 1935 Austin Taxicab which she found in the grounds of Carton House recently. Finished in red over black with black upholstery in the front it looks like a prop straight out of the Hercule Poirot television series. Its retractable rear roof allowed passengers to make the most of any clement weather!
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