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How are we doing after the past week or so? There certainly was plenty of tension around the place from people worried about getting from A to B, and some for medical and other very important appointments.
There are lots of different opinions out there, but one thing is for sure, being in government is not an easy job!
We can only pray that there'll be peace in the Middle East soon, and things will settle down ....
Lucan House! On a happier note, it's great to see that Lucan House is to be opened to the public at weekends, from the beginning of May. Looking forward to visiting ....
Public Seating! We spotted a couple of new seats along the various pathways around Lucan, where one can take a breather and rest the weary bones on those long walks ....
Let's hope they'll only be used for the purpose intended!!!
Congratulations
Congratulations to Lucan native Cronan Dooley who has been appointed Principal of
Divine Mercy Senior School, Balgaddy.
He is wished every success in his new post.
St. Mary’s Camera Soiree
I'm afraid that last week's protests about rising fuel prices and the resultant scarcity of the stuff rather discouraged members of the Soiree from going on field trips. However, this did not stop them from taking photographs locally.
Kay submitted some very nice still life photographs and Paddy was down by the river.
I sincerely hope that the person with the enormous umbrella did not get the weather he was expecting.
Joe gave us a nice photo of cherry blossoms in Beech Park. Cherry trees have been blooming earlier in Japan since the 1950s because of climate change and urbanisation. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency between 1961 and 1990, cherry trees in Tokyo started blooming on March 29 on average. Between 1991 and 2020 that date moved up to March 24. It may surprise you to know that there are spectacular annual displays of the cherry blossoms much nearer home in cities such as Stockholm, Bonn, Paris and Edinburgh.
Returning to Donal's photo last week of Duckett's Grove, a ruined 19th century great house in county Carlow another view of the house is included this week. The house was built around 1745 on an estate covering more than 5,000 acres (20 km2) of the Carlow countryside. Originally, the structure was designed as a standard two-storey over-basement Georgian country house. From the mid-1820s, it was redesigned in a Gothic revival style. This extension was apparently funded by a number of strategic marriages into wealthy merchant families!
Stay safe until next week!
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