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Aspen Counselling Services Talks at Lucan Festival
Aspen Counselling Services is delighted to support the Lucan Festival 2026 this year. As part of the festival, we will be hosting and rolling out a series of talks covering a range of topics relevant to our mental health and wellbeing.
Recovery is a Journey with Barry Kavanagh. 2nd Sept. 7.30pm to 9pm.
Managing Stress & Anxiety with Paul Huggard. 2nd Sept. 10am to 11am.
Finding Peace Within with Louise McHale. 1st Sept. 10am to 11.30am.
Have you lost yourself in Parenting? Come back to me! with Yvonne Power. 3rd Sept. 10am to 11.30am.
Behind the Silence, Women, Addiction & Recovery in Ireland with Anna Lloyd. 3rd Sept. 7.30 to 9pm.
Rational Parenting Approaches with Avril O'Reillly. 4th Sept. 10am to 11.30am.
All of the above talks are FREE, with no registration necessary, and will be held at the
McKinley School of Dance, Lucan
Eating Disorders in Everyday Life with Fiona Kelly. 1st Sept. 7pm to 9.30pm.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace , with Eimear Kelly and Michael Kissane. 3rd Sept. 7.30 to 9pm.
Both talks are FREE, with no registration necessary, and held at Kenny's Pub, Lucan.
Who Am I Becoming with Joyce Moorhouse. 5th Sept. 12pm to 2.30pm, at Aspen Counselling Services.
To register for this FREE workshop, please contact Aspen Counselling Services reception on 086 853 4391 or email aspenabc@gmail.com.
The No Name Club
The Club is looking for volunteers interested in helping create a safe social space for young people, 15 - 18 years of age in the Lucan area. Volunteers would be required to give up 2 hours, one evening a week.
As a National Organisation No Name Club encourages young people to build their confidence, grow in self-esteem, and develop their personalities in friendly, safe environments.
You can find out more detail about No Name Club on our website, www.nonameclub.ie, reach out to admin@nonameclub.ie or feel free to contact Ethan directly at ejordan@nonameclub.ie
or 087 217 2490 and he will be delighted to tell you more about you more about how No Name Club operates in different areas.
Date: Tuesday, 8th September
Venue: Bridge Enterprise Centres - Nutgrove Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14T8W2
https://bookwhen.com/dublinsouth-kildare-west-wicklow/e/ev-sr8c9-20260908100000
Time: 10:00am - 1:30pm
Date: Friday, 11th September
Venue: North Clondalkin Library, 1 Liscarne Close, Rowlagh, Dublin, D22 E2Y2
https://bookwhen.com/dublinsouth-kildare-west-wicklow/e/ev-s4r2p-20260911103000
Time: 10:30am - 2:00pm
Date: Wednesday, 9th September
Venue: Springfield Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare, W23 W280
https://bookwhen.com/dublinsouth-kildare-west-wicklow/e/ev-sgcbh-20260909090000
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Lucan Senior Citizens
On 5th August, we said goodbye to our friend, Freda O'Reillly. Freda was a lovely lady who worked on our committee for many years. We remember her for her gentleness, kindness and generosity. We have lovely memories of Freda, Prim, Tess and Carmel working together. They were a great team.
We send our sincere sympathy to Siobhan, Imelda, Sinead and Bernard.
Wednesday 9th September: Social Morning in St. Mary's Parish Centre, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Looking forward to seeing all our members back, safe and well. New members welcome!
Lucan Active Retirement Association
Welcome back everyone, hope you all had a great holiday. We are be back on 10th September, rearing to go.
We will have Scrabble, Bowls, Table Tennis, Cards and other games as requested by the members. Most importantly we have Coffee & Cake at 1pm.
We meet in St. Andrew's Parish Centre, Main Street, Lucan, on Thursdays at 11.30 am.
New members always very welcome.
Anam Cara
Bereavement Information Evening especially dedicated to supporting surviving siblings this Autumn
As part of our commitment to supporting everyone following the death of a child, we are exploring opportunities to further support the entire family. This event is the first, hopefully of many, of that commitment. This event is open to all parents whose child or children have died, regardless of the age of their child, circumstances of their death, or time since bereavement. We are also opening this Bereavement Information Evening to bereaved adult siblings over 18.
This event will take place online on Tuesday 15 September at 7pm . We are joined by an exceptional panel of local organisations and experts in sibling bereavement.
Michelle Hartnett is a senior play therapist, systemic practitioner, and bereavement specialist currently working with LauraLynn, Ireland's Children's Hospice, with over 15 years' experience supporting families through serious illness, grief, and loss.
Anna May is founder of The Student Grief Network and Executive Head of Grief Programmes at Kaplan International. She lost her brother as a child and her dad as a young adult, and is passionate about improving the support that people get following a bereavement.
We are also joined by Childhood Cancer Ireland, Jacinta's Smile, and Rainbows.
In the world of grief and loss, siblings, especially adult siblings, are often called 'forgotten mourners.' Siblings face not only their own loss, but often the loss of their parents and families as they knew them, the loss of the only person who was present of their whole life, and often the loss of a close friend. We believe this is why it is essential to begin forming an all-island bereavement support for adult siblings facing all kinds of sibling loss. We hope you can join us in this effort by sharing about this Bereavement Information Evening with your community.
Bereaved parents and adult bereaved siblings are warmly invited to register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/of6t-RhtRju5bzN9fQuIVQ#/registration
Lucan Creative Arts Network
Lucan Creative Arts Network have applied to run events as part of Culture Night this September including an art exhibition of selected works from professional /semi-professional artists.
Preparations are being advanced by the Network, including an open call for the art exhibition in a local venue. This open call will be promoted on our social media and other platforms.
For more information on the open call and our other planned events, or to enquire about joining the Network or our mailing list, you can email us at hello.lucancreativeartsnetwork@gmail.com
Follow us on Instagram at lucan_creativeartsnetwork.
Society for Old Lucan (SOL)
SOL is the local history group for Lucan; open to everyone. Free to join - email OldLucan@gmail.com to be added to our members' mailing list where full details of projects are shared.
Private Facebook group; Society for Old Lucan (SOL).
Website: https://soc4oldlucan.wordpress.com/
Update on Testing & Campaign to raise funds to C14 Date Ireland's Only Surviving Medieval 'Rood' (Crucifix), from Esker
The Society for Old Lucan (SOL) has been asking members and friends to contribute just 5 euro towards an exciting project that could unlock the secrets of one of Ireland's most remarkable religious artefacts that we have in Lucan - the Esker Rood.
The great news is that on Sat 15 August, Dr. Ellen O'Carroll, Archaeologist, kindly visited St. Patrick's Church again, and took a tiny sample of the Esker Rood for pre-testing in Queen's University, Belfast. We had got this far last year, but sadly, the first sample was contaminated with modern lacquer, and this re-test will hopefully yield better results and a firm date for when this unique survivor was created!
We should know by September if the sample taken yesterday is viable and if we can proceed to get a date from it.
We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has already donated to this campaign and we are about halfway there! Donate 5 euro here: https://society-of-old-lucan.sumupstore.com/product/donation-to-sol
We are extremely grateful to Fr. Bill and the Parish Council for granting permission to carry out scientific testing on this extraordinary crucifix.
Why is this so important?
The Esker Rood is believed to be a unique survivor of the religious upheavals and iconoclasm of the 16th and 17th centuries. Remarkably, it is the only known surviving rood in Ireland. A successful Carbon-14 date could finally reveal when it was created and provide invaluable information about an artefact of national significance. To complete the sampling and scientific testing, we need to raise roughly 1,000 euro.
Thank you for your support and we will keep everyone updated on the sampling progress.
Sol Volunteer-Led Historical Walks in Lucan Demesne
A big shout-out to all our volunteer helpers who both give and assist with our free public historical guided tours that we advertise on our Eventbrite page here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/society-for-old-lucan-sol-16654987491
If you would like to get involved in helping or guiding on one of our monthly historical tours, please get in touch with oldlucan@gmail.com.
There is no regular obligation and you can attend one to try it out first, if you want to see how they go?
We are also interested in talking to anyone who might be interested in blogging on local history or promoting our work on social media, so please get in touch to the email above if that is something of interest?
Our September 2026 historical walking tour is fully booked already but the October tour will go live on Eventbrite for booking by the end of August.
Sol Lucan Village Heritage Trail: Update and Final Stages
For a long time, people have wondered why Lucan village has no heritage trail like Clondalkin does. Society for Old Lucan Research Group (Ray Stallings, Mary Jackson, Antonia Scallan, Caroline Hogarty, Ber Boylan and Helen Farrell) have been working on this over the last year.
We have visited other places with heritage trails, to get ideas, and shortlisted stops for a Lucan village circuit. We have now drafted the 'blurbs' for each stop and are gathering images and editing the wording. We hope to link each “stop” back to a spot on our website that can store additional information for the truly eager history enthusiasts to read.
Best of all, SDCC Tourism are partnering with us to look into getting this installed at various locations around Lucan in the coming year, so watch this space for more!
MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MISS ANY FUTURE SOL EVENTS
Follow SOL on Eventbrite here and you'll be notified when we post a new event
https://www.eventbrite.ie/o/society-for-old-lucan-sol-16654987491
Support Group for Mental Wellbeing
If you or someone you know is struggling with: stress, tension, anxiety, anger, fear or sleeplessness, you are not alone!
Recovery Self-help Ireland can help. We offer group support to anyone who wants help to reduce suffering and improve their mental health. The members demonstrate a method by which they deal with the trivialities of everyday life without feeling overwhelmed by them.
Why not come along to our next meeting and try the method out. You can bring a friend. The meeting is confidential. Only first names taken.
Every Friday at 8pm , in The Parish Centre, Lucan, beside the R.C. Church.
Phone 01 6260775 or find us at www.recoveryireland.ie
Ballyowen Castle Youth and Community Centre A.G.M.
The Annual General Meeting of the Ballyowen Castle Youth and Community Centre Company Limited by Guarantee will take place Saturday 12 September 2026 at Ballyowen Castle Community Centre at 2pm.
The meeting will be to elect the Governing Board, approve the Income and Expenditure Account for 2025 and appoint Auditors to audit the accounts.
Feel free to contact the centre at info@ballyowencommunitycentre.ie
and/or the Centre Coordinator at stephen@ballyowencommunitycentre.ie
with any enquiries, including regarding room hire for events.
Return to Education Programme
The Adult Education Service in Lucan Education Centre, on Esker Hill are currently enrolling for free and flexible part-time courses commencing in September 2026. The Return to Education Programme courses are at times to allow you to choose between one and four different subjects to fit around your busy life. Each subject is 4 hours, 1 morning per week (with the exception of Spanish for Beginners). This can lead to QQI qualification.
The following subjects are available this term:
Spanish for Beginners (Afternoon 2-4pm)
Irish for Beginners
Introduction to Computers Internet and Email
English and Communications
Career Planning
Data Entry - Improving Keyboard Skills
Web Design
Payroll
Customer Service
Bookkeeping
Behavioural Studies
Work Experience
For more details, contact lorrainekavanagh@ddletbaes.ie
or call 01 6283557
Lucan Citizens Information Centre
Our telephone number is 0818 07 5090
www.citizensinformation.ie
Email lucan@citinfo.ie
Our office is located in the Ballyowen Castle Youth and Community Centre, Ballyowen, Lucan
Opening hours:
Walk-ins to see an Information Officer
Tuesday: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4 pm
Wednesday: None
Thursday: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4 pm
Reception open*
Tuesday: 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Wednesday: 2pm to 4pm subject to Team Meetings
Thursday: 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
We are closed on Mondays and Fridays.
Citizens Information Phone Service (CIPS) is open Monday to Friday 9 am to 8pm on 0818 07 4000
Age Action for all Older People
Age Action are offering five hours tutoring, remotely, to anyone who needs support using their smartphone, tablet or laptop. Covering topics like how to set up an email, how to download an app, how to use video calling to see your loved ones etc.
For more information, please call 01 4756989 or email gettingstarted@ageaction.ie
ALONE
Older people need your support!
ALONE is recruiting volunteers to provide companionship and support through their Telephone Support & Befriending service for older people.
ALONE asks that interested volunteers commit to one set shift of 2 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months.
Visit alone.ie/volunteers for more information.
Lucan Newsletter Sales Outlets
Lucan Village
Collins Butchers, Main Street
Lynchs / Centra
Ballyowen / Ballydowd area
Texaco Service Station
Eurospar
Esker area
Spar Finnstown
Dodsboro area
Spar Dodsboro
Churches
St. Marys Church, Lucan
St. Patricks, Esker
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