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Below you can find a selection of local historical articles that have appeared in the newsletter over the last couple of years. Click on the title to view the full article.
Treasures of Lucan By Mary Mulhall & Joan O’Flynn
A collection of photographs, folklore and local history, much of it laid out in the form of walks.
Aspects of Lucan by Linda Curran, Valerie Twomey, Patricia O'Donohue and Suzanne Pegley
Four Essays on Lucan's past
A Coach Ride
by Laurence McCarthy
A little more 50s
from Times Pictorial
Lucan's Employment Problem
Dail Ceisteanna
LUCAN (on the Griffin) LOOKS LOVELY
(Times Pictorial, week ending May 5th 1951).
Tracing those roots
It's not that hard
Hills of Lucan - and a suit in Oz!
Hills Tweed Suit
The Tandys of Dodsboro
Visitors to Lucan
18th Century Lucan
Along the Liffey
The Poor of the Parish
Aspects of Lucan
The Devil's Mill
Could it be true?
1851 Lucan Directory
an excerpt from a very old and dilapidated directory
The old maps of your area are just a click away……
It is very appropriate that this year, the 250th anniversary of the publication of John Rocque's 1760 map of the County of Dublin, we can at last access many of our old maps via the Internet.
British Pathe News
1920s films of Lucan
The Deadmans Pub
The Miss Murrays leave for the last time
Snow Problem
Memories
Lucan Pilgrimage to Lourdes!
Who are they?
Caldwell's Garage and The Coffee House
More Gems
Caldwell's Garage
Lucan's Motor Industry
Lucan's Motor Industry
Panhard Cars
Lucan's Northern Townlands
O.S. Map 1937
The Collins Family
Finnstown House
The Liffey at Lucan in 1954
Tatler sketch article
1937 O S Map: Ballydowd - Ballyowen areas
O S Map
Lucan 1937
O S Map
Dodsboro Grotto Committee
Marian Shrine
1954 Marian Shrine in Dodsboro
Dodsboro Statue
The Nash Family of Finnstown
Finnstown House
Lucan c.1900
Street Scene
Lucan and What it Holds for You
A visit to the Spa Hotel in 1942.
The Coffee House
Pictures of particular interest to those living in the modern estate of Laraghcon.
No Parking Problems in Lucan!
This is Lucan Village around 1970, I think.
There’s a certain charm about old pictures
They evoke memories of long ago, in very different times than today.
They don’t make them like this anymore…
Every now and then, I come across a photo with several strands of interest. These pictures of Nurse Moffett are no exception.
Lucan South – a place as old as time!
Often referred to as the ‘new’ Lucan, the area of Lucan South covers a very old and historic landscape. As part of the ancient Royal Manor of Esker, it must have seen holy men, princes and wealthy merchants travel its main highway between Lucan and Clondalkin.
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