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Below you can find a selection of articles of local interest that have appeared in the newsletter over the last couple of years. Click on the title to view the full article.
Lucan 55 Years Ago!
Some memories
Remembering Sadie Conway
Song of Lucan
Lucan: “Place of the Marsh Mallows” – Not Elms
by Helen Farrell,Society for Old Lucan
When Fr. Browne visited Lucan with his camera!
1941 at St. Mary's
Sr. John Bosco and the early days ....
Presentation Convent, Lucan
Rambling around Lucan
The Grand Canal to Gollierstown 1940s
Poppy Talk
Poppy time in Lucan 1940s
A Napoleonic Veteran’s Grave
in St. Finian's burial ground, Esker
When the Pope came to the Park....
Some memories
The Kinclare Percussion Band
An introduction to music
Lucan Demesne
A wonder on our doorstep
The Spear Family of Ballyowen House
Lucan of the 1800s
Woodville School 1800s
for sons of the elite!
Hills Mill
c. 1900
Collins Butchers
pre-E.E.C. days
St Catherines Wells on the Black Avenue
different times....
A dip in the Archives - 1976
different times....
Local Weather
some interesting facts
Lucan North Station
1934
Lucan Village 1954
over 60 years ago.....
Hills Mill Days.....
Taking a break...
Spring in Dodsboro Wood 1933
Another world
Lucan District Credit Union Ltd.
Some founding members
Car Crash in Lucan
from 1950
Fr Fay's Chalice
dated 1761
The Children of Mary at Dodsboro
1950s
Woodville, Lucan, Co. Dublin
From Lucan to Vancouver
Sarsfields Cottage in Lucan Demesne
another era
1985 - A dip in the archives from 30 years ago……
from Lucan Newsletter
1975 - A dip in the archives from 40 years ago……
from Lucan Newsletter
100 Years ago at Scoil Mhuire Girls National School
1915 Concert Programme
Mrs. Ennis 1881 – 1975
From the archives
Movita and the Lucan Connection
The show at Lucan's Premier Cinema
The Young Ones from 1955
in London
The Drill Displays of old....
Presentation Convent School
The Marian Shrine, Dodsboro
Celebrating 60 years
Lucan BNS 1952 / '53
A class from the past
A Tribute to the Past
Former St. Catherines Residents
Memories of Airlie Stud
a schoolboy's recollection
From days of old.....
St Marys Church early 1900s
Airlie Stud
Lucan's Bloodstock Industry
Lucan Red Cross Belles
from 1963
From the old to the new…. (or maybe not so new!)
A new Prayer Garden
Looking back at the Weather
60 years of Irish Summers!
1993 - Lucan 20 years ago
A delve in our archives
1983 - Lucan 30 years ago
A delve in our archives
1973 – Lucan 40 years ago…….
A delve in our archives
Wedding at Lucan 1940s & Wall-less Weirview!
from Mrs. Howlett's album
Fun at Lucan Weir many summers ago!
Recognise any faces?
The Gathering
Faces from the late 1950s
Lucan 1974 ….. nearly 40 years ago!
Changing scene
A Bell and a 'Church'
A little Hollywood!
Hills Workers from the 1950s
Familiar Faces!
Local Transport in the 1920s!
Getting to Fairyhouse on Easter Monday
Old Businesses!
from Lucan 1945
Hills 1940s Outing
Murrays and a Byrne
Lukan Luks Luvly
Our old slogan...
The Highlanders are here ....
New arrivals in St. Catherines
Another great image from days gone by……
Lucan Soccer
First Class - Presentation Convent School c. 1945 / ‘46
Boys and Girls
Summers of '63 and '33
School days....
The Air Corps escort the Papal Legate into Dun Laoghaire in 1932
Getting in shape ....
In their Sunday Best
off to the match?
Eucharistic Congress 1932 - Leixlip
Events
We Remember Them!
Presentation Sisters
Eucharistic Congress 1932
Memorabilia
Eucharistic Congress 1932
Mill Bank, Lucan
The Non-Stop Draw
Fundraising in the 1950s
Winter in Lucan in the 1890s
Shackleton pictures
Out come the memories too….
A Lucan Christmas
From the Front – Christmas 1918
A Christmas Card
Lucan Harriers Track 1984
Aerial View
Lucan By-pass 20 Years old this December
Construction pictures
4th Class Presentation Convent School 1968
Old friends.......
Local Soccer Stars from the past!
The Hammond Lane Cup 1950-51 - Winners: CPI Lucan
Another Gem from the Past
Agnes and Rosie
50th Anniversary of First Leaving Cert. Class
St. Joseph's Reunion
Heritage at the 12th Lock
The Grand Canal at Lucan
The Miss Malones of Hillsborough
Old Lucanians
July Blooms in Lucan Demesne
all within 500m of the entrance
Those hazy crazy lazy days of summer....
Dodsboro Outing in 1950s
Lucan Boxing Club 1985
blast from the past
Lucan, Minnesota
Visitors to Lucan
Willsbrook House
Some people who worked there
5 Generations
a rare picture
Lucan BNS 1956
Pupils from 55 years ago
Lucan Outing
Who are they?
Old Chapel Hill
homes long gone
Spa Rovers with Little Joe
1930s
A Snowy Gem
from January 1933
Presentation Day - 21st November
Remembering the Sisters
The Niemba Ambush
Remembering a tragedy
Lucan DVD
A nostalgic look back over 80 years of life in Lucan up to the present day……
Sheltering from a Shower
at the Coffee House
Lucan I.C.A.
1975 Outing
The Grand Canal Way
Green Route – 12th Lock Lucan to 3rd Lock in Inchicore
There were Three Lovely Lassies.....
God be with the days......
10th Anniversary of our National Day of Pilgrimage
It's hard to believe ten years has passed since this event
Sportsmen from another era…….
Weston Hockey Club and Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club
Fr. Matthew Feis (Plain Chant) 1952
Lucan Choir
Maybe they were watching all the girls go by……
But if there had been a St. Patrick's Day Parade in Lucan back in the 1930s
Another oldie.....
Local function during the 60's.....
Another blast from the past.....
Hills Mill workers
Neighbours ....
Weirview friends
Lucan Community Council of old
Canadian visit
Weirview Minstrels
Some local talent
Lady's day at the Coffee House
The height of fashion
Boys First Communion 1936
The Grimes Twins
Come fly with me .... and she did!
We received a rather nice letter recently from Ed and Marlene Toner of New Jersey. In it they complimented us on Treasures of Lucan – they had just recently received a copy. They also sent us an article from The Irish Echo about how they met – read on:
The Croppies
Just before our summer break, we carried a photo of ‘The Croppies’ – a local ballad group who were a big hit in the 1960s. In response to several queries about the group, Paul Howlett sent us the following:
The Greatest Irish Woman
Nano Nagle is the greatest Irish woman of all time. She was born in Ballygriffin, near Mallow, Co. Cork, in 1718.
Spanning the Generations (1967 - 2007)
Lucan Newsletter celebrates it’s 40th Birthday on Feb 26th 2007. Below are a few historical notes on the history of the Newsletter ...
Primrose Hill Garden
Fifty years ago (1958), Kenneth and Cicely Hall along with their son Robin, left Raheny and came to Lucan, taking up residence in Primrose Hill House. The old house was in bad repair, and much work needed to be done over the years.
Movin’ On!
Before the roof went on, we bought it! Six months later, on the 6th April 1968 we moved into our brand new home, in a new development, in the town land of Pettycannon….they called it “Esker Lawns”.
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