School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr M. Gabriel
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- Lucan Castle, snapped by Alice Neary Aug 1938Lucan (Gaelic)= abounding in marsh mallow
Antiquarian interest - a sepulchral chamber near the village - ruins of Lucan castle and Church adjoining - a well called Tobermaclugg in townland of that name. The castle stood on S. Bank of Liffey where it is joined by a small river called the Griffin. Remains of castle in Demesne of Lucan House, not far from great stone style, arch bridge over LIffey (Dublin to Maynooth road). They consist of a tower, two storeys in height with a stair turret on the northern side, and a small annex in the eastern direction. On the southern side are the walls of the old parish church which was connected with the castle by a door and which is divided into two portions the western one being a burial place belonging to the Vesey family. A century after the Anglo-Norman conquest possessed a manorial residence with a(continues on next page)
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- John Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Gallery curator
