School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 59
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“In the County Dublin there is not a fairer spot than Lucan and its surroundings.”
(continued from previous page)hundred attend. About seventy boys attend the male national School. The new Convent Schools were recently erected by the present Parish Priest, the Very Reverend James Baxter, at a cost of 2,000. They are splendidly equipped up-to-date buildings - after the design of the celebrated Architect, Mr. O'Callaghan, M.R.I.A. - and were built by our eminent local Contractor, Mr. John Cromer, to whose reputation for ability, taste, and technical skill, they are a lasting evidence. There are three Churches and one National School of other religious denominations.The old chapels were on the present site of the present Petty Sessions Court, and of the school teacher's residence. The Court has all the appearance, in its interior, of the humble temple, which is materially preserved. The irreligious proceedings which accompanied its desecration are still fresh in memory of the oldest inhabitants of Lucan.In the shady woods of St. Catherine's we find the lathroea squamaria, or greater toothwort, springing from the decayed leaves of hazel trees. There is also a curious plant growing here which in Sweden is given, when dried to cattle suffering from cough. With a perfume,(continues on next page)