Category: Echo Rewind

Local history with Monica McGill: Clondalkin’s Round Towers a great part of the GAA history

Local history with Monica McGill: Clondalkin’s Round Towers a great part of the GAA history

Echo Rewind

Amateur sports association Clondalkin’s GAA club is an important part of the history, aims and activities of a widespread sporting Association. According ...

Local history with Albert Perris: When Adam was a boy

Local history with Albert Perris: When Adam was a boy

Echo Rewind

The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...

Local history with Monica McGill: Helping the environment by changing lifestyle and habits

Local history with Monica McGill: Helping the environment by changing lifestyle and habits

Echo Rewind

No doubt about it, urgent concern for our environment has changed our way of life. Some changes are easy for us to ...

Oral Folk History of Tallaght: The Memoirs of Oliver Noonan

Oral Folk History of Tallaght: The Memoirs of Oliver Noonan

Echo Rewind

The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...

Local history with Monica McGill: Don’t discard those precious documents found in the attic!

Local history with Monica McGill: Don’t discard those precious documents found in the attic!

Echo Rewind

RESEARCHING in Tallaght Library on another project recalled the increasing number of people who are tracing their ancestors these days. It may ...

Oral Folk History of Tallaght: The Memoirs of Esther McCabe

Oral Folk History of Tallaght: The Memoirs of Esther McCabe

Echo Rewind

The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...

Local history with Monica McGill: St Finian’s Church of Ireland historic little piece of heaven

Local history with Monica McGill: St Finian’s Church of Ireland historic little piece of heaven

Echo Rewind

TUCKED away on the edge of Newcastle, Co Dublin (or Newcastle Lyons to give it its full title) is a little piece ...

Local history with Monica McGill: Plans to see if old swimming pool could be used as facility

Local history with Monica McGill: Plans to see if old swimming pool could be used as facility

Echo Rewind

For years now, some of our local County Councillors have been urging South Dublin County Council to put the old swimming pool ...

Oral Folk History of Tallaght: The Memoirs of Patty Lee

Oral Folk History of Tallaght: The Memoirs of Patty Lee

Echo Rewind

The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...

Local history with Monica McGill: Research is changing the way we view history

Local history with Monica McGill: Research is changing the way we view history

Echo Rewind

There is growing interest in the ancient Roman Empire nowadays, spurred on by historians who are re-examining archaeological discoveries in the light ...