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Category: Echo Rewind
History with Monica McGill: First patent for typewriter taken out in 1714
ONCE upon a time in the office, this article was first produced on a laptop computer. However, typists, journalists and writers of ...
Monica McGill: Time to make the most of our past and enrich our future
January starts the new year, hopefully with feelings of fresh beginnings and positive intentions bolstered by the good will of Christmas. The ...
Monica McGill: The time of year to make choices and buy carefully . . .
CHRISTMAS is a joyful and exciting time when most people give and receive good wishes and presents. However, the weeks before Christmas ...
Monica McGill: Viking settlement established by King Olaf the White
Clondalkin is different now from long ago. Modern living conditions, the services we expect and enjoy were not available then. Our way ...
Monica McGill: ‘Woodman, spare that tree – touch not a single bough!’
REGULAR readers of The Echo may recall Maurice Garvey’s recent article “Criticism over the felling of ‘iconic’ Monterey Cypress tree” published in ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Vicars, widows and pollution from Clondalkin paper mills
Church Terrace is a row of four cottages on Tower Road, Clondalkin. They are an important part of our heritage and history. ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Scoundrels, skulduggery and surrendering of sacred lands
Researching one topic uncovers another. So arose this brief account of Deansrath and some other lands once known as Bay Farm in ...
Local history with Monica McGill: St John’s church is ‘quirkily erected’ on a north-south line
Anyone who lived in Clondalkin in the last thousand years – or visited the area – would have been aware of Clondalkin’s ...
Local History with Monica McGill: A testament to ecclesiastical history
THE Roman Catholic church in Clondalkin village is an imposing 19th-century building. It’s a testament to the historical background of national and ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Research reveals water-mills history dates back in Clondalkin to 1326 at least
THIS year’s Heritage Week walk-and-talk around Fairview Oil Mills dismayed at least one attendee. “I thought there’d be more to see!” exclaimed ...