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Category: Echo Rewind
Local history with Monica McGill: Camac water power was essential to paper mills
We all know the cost of energy is soaring, and financial anxiety is detrimental to our well-being. Increasingly, our attention is drawn ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Ancient formula used to calculate Easter Sunday
EASTER Sunday occurs on a different date each year, between 22nd March and 25th April. An ancient formula is used to calculate ...
Local history with Monica McGill: St Patrick is part of our history and culture
ALTHOUGH sometimes taken for granted, St Patrick’s influence can be observed in Ireland to the present day in the realms of our ...
Local History with Monica McGill: Local economy depends on promoting tourism in village
SO THERE you are, stuck in traffic in Clondalkin village – again. Our modern life demands swift transit, but the streets and ...
Local History with Monica McGill: The Grand Canal
THE 9th lock on the Grand Canal is on Clondalkin’s 9th Lock Road - well worth a visit. Saunter alongside the Canal ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Ash tree at St Brigid’s Well
IN DECEMBER 2022, the County Council removed a mature ash tree from the sanctuary space at St Bridget’s Well in Clondalkin. It ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Slí Dhála one of the five great Irish thoroughfares
ACCORDING to historians Ó Lochlainn and Geissel, in prehistory an important roadway passed through Clondalkin linking Dublin City with Celbridge. It was ...
Local History with Monica McGill: St Valentine
WITH apologies to all, there are very few facts about St Valentine and many legends swirling around him. That’s not really surprising. ...
Local history with Monica McGill: The air boomed and the ground rumbled as the Mill chimney fell
It was a balmy, sunny afternoon. I strolled with my baby in her buggy down Tower Road, Clondalkin. People were coming together ...
Local history with Monica McGill: First day of February also known as Christian feast-day of St Bridget
The first day of February is widely recognised as the start of Spring in this part of the world. It’s also the ...