Category: Echo Rewind

Point in Time: A new home for the force

Point in Time: A new home for the force

Echo Rewind

By Stephen Leonard STANDING alone and impressively amid clear green fields just off the Belgard Road, there was little to impede sight ...

Point in Time: The fight to save the Mill

Point in Time: The fight to save the Mill

Echo Rewind

By Stephen Leonard THE metal gates that barred entry to the Clondalkin Paper Mill in late January 1982 could do little to ...

Point in Time: ‘There’s always that line back to the home ship’

Point in Time: ‘There’s always that line back to the home ship’

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By Stephen Leonard TU DUBLIN Tallaght is not short on success stories throughout its near 30-year-long history so far, and that of Christine ...

Point in Time: Barry on a day to remember in RTC

Point in Time: Barry on a day to remember in RTC

Echo Rewind

By Stephen Leonard FOR Barry Lawler, his first day attending the newly-opened RTC Tallaght back in September 1992 was one he is not ...

Point in Time: A historic moment for Tallaght with the opening of the RTC

Point in Time: A historic moment for Tallaght with the opening of the RTC

Echo Rewind

Point in Time is a new monthly feature in The Echo Newspaper, which looks back at momentous events in the history of ...

Rewind: Cypress Grove House

Rewind: Cypress Grove House

Echo Rewind

By Danielle Walsh Ronan From a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy to a chocolate factory owner, Cypress Grove House has had its fair ...

Rewind: Corkagh House and Gunpowder Mills

Rewind: Corkagh House and Gunpowder Mills

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By Danielle Walsh Ronan A long way from the peaceful park it is today, the lands of Corkagh Park once encompassed the home ...

Rewind: Spawell House and Grounds

Rewind: Spawell House and Grounds

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By Danielle Walsh Ronan Originally built in 1703, Spawell House and its grounds played an important role in the leisure time of some ...

Rewind: Tymon Castle

Rewind: Tymon Castle

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By Danielle Walsh Ronan The grounds of Tymon park, which have been open to the public since 1986, are enjoyed and used by ...

Rewind: Swiftbrook Paper Mills

Rewind: Swiftbrook Paper Mills

Echo Rewind

By Danielle Walsh Ronan Founded during the eighteenth century, the production of paper at Swiftbrook Paper Mills began around 1785 and had a ...