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Crochet crew create model of Round Tower in Clondalkin

Crochet crew create model of Round Tower in Clondalkin

Clondalkin

REIMAGINING the Round Tower of Clondalkin, crochet makers banded together to create a model of the medieval structure out of copper wire, ...

Local Faces: Phyllis Royal

Local Faces: Phyllis Royal

Tallaght

THE CRAFT of crochet is said to have been invented by shepherds to pass the time while tending to their flocks in ...

The Queen of Ballymun: Dame Stuffy to perform at the Civic

The Queen of Ballymun: Dame Stuffy to perform at the Civic

Arts & Culture

The star contestant of RTE's 'Last Singer Standing', Dame Stuffy, played by 98 FM DJ Karl Dawson, is delighted to take her ...

Nature on our Doorsteps: Sycamore helicopters

Nature on our Doorsteps: Sycamore helicopters

Arts & Culture

Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into nature ...

Local Faces: Teresa O’Brien

Local Faces: Teresa O’Brien

Tallaght

ST DOMINIC’S community centre has been a stalwart community resource for many, many years, writes Ken Doyle. From its humble beginnings as ...

Deep Fake: Unique experience set for the Civic

Deep Fake: Unique experience set for the Civic

Arts & Culture

A unique experience is set to arrive at the Civic on August 23, writes Stephen Reid. At the intersection of live theatre ...

Ecologist Richard Nairn in Conversation: The Importance of Wild Waters

Ecologist Richard Nairn in Conversation: The Importance of Wild Waters

Arts & Culture

CLONDALKIN Library is proud to present ‘Wild Waters – Richard Nairn in Conversation with Eanna Ni Lamhna’ this week. Ecologist Richard Nairn ...

National Heritage Week features over 80 tours, workshops and experiences

National Heritage Week features over 80 tours, workshops and experiences

Arts & Culture

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced its biggest ever programme of events for this year’s National Heritage Week, which is ...

Summer Local: The Hellfire Club

Summer Local: The Hellfire Club

Arts & Culture

MONTPELIER Hill, also known as the Hellfire Club, is well-known in Irish history. The Hellfire Club is the name given to the ...

Local Faces: Seamus Daly

Local Faces: Seamus Daly

Tallaght

THE FIRST ever Geodesic dome was invented between the world wars by famed German inventor Carl Zeiss Jena, who later had a ...