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Showing posts with label Knocklyon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knocklyon. Show all posts
07 August 2025

A new biographical study of
the ‘Rake of Rathfarnham’
reconnects with the Spanish
branch of the Comerford family

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José Antonio Peña Martínez has published a new biographical study of Philip Wharton (Photographs: Patrick Comerford, 2025) Patrick Comerfo...
13 October 2024

Saint Colmcille’s Church in
Knocklyon: a south Dublin
parish celebrates its jubilee

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Saint Colmcille’s Church, Knocklyon, Co Dublin … the parish is celebrating its jubilee in October 2024 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) Pa...
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09 June 2024

A short visit to Dublin
and Bray brings back
good memories from
40 and 50 years ago

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Time moves on at McCloskey’s in Donnybrook … memories of poetry readings, drama groups and rugby matches (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 202...
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18 August 2021

Praying in Ordinary Time 2021:
81, Saint Colmcille’s Church, Knocklyon

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Saint Colmcille’s Church, Knocklyon, Co Dublin … the Carmelites are leaving Knocklyon after a presence of almost half a century (Photograph:...
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09 January 2021

A first-time walk along
a stetch of the Dodder
River Valley in Firhouse

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A new red pedestrian and cycling bridge spanning the Dodder was built and installed in November 2014 as part of the Dodder Greenway (Photog...
14 November 2020

Scholarstown House,
part of Knocklyon’s history,
has been put on the market

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Scholarstown House is on the market … rebuilt around 1909 but dating back to 1586 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford) Patrick Comerford I ...
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17 January 2019

A fading reminder of
the cultural glories of
the Wexford Festival

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A poster that reminds me of Wexford’s quays and key landmarks (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2019) Patrick Comerford I have a poster ...
29 November 2016

Two 18th century houses hidden
behind old gates in Knocklyon

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Mount Michael is hidden behind old gates on Scholarstown Road (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016) Patrick Comerford During a recent ...
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13 August 2016

Remembering old houses on the banks of
the Dodder and some ‘Irish Times’ journalists

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The Dodder Linear Park and the former grounds of Cherryfield House, once the home of ‘Pussy’ O’Mahony of ‘The Irish Times’ and his family(P...
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11 May 2016

‘On a rainy night in Bray
The wind was whistling all its charms’

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Vespa for Vespers … a Vespa on a rainy evening in Bray (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016) Patrick Comerford Someone I know has an i...
26 February 2016

Sally Park: part of the architectural
heritage of Firhouse and Knocklyon

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Sally Park … a once-elegant Georgian country house off Ballycullen Road (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2016) Patrick Comerford As I w...
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