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The aim of the Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society is to promote and sustain an interest in our culture, heritage and history, particularly with regard to Kilmacud Stillorgan and the adjoining areas

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Copies of Obelisk No.14 2020 are available at €7 each (postage extra). Obelisk No.13 2019, Obelisk No.12 2018, Obelisk No.11 2017 and Obelisk No.10 2016, are available at €5 each (postage extra).

Copies of Obelisk No.8 2014, and Obelisk No.7 2013 are available at €3 each (postage extra).

Take a few minutes and look at our video presentation on back issues.

To purchase our journals on a secure website please click Online Shop. In the shop, there are two prices listed for each Obelisk – the difference relates to Postage & Packing charges. Please make sure to include the relevant charges - Ireland or Overseas - when you are selecting an Obelisk for purchase. Please note that for local area deliveries the postage will be refunded.

During the Covid-19 crisis, please check what international destinations An Post is dispatching mail to.

If you need any assistance or have any questions on the above or our other publications, please contact us.

Have you an article you would like to submit for consideration?

If so we would like to hear from you for Obelisk 2022.

Articles can be about the history of Kilmacud, Stillorgan and adjoining areas, e.g. a local church, school, estate, street or family over a period; the study of a movement, society, club or event at local level; the life of a well-known national or international person with local connections. In addition, articles on personal memories or family history of people living in or connected with Kilmacud Stillorgan and adjoining areas are very welcome.

As a guide, articles should generally be no more than 3,000 words in length and the deadline for submission each year is 1 May. We will provide you with suggestions and hints to help you develop and write your article.

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The fifteenth edition of the Society’s annual journal, Obelisk, was launched ‘virtually’ on 28 November. We took this approach as we are unable to have our usual launch night in Glenalbyn, where we get a chance to meet the authors and enjoy some refreshments together. Thanks to technology we now offer you our virtual launch with a short description of the articles and a chance to see our authors. Why not relax with a cuppa or a glass and enjoy the six minute presentation :

As always we pay a special thanks to our contributors for their very enthusiastic response with material and without whose stories there would be no Obelisk. Over the years Obelisk has accumulated a rich trove of articles that help to give us a fuller picture of daily life and the streetscape of times past.

Click on image for the list of contents.

Obelisk 2021 is now available from our usual outlets at €7 a copy and through our new Online Shop. We hope you will find the online shop easy to use. Purchases to local addresses in Kilmacud, Stillorgan and surrounding areas that can be hand delivered will have any postage paid refunded.

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Obelisk 2021 is also currently available at

the South Dublin Credit Union, Lower Kilmacud Road,

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March Talk/Video

We are very pleased to let you know that our Society has another YouTube presentation for you this month, namely:

The Chevers of Monkstown and Killyan

In this presentation, the varied fortunes of the Chevers family are charted from the time they arrive as part of the Norman Invasion to when Monkstown Castle became an important family seat in 1610. Strongly identified with the Irish Catholic aristocracy at the time of the Reformation they then suffered in real terms the effects of the "To Hell or to Connaught" maxim. The story continues with the family showing how its members were not bystanders in subsequent historical events but proactively chose to be involved at various periods of Irish history, for example, the 1798 rebellion and furthermore right up to the formation of the Free State.

The speaker is Dr Séamus Cannon. A native of Donegal, Séamus is a well-known local historian, who lives in the Monkstown area. He has lectured to various groups, including the Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society and the Blackrock Society.

He has edited both the Book of Dún Laoghaire and the Book of Bray. More recently, he authored Monkstown a Victorian Village (with Carole Cullen), and "You'd be Filled with Wonder" - the story of Dún Laoghaire Harbour.

In his former career as Director of Blackrock Education Centre, he produced a wide range of resources in digital media.

Séamus lectures extensively on Joyce's Ulysses and he is currently chairperson of the Friends of Joyce Tower Society. A major project of the moment is preparation for the centenary year of 2022.

Details have been circulated to our email list.

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Also, we would like to thank all of you who have purchased Obelisk 2021 - it has proven to be very popular. A special thanks to our sales outlets and the Stillorgan Shopping Centre which helped make this possible.

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