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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
Obelisk 2022 …… Available Now
The sixteenth edition of the Society’s annual journal, Obelisk, will be launched ‘virtually’ in November. We took this approach as a result of the increasing numbers of covid infections and Government advice to reduce unnecessary contacts where possible.
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.
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Obelisk 2022 will be available shortly from our usual outlets at €7 a copy :
the South Dublin Credit Union, Lower Kilmacud Road, Lakeland Stores, 5 Lakelands Road, Centra Kildunne’s, 7 Drummartin Road, Adrian Peters, Newsagent, The Rise, Mount Merrion, Centra, Stepaside Village, Devine's Grange Star shop on Harold's Grange Road, Rathfarnham, The Village Cafe, Glenalbyn House, Stillorgan, DNG Stillorgan, 18 Lower Kilmacud Road and through our Online Shop. Online purchases for local addresses in Kilmacud, Stillorgan and surrounding areas that can be hand delivered will have any postage paid refunded.
We will also be selling Obelisk from our stall in the Stillorgan Shopping Centre for a number of days in December. Contactless payments will be accepted.
Due to popular demand, a special reprint of our very first journal - Obelisk 2006 - is now available through our Online Shop.
School History – – – now on sale
Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society is delighted to announce that Schooldays in Stillorgan by Margaret Smith is available for sale. A formal launch was deferred owing to covid restrictions.
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The book tells of the determination of local people to establish a national school in Stillorgan village in the 1830s. The school was located on what is now the Old Dublin Road and later moved to its present location in 1931. Since then it has grown to meet the needs of the expanding suburb.
The book contains interviews with past pupils, teachers and others associated with the school. It also casts an eye on the changes that have taken place in Stillorgan. You might be surprised to find yourself in one of its large collection of photographs.
Are you a past pupil of St Laurence’s Boys National School? Perhaps you were a teacher, a member of the Board of Management or the Parents’ Association. Have you an interest in primary education or in your local history? If so, this book is for you.
The book is available from our Online Shop and costs €15 plus postage and packing.
Purchases for local addresses in Kilmacud, Stillorgan and surrounding areas that can be hand delivered will have any postage paid refunded.
It is also available from St Laurence’s BNS, and at Breffni Pets, Windy Arbour.
All profits will be donated to the school.
Other Publications
These publications written by committee members are available from our Online Shop. Please make sure to include the relevant postage & packing charges when you are selecting a purchase. .... ..... .... ... :
All profits to Barnardos. Please click on image for more details.
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November Talk
Our talk was in the Function Room, Glenalbyn on Thursday 11 November at 8pm. It was given by Joe Connell and is titled :
'The Shadow War: Michael Collins and the Politics of Violence'
Joe is the author of Dublin Rising 1916 and Who's who in the Dublin Rising 1916, as well as The Shadow War. He writes a regular column in History Ireland and is a regular contributor to Newstalk's Talking History programme. More details HERE.
Insurgencies are as psychological and political as much as military. In the War of Independence, the Irish needed to remain active for longer than the nerves of liberal Britain could stand, and they succeeded. Irish governance, rather than military victory, was always the goal. If success can be defined as doing more with less, then Michael Collins must be counted as among the great guerrilla planners of the twentieth century. He understood the limits of what could be achieved by violence - and when to forgo violence for negotiation.
NOTE : Bookings were required in advance as places are limited due to covid restrictions.
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