Lucan, Dublin
Encyclopedia
In the Irish language, 'Leamhcáin' is translated to 'Lucan', meaning 'Place of the Elm Trees'. The name probably comes from a people that travelled by river, as Lucan is the first place that Elm trees are encountered if travelling inland from the Liffey.
There is evidence of pre-historic settlement around Vesey Park, though not much archaeological investigation has been carried out in the area.
There is a suggestion that an ancient road that linked into the Tara network ran through what is now modern Lucan village, continuing up the hill towards Esker Cemetery.
When Oliver Cromwell
came to Ireland, Lucan was a thriving village of 120 inhabitants.
Patrick Sarsfield
, the Irish Jacobite leader, was born in Lucan and was granted the title Earl of Lucan by King James II
.
Currently on the site of Sarsfield's castle beside the town is Lucan House, built around 1770 by Rt. Hon. Agmondisham Vesey, who had married into the Sarsfield family. The circular ground floor dining room is said to have been an inspiration for the Oval Office of the White House
. The decorative plasterwork was carried out by Michael Stapleton
. Over the years, the house passed out of the Vesey family and since 1947, has been the residence of the Italian ambassador to Ireland. In the grounds of the house is the spa, the waters of which attracted people to the town in previous times.
The influence of the Sarsfield and Vesey families on Lucan is still apparent in the locality. For example, the local Gaelic Athletic Association
club is Lucan Sarsfields and a pub in the town bears the name 'The Vesey Arms' aka Kenny's.
The discovery of a sulphurous spa
in Lucan in 1758 brought the district into prominence, and it became a mecca for weekend parties from Dublin and the surrounding countryside. A ballroom was erected and subsequently a hotel.
Most of the structures in Lucan Village were constructed as part of a large redevelopment of the town around 1815.
It is said that the oldest bridge in Ireland, King John's bridge, is in Lucan in Griffeen Park.
Dublin ring road. An outer-orbital distributor called the Outer Ring Road, designated as R136
, from the N4 (Woodies) interchange to the N81 Tallaght Bypass was completed in 2008. It is proposed that this will be eventually extended north to Blanchardstown
.
Lucan is located between two major national/commuter railway lines. The original Lucan North (Leixlip) Station on the north/northwest line and Lucan South station on the south/southwest line were closed in 1941 and 1947 respectively. The green field development of the Lucan townlands as a major residential area was predicated on the prime location between the motorways and railways. Adamstown railway station
has recently re-opened to serve the area. It is located south of Finnstown, Lucan. This station will also service significant further developments planned to the south of Adamstown
townlands and the south/southwest commuter line.
A new Luas
line for the town is planned under Transport 21
. The town is to be included the Metro West
line.
Dublin Bus
provides several bus services to the area, including the 25/A/X, the 66/A/B/X, and the 67/A/X. Feeder routes such as the 239 from Liffey Valley
shopping centre to Blanchardstown via the north of the town along the Strawberry Beds also run. Dublin Bus
provides Nitelink services with the 25N serving south Lucan and the 66N serving Lucan village. Some independent bus operators also serve Lucan.
There is a private airport, Weston Airport
, located to the west of Lucan near the Dublin/Kildare
border. This expanding facility conducts pilot training and serves privately owned light aircraft and helicopters. It new terminal is located south of the M4 to the east of the Dublin Celbridge Road and Kildare border.
Lucan has undergone enormous change since the early-1990s. It is road after road of identical houses occupied by the new aspiring middle classes, or "decklanders", as economist David McWilliams
terms them. After the building of the M50 motorway
and N4 interchange, and the staggering increase in house prices and jobs during the Celtic Tiger
era of the 1990s, Lucan quickly became one of the more reasonably priced areas in the south Dublin area. Given its easy access to Dublin City and relatively modest house prices compared to older more established areas in closer proximity to Dublin City many thousands of homes were built in a matter of years. Building development is still ongoing on a large, albeit reduced scale today. Where once it was considered as a completely separate satellite town of Dublin, Lucan is now perceived as part of the Dublin urban area (although the M50 motorway ensures that the two do not physically merge with each other), and it is the first town one meets when leaving Dublin on the N4.
With the large population increases came jobs and high-profile retail developments, but traffic congestion has become a major problem. The N4 is considered one of the most congested roads in the city; particularly where it meets the M50, as traffic regularly stretches back for up to 5 kilometres at rush hour
. Upgrade schemes are currently under construction for both the N4 and N4/M50 interchange to help remedy these problems.
in Leixlip
and Adamstown Community College, Adamstown
.
Liffey Sound Communications Co-operative Society Limited, a not-for-profit, runs Liffey Sound FM
which is Lucans community radio station. Liffey Sound FM is another local media source run entirely by volunteers. The station has been broadcasting since July 2006.
Other local media sources include weekly newspapers the Liffey Champion
which is a local newspaper for the Lucan area of South Dublin
and North Kildare
, The Echo
which is published in Lucan as the Lucan Echo and the Lucan Gazette.
and Hewlett-Packard
are also major employers, located nearby in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, with further employment close by in Blanchardstown, in Fingal, such as eBay's
European operations.
, and another on the Newcastle road, which has Superquinn
as well as several other shops, including a McDonald's
restaurant.
Lucan Village is also a notable shopping area with several pubs and specialist shops including two computer stores, two charity shops and a wine shop.
The Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
opened in 1998 and is the major shopping centre for the broader area. The Blanchardstown Centre is another major retail development with relatively easy access. The area has a strong local retail sector, but Dublin city centre remains popular as a shopping destination as well.
A retail park exists at an N4 junction, where Woodies DIY, D.I.D Electrical and various other stores are found.
, one of the upcoming clubs in Dublin with two county representatives on the football team and four on the hurling team. They won the u/21 Dublin Football Championship and a Minor double of Football and Hurling in 2005. Lucan Sarsfields U21 B team won the Callum Sally Cup in 2005 and again in 2009. This was a great period for the club.
Several football teams also play in the area, such as Hillcrest F.C., Beech Park, Esker Celtic and Lucan United.
In January 2008, Lucan Boxing Club reformed after a few years break.The club was very successful in its first season back winning the Dublin Junior Club of the Year for the 2008/2009 season. The club currently trains in its own gym in Haydens Lane on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday mornings. The club made history on Sunday 13 December 2009 when it staged the first ever all female amateur boxing show in Ireland. On April 24 and 25 2010 Lucan Boxing Club hosted the inaugural 'Irish Multi-Counties' tournament. With over 30 clubs competing from around Ireland and 110 bouts it was one of the biggest amateur boxing shows ever staged in the country.
Lucan Tae Kwon-Do school - http://www.lucantkd.com has been in the area since 1992 and has recently moved to the Adamstown Educate Together National School. The school is run by 7th Degree Black Belt Instructor Master Val Douglas.
The Dublin Dragons
American Football Team are based in Lucan. Dublin Dragons AFC
Lucan Harriers Athletic Club are also based here. Infamous Lucan duo Jedward were once at the core of Lucan Harriors Athletic Club.
A skatepark was opened in 2007, after a lengthy campaign begun in the late 1980s by local skaters but finally built after a 4 year concerted campaign by people from surrounding areas.
which has been in existence since 1983. The band caters for wind instruments, from trumpet
, clarinet
, flute
and trombone
to bass
, euphonium
, percussion, bassoon
and saxophone
. In 2008 Lucan concert band
celebrated its 25th Anniversary. The famous twins, John and Edward Grimes, also known as Jedward, were born in Lucan, and every year, hundreds of teenager girls travel to Lucan to see the place where the twins grew up.
LGS Gospel Choir was formed as Lucan Gospel Singers in February 1998. The group is Multi-domination with members from all religious backgrounds.
There is evidence of pre-historic settlement around Vesey Park, though not much archaeological investigation has been carried out in the area.
There is a suggestion that an ancient road that linked into the Tara network ran through what is now modern Lucan village, continuing up the hill towards Esker Cemetery.
When Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
came to Ireland, Lucan was a thriving village of 120 inhabitants.
Patrick Sarsfield
Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan
Patrick Sarsfield , created the first Earl of Lucan, Irish Jacobite and soldier, belonged to an Anglo-Norman family long settled in Ireland.-Background:...
, the Irish Jacobite leader, was born in Lucan and was granted the title Earl of Lucan by King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
.
Currently on the site of Sarsfield's castle beside the town is Lucan House, built around 1770 by Rt. Hon. Agmondisham Vesey, who had married into the Sarsfield family. The circular ground floor dining room is said to have been an inspiration for the Oval Office of the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
. The decorative plasterwork was carried out by Michael Stapleton
Michael Stapleton
Michael Stapleton is regarded as having been the most skilled stuccodore working in the neoclassical or "Adam" style that dominated Dublin interior decoration in the final decades of the 18th century.-Life:Stapleton was born in Dublin, the son of George Stapleton, who may have been a plasterer by...
. Over the years, the house passed out of the Vesey family and since 1947, has been the residence of the Italian ambassador to Ireland. In the grounds of the house is the spa, the waters of which attracted people to the town in previous times.
The influence of the Sarsfield and Vesey families on Lucan is still apparent in the locality. For example, the local Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club is Lucan Sarsfields and a pub in the town bears the name 'The Vesey Arms' aka Kenny's.
The discovery of a sulphurous spa
Thermal bath
A thermal bath is a warm body of water. It is often referred to as a spa, which is traditionally used to mean a place where the water is believed to have special health-giving properties, though note that many spas offer cold water or mineral water treatments.A thermal bath may be part of a...
in Lucan in 1758 brought the district into prominence, and it became a mecca for weekend parties from Dublin and the surrounding countryside. A ballroom was erected and subsequently a hotel.
Most of the structures in Lucan Village were constructed as part of a large redevelopment of the town around 1815.
It is said that the oldest bridge in Ireland, King John's bridge, is in Lucan in Griffeen Park.
Transport and Access
Old Lucan village is located north of the N4/M4 national primary west/northwest motorway. The southern townlands of Lucan are located close to the N7/M7 national primary south/southwest motorway. The village is approximately 5K west of the M50M50 motorway (Ireland)
The M50 motorway is a motorway in Ireland running in a C-shaped ring around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city, Dublin. The northern end of the route is located at the entrance to the Dublin Port Tunnel. Anti-clockwise it heads northwest through the tunnel...
Dublin ring road. An outer-orbital distributor called the Outer Ring Road, designated as R136
R136 road
The R136 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in the southwest of Dublin. Named the Outer Ring Road, the route , bypasses west of Clondalkin connecting the N4 to the Tallaght Bypass , crossing the N7...
, from the N4 (Woodies) interchange to the N81 Tallaght Bypass was completed in 2008. It is proposed that this will be eventually extended north to Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown
Blanchardstown is a large suburb of Dublin in the district of Fingal, Ireland. It is within the historical barony of Castleknock. It is located 10 km north-west of the city centre. The suburb is in the Dublin 15 postal area, the Dublin West electoral constituency, and Fingal County...
.
Lucan is located between two major national/commuter railway lines. The original Lucan North (Leixlip) Station on the north/northwest line and Lucan South station on the south/southwest line were closed in 1941 and 1947 respectively. The green field development of the Lucan townlands as a major residential area was predicated on the prime location between the motorways and railways. Adamstown railway station
Adamstown railway station, Dublin
Adamstown railway station is a recently opened station serving the new town of Adamstown. It is on the Kildare line between Hazelhatch and Celbridge railway station and Clondalkin railway stations, just south of the old Lucan South station which closed in 1947. It opened on 10 April 2007...
has recently re-opened to serve the area. It is located south of Finnstown, Lucan. This station will also service significant further developments planned to the south of Adamstown
Adamstown, Dublin
Adamstown is the first new town planned in Ireland since Shannon Town in 1982. The new settlement is being developed 16 km from Dublin city centre, on a 220 hectare site just south of Lucan, west of the Griffeen River and north of the Grand Canal. No date has been set for the official...
townlands and the south/southwest commuter line.
A new Luas
Luas
Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a tram or light rail system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways. In 2007, the system carried 28.4 million passengers, a growth of 10% since...
line for the town is planned under Transport 21
Transport 21
Transport 21 is an Irish infrastructure plan, announced in November 2005. It aims to greatly expand Ireland's transport network. A cost estimate of €34 billion was attached to the plan at the time....
. The town is to be included the Metro West
Dublin Metro
The Dublin Metro is a proposed metro system for the city of Dublin. The first two lines were set out in the Irish Government's 2005 Transport 21 transport plan: they are known as Metro North and Metro West...
line.
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of 172 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann which is...
provides several bus services to the area, including the 25/A/X, the 66/A/B/X, and the 67/A/X. Feeder routes such as the 239 from Liffey Valley
Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is a shopping centre, that is located in Clondalkin in Dublin 22. The centre opened in 1998 and is located at the junction of the M50 motorway and N4 road...
shopping centre to Blanchardstown via the north of the town along the Strawberry Beds also run. Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of 172 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes and 18 night routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. The company, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann which is...
provides Nitelink services with the 25N serving south Lucan and the 66N serving Lucan village. Some independent bus operators also serve Lucan.
There is a private airport, Weston Airport
Weston Airport
Weston Airport or Aerfort Weston in Irish, is a publicly licensed executive airport located on the R403 regional road at Leixlip, County Kildare west of Dublin, in Ireland...
, located to the west of Lucan near the Dublin/Kildare
Kildare
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border. This expanding facility conducts pilot training and serves privately owned light aircraft and helicopters. It new terminal is located south of the M4 to the east of the Dublin Celbridge Road and Kildare border.
Culture and identity
Lucan is generally considered in two parts - old Lucan, and new Lucan, with old Lucan being more settled and considered to be a more upper-middle class region as opposed to new Lucan which is considered to be a lower-middle class / working class area. Old Lucan consists of the main town of Lucan, containing smaller roads and shops, the local CBS, national schools, St. Mary's Church and housing estates such as Lucan Heights and Beech Park resting in the Liffey Valley. New Lucan is considered to be the majority of the newer housing developments, built South of the main town, out of the valley, and stretching as far as Clondalkin.Lucan has undergone enormous change since the early-1990s. It is road after road of identical houses occupied by the new aspiring middle classes, or "decklanders", as economist David McWilliams
David McWilliams
David McWilliams is an Irish journalist and economist. McWilliams has worked with as an economist with Central Bank of Ireland and as a banker with UBS bank and the Banque Nationale de Paris...
terms them. After the building of the M50 motorway
M50 motorway (Ireland)
The M50 motorway is a motorway in Ireland running in a C-shaped ring around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city, Dublin. The northern end of the route is located at the entrance to the Dublin Port Tunnel. Anti-clockwise it heads northwest through the tunnel...
and N4 interchange, and the staggering increase in house prices and jobs during the Celtic Tiger
Celtic Tiger
Celtic Tiger is a term used to describe the economy of Ireland during a period of rapid economic growth between 1995 and 2007. The expansion underwent a dramatic reversal from 2008, with GDP contracting by 14% and unemployment levels rising to 14% by 2010...
era of the 1990s, Lucan quickly became one of the more reasonably priced areas in the south Dublin area. Given its easy access to Dublin City and relatively modest house prices compared to older more established areas in closer proximity to Dublin City many thousands of homes were built in a matter of years. Building development is still ongoing on a large, albeit reduced scale today. Where once it was considered as a completely separate satellite town of Dublin, Lucan is now perceived as part of the Dublin urban area (although the M50 motorway ensures that the two do not physically merge with each other), and it is the first town one meets when leaving Dublin on the N4.
With the large population increases came jobs and high-profile retail developments, but traffic congestion has become a major problem. The N4 is considered one of the most congested roads in the city; particularly where it meets the M50, as traffic regularly stretches back for up to 5 kilometres at rush hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
. Upgrade schemes are currently under construction for both the N4 and N4/M50 interchange to help remedy these problems.
Education
Lucan has a number of schools, including an Educate Together primary school, Lucan Community College Esker (Leaving Cert. Applied available), Scoil Áine & St. Thomas's Primary schools (Esker, mixed VEC school), Coláiste Phádraig (a Christian Brothers school), St. Joseph's Girls school, Coláiste Cois Life also known as CCL,there are two Irish speaking primary schools (mixed), Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada and Gaelscoil Naomh Pádraig, St. Mary's Boys National School, St. Mary's Girls Primary School, St. Andrew's (mixed) National School and Archbishop Ryan National School (mixed primary). Many students living in Lucan attend Confey CollegeConfey College
Confey College is a co-educational Community College in Leixlip, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. The school opened to 36 students in September 1986 and has approximately 620 students at present and about 50 staff members....
in Leixlip
Leixlip
-Politics:Since 1988 Leixlip has had a nine member Town Council , headed by a Cathaoirleach , which has control over many local matters, although it is limited in that it is not also a planning authority...
and Adamstown Community College, Adamstown
Adamstown
Adamstown may refer to one of the following places:Australia:* Adamstown, New South Wales, a town in New South WalesIreland:* Adamstown, County Wexford, a village in County Wexford* Adamstown, Dublin, an urban village in County Dublin...
.
Media
In February 1967 the Lucan Newsletter was first published. The Lucan Newsletter is a journal of local events for the area with the function being to provide a platform for the various organisations of the area to publish news of their forthcoming activities and to report on their meetings. The journal is produced and published weekly by volunteers.Liffey Sound Communications Co-operative Society Limited, a not-for-profit, runs Liffey Sound FM
Liffey Sound FM
Liffey Sound FM is a not-for-profit community radio station broadcasting to the suburban town of Lucan, County Dublin and its environs, broadcasting on the frequency 96.4 MHz...
which is Lucans community radio station. Liffey Sound FM is another local media source run entirely by volunteers. The station has been broadcasting since July 2006.
Other local media sources include weekly newspapers the Liffey Champion
Liffey Champion
The Liffey Champion is a local newspaper for north Kildare and the Lucan area of west Dublin. It is based in Leixlip.The first edition of the Liffey Champion was printed on 17 May 1991 and has, over the past 17 years, established an important presence in the north Kildare and Lucan...
which is a local newspaper for the Lucan area of South Dublin
South Dublin
South Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. The county seat is Tallaght, the largest suburb of Dublin and the biggest urban centre in the county. Other important centres of population are Lucan and Clondalkin...
and North Kildare
County Kildare
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county...
, The Echo
The Echo (Irish Newspaper)
The Echo is a regional newspaper for parts of Dublin, Ireland. One of the founders and owner of The Echo, David Kennedy launched the newspaper out of the front room of his house, and originally called it The Tallaght Echo, the paper has grown to cover the adjacent suburbs of Clondalkin,...
which is published in Lucan as the Lucan Echo and the Lucan Gazette.
Employment
The area is primarily a residential one, though employment does exist. One of the major employers within the region is the Liffey Valley Centre in North Clondalkin, though there are a number of other businesses in the area. There are major businesses in the nearby areas of southwest Dublin such as Citywest and Tallaght. IntelIntel Ireland
Intel Irelands parent company - the giant U.S. based Intel microprocessor business - is a quoted company trading on the NASDAQ exchange. Intel decided in 1989 to build its European manufacturing operations in Leixlip, County Kildare, and formed Intel Ireland to be the holding company. The...
and Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
are also major employers, located nearby in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, with further employment close by in Blanchardstown, in Fingal, such as eBay's
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
European operations.
Shopping
A number of local shopping centres exist in Lucan, including one at Hillcrest, whose main tenant is TescoTesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
, and another on the Newcastle road, which has Superquinn
Superquinn
Superquinn is an Irish supermarket chain. Until 2005, the company was entirely privately held by the Quinn family. It is now a subsidiary of Select Retail Holdings Limited....
as well as several other shops, including a McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
restaurant.
Lucan Village is also a notable shopping area with several pubs and specialist shops including two computer stores, two charity shops and a wine shop.
The Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is a shopping centre, that is located in Clondalkin in Dublin 22. The centre opened in 1998 and is located at the junction of the M50 motorway and N4 road...
opened in 1998 and is the major shopping centre for the broader area. The Blanchardstown Centre is another major retail development with relatively easy access. The area has a strong local retail sector, but Dublin city centre remains popular as a shopping destination as well.
A retail park exists at an N4 junction, where Woodies DIY, D.I.D Electrical and various other stores are found.
Sport
Lucan has a Gaelic football team, Lucan SarsfieldsLucan Sarsfields
Lucan Sarsfields is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1886, making it one of the oldest GAA clubs in Dublin. Sarsfields were one of 16 teams which contested the Dublin Senior Championship in 1887...
, one of the upcoming clubs in Dublin with two county representatives on the football team and four on the hurling team. They won the u/21 Dublin Football Championship and a Minor double of Football and Hurling in 2005. Lucan Sarsfields U21 B team won the Callum Sally Cup in 2005 and again in 2009. This was a great period for the club.
Several football teams also play in the area, such as Hillcrest F.C., Beech Park, Esker Celtic and Lucan United.
In January 2008, Lucan Boxing Club reformed after a few years break.The club was very successful in its first season back winning the Dublin Junior Club of the Year for the 2008/2009 season. The club currently trains in its own gym in Haydens Lane on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday mornings. The club made history on Sunday 13 December 2009 when it staged the first ever all female amateur boxing show in Ireland. On April 24 and 25 2010 Lucan Boxing Club hosted the inaugural 'Irish Multi-Counties' tournament. With over 30 clubs competing from around Ireland and 110 bouts it was one of the biggest amateur boxing shows ever staged in the country.
Lucan Tae Kwon-Do school - http://www.lucantkd.com has been in the area since 1992 and has recently moved to the Adamstown Educate Together National School. The school is run by 7th Degree Black Belt Instructor Master Val Douglas.
The Dublin Dragons
Dublin Dragons
Dublin Dragons is an American Football team based in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. They currently compete in the IAFL league, Southern Division....
American Football Team are based in Lucan. Dublin Dragons AFC
Lucan Harriers Athletic Club are also based here. Infamous Lucan duo Jedward were once at the core of Lucan Harriors Athletic Club.
A skatepark was opened in 2007, after a lengthy campaign begun in the late 1980s by local skaters but finally built after a 4 year concerted campaign by people from surrounding areas.
Music
Lucan has its very own Concert Band, Lucan concert bandLucan concert band
Lucan Concert Band was formed in 1983 by Eithne Donnelly, its purpose being to provide musical education to the youth in Lucan where it is based...
which has been in existence since 1983. The band caters for wind instruments, from trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
and trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
to bass
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
, euphonium
Euphonium
The euphonium is a conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument. It derives its name from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced"...
, percussion, bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
and saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
. In 2008 Lucan concert band
Lucan concert band
Lucan Concert Band was formed in 1983 by Eithne Donnelly, its purpose being to provide musical education to the youth in Lucan where it is based...
celebrated its 25th Anniversary. The famous twins, John and Edward Grimes, also known as Jedward, were born in Lucan, and every year, hundreds of teenager girls travel to Lucan to see the place where the twins grew up.
LGS Gospel Choir was formed as Lucan Gospel Singers in February 1998. The group is Multi-domination with members from all religious backgrounds.
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
People
- James GandonJames GandonJames Gandon is today recognised as one of the leading architects to have worked in Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century. His better known works include The Custom House, the Four Courts, King's Inns in Dublin and Emo Court in Co...
, Georgian architect - Paul GogartyPaul GogartyPaul Nicholas Gogarty is a former Irish Green Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dublin Mid West constituency from 2002 to 2011. He currently works as a media commentator and journalist.-Early and private life:...
, Irish politician - Liam LawlorLiam LawlorLiam Aloysius Lawlor was an Irish politician who resigned from the Fianna Fáil political party following a finding by a Party standards committee that he had failed to co-operate with its investigation into planning irregularities, and subsequently came into conflict with the Mahon Tribunal.-Early...
, Irish politician - Paul NoonanPaul NoonanPaul Noonan is an Irish singer from Lucan, County Dublin, and lead vocalist of the band Bell X1. His father is Noel Noonan, the recently retired principal of St. Mary's B.N.S. in Lucan....
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