History and Heritage buffs spend a lot of time reading what people have documented in the past. This space is here to share some of the good works that we have read and enjoyed, that may help you along your heritage journey. There are links to useful websites. And here are some of the books that we have found really helpful on our voyage of discovery.
- Blanchardstown & Castleknock History Society
- Society for Old Lucan
- Heritage Groups and Societies | Fingal County Council
- Heritage by area – Dublin 15 | Fingal County Council
- Irish Railway Archives (irrs.ie)
- Military Archives
- Clonsilla ED 1901 (townlands.ie)
- Porterstown Townland, Co. Dublin (townlands.ie)
- Irish Townland and Historical Map Viewer (arcgis.com)
- Welcome to Irish Genealogy – Irish Genealogy
- dúchas.ie | National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project (duchas.ie)
- National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901/1911
- Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- National Library of Ireland | National Library of Ireland (nli.ie)
- National Monuments Service (archaeology.ie)
- History of Castleknock – Tony Reynolds (wordpress.com)
- Historic Environment Viewer (arcgis.com)
In the press
- 12th June 2024, Dublin Inquirer: https://dublininquirer.com/2024/06/12/in-clonsilla-residents-petition-a-developer-to-save-the-chimney-stack-of-an-old-lodge/
- TheJournal.ie 04th June 2024. Clonsilla: ‘I don’t want the next generation to only know this place for being housing estates https://jrnl.ie/6390728
- change.org petition to save the 1897 chimney stack and wall plate of the lodge in Clonsilla https://www.change.org/p/preserve-clonsilla-lodge-s-chimney-stack-and-wall-plate