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Clondalkin ( Irish: Cluain Dolcáin, meaning 'pasture of Dolcán' [2]) is a suburban town in County Dublin, 10 km (6 mi) west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area.
Official name. Clondalkin. Reference no. 32 [1] Clondalkin Round Tower ( Irish: Cloigtheach Chluain Dolcáin) is an Irish round tower or cloigtheach founded by Saint Mochua, also known as Saint Cronan, and located in Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland. It is now a National Monument in Ireland. It's also become a museum that houses a café.
Corkagh Park. / 53.30972°N 6.41472°W / 53.30972; -6.41472. Corkagh Park ( Irish: Páirc Chorcaí, from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a park situated in Clondalkin in South Dublin, [1] between the N7 and the Old Nangor Road. The River Camac flows through it, and within the grounds of the park there are fishing ponds. [1]
- The Clondalkin Round Tower might be the oldest of its kind in Ireland. Most historians agree that Clondalkin’s Round Tower is the oldest surviving Round Tower in Ireland.
- It’s durable! Clondalkin Round Tower miraculously survived an explosion at the Gunpowder Mill in Moyle Park in 1787. The explosion was so massive it was felt in the city centre – it blew out windows on Usher’s Island, Dublin 8 – but the Tower was unscathed.
- It was a target for Vikings. The Round Tower was attacked by Vikings in 833 and the monastery at Clondalkin was plundered. The monastery was attacked twice more after that, this time by local chieftains.
- Tower history has travelled to Germany. The Tower would have housed a Scriptorium – a place where monks produced and illuminated manuscripts. A portion of a manuscript produced in Clondalkin, known as The Clondalkin Mass Book, survives today in Karlsruhe Library in Germany.
Clondalkin Round Tower is about 1000 years old. It was built in the centre of an early medieval monastery, which was originally founded by St Crónán Mo-Chua in the late 600s or early 700s. No one knows for certain why round towers were built or what they were used for. But most likely, they were mainly used as bell towers.
Nov 9, 2017 · Clondalkin is one of the least expensive areas in Dublin – in fact, just eight neighbourhoods of the 118 tracked by Daft.ie are cheaper overall. The average asking price for a property here is ...
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Notes on Clondalkin & Fonthill, County Dublin. The stories of the poet laureate who asked Paddy Kavanagh to be a spy, a 1,200 year old Round Tower, a gentleman farmer who drove across Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge, a plethora or writers and boxers, and a devastating explosion at a gunpowder mill. Extracted from Past Tracks, with Irish ...
