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Clondalkin (Irish: Cluain Dolcáin, meaning "pasture of Dolcán") 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.
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. The tower is 27.5 meters high and just four meters wide at the bottom.
Nov 9, 2017 · Clondalkin was one of Dublin’s “new towns” proposed in 1967, and the Corporation and County Council built most of the homes initially. Today, the area is centred around the old village just west...
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- 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.
Historical Description. CLONDALKIN, a parish, in the barony of UPPERCROSS, county of DUBLIN, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (S. W.) from Dublin; containing 2976 inhabitants, of which number, 374 are in the village.
Clondalkin (in Irish, Cluain Dolcain — Dolcan’s Meadow) is located on the banks of the River Camac. Situated on the heights over the estuary of the River Liffey, historically it guarded the inland pass between the mountains and the river. This advantageous location first attracted Neolithic settlers around 7,600 years ago.
