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Post by mainstreeter on Jul 16, 2009 11:50:21 GMT
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Post by April on Jul 16, 2009 13:42:49 GMT
fab collection mainstreeter....
Was "christ church" renamed St Patricks? The inside looks quite similar except for the large organ on the left?
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Post by Queenie on Jul 16, 2009 13:46:18 GMT
April, Christ Church is the Church of Ireland church at the top of the town.. St Patricks church is RC in the middle of the town..
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Post by April on Jul 16, 2009 13:51:27 GMT
lol.... that's so funny localy.... I can't believe I didn't know that... im living in Celbridge since 1992......
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Post by Queenie on Jul 16, 2009 14:21:00 GMT
No doubt you'll have recognised the Collegiate School (Setanta Hotel), we used to swim up at the Abbey river and leave our clothes and towels etc in Vanessas bower, she'd turn in her grave!!!
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Post by April on Jul 16, 2009 14:24:12 GMT
OMG localy... i know nothing at all about Celbridge.... I thought Collegiate School was the old St Wolstans on the Dublin Road...... (even though Id never seen it)......I did know Setanta used to be a school though.... 10/10 for that!!!! and who on earth was Vanessas bower?.....
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Post by Queenie on Jul 16, 2009 14:31:10 GMT
'Vanessa' was the lover of Jonathan Swift, her real name was Esther Van Homrigh (sp), she lived in the Abbey, obviously before it was the Abbey.. She used to sit in the bower (the little stone seat in the photo) and write him letters and read his.. Think she died of a broken heart because he was essentially a bollocks.. There is a photo of St Wolstans, where I went to school., it's only down the road from my house.. april I will have to bring you on a tour of the area, you're going to tell me now you've never seen the Obelisk or The Wonderful Barn!!
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Post by mainstreeter on Jul 16, 2009 14:45:05 GMT
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Post by Queenie on Jul 16, 2009 15:40:10 GMT
A friend of mine used to live in the house up until a few years ago.. We had some great times down there, I took lots of photos from the top of the motorway being built, and the meat packers being altered! to HP.
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Post by April on Jul 16, 2009 17:58:11 GMT
ive seen that in the distance but didnt know what it was.... What a fab place to live localy.... |
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Post by joepublic on Jul 16, 2009 22:24:16 GMT
lol.... that's so funny localy.... I can't believe I didn't know that... im living in Celbridge since 1992...... You're not in the minority there are lots of people living in Celbridge who don't know much about the area. Did you get a "Welcome to Celbridge Historic Town" book? |
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Post by The Raven on Jul 17, 2009 1:27:26 GMT
Mainstreeter, thanks for the photos. They are great. I love them. This is the heritage that we are fighting to protect! |
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Post by April on Jul 17, 2009 16:59:51 GMT
lol.... that's so funny localy.... I can't believe I didn't know that... im living in Celbridge since 1992...... You're not in the minority there are lots of people living in Celbridge who don't know much about the area. Did you get a "Welcome to Celbridge Historic Town" book? Ah yes I did and I put it in on a shelf!!!.... think its time to read it now though..... |
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Post by lulu on Jul 22, 2009 14:44:41 GMT
Amazing. The main street has hardly changed at all. I love the idea that the Bank of Ireland was a Bakery!
Where is Oakley Park?
Where is Lyons and how do you get to it? Have heard about this Lyons Village place and have been baffled as to where it is?
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Post by joepublic on Jul 22, 2009 16:14:14 GMT
Amazing. The main street has hardly changed at all. I love the idea that the Bank of Ireland was a Bakery! Where is Oakley Park? Where is Lyons and how do you get to it? Have heard about this Lyons Village place and have been baffled as to where it is? You must be a friend of April's  , she's only in Celbridge 17 years and is still finding her way round. You should get one of the "Welcome to Celbridge Historic Town" booklets. Oakley Park is the big house in St Raphaels John Of Gods grounds and is in behind the grotto area. To get to Lyons house go out the Ardclough Rd for about a mile and take a turn to the left for the house, you will see the sign post. Ignore the hairpin left turn before this which brings you back towards the train station via the Lord's rd. You can park and walk around the Lyons village area as you like and then go in for a cup of coffee or a drink, the restaurant menus have nice prices attached. The actual house is not open to the public but you can see it when approaching the car park. |
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, she's only in Celbridge 17 years and is still finding her way round.