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The aim of the Kilmacud Stillorgan Local History Society is to promote and sustain an interest in our culture, heritage and history, particularly with regard to Kilmacud Stillorgan and the adjoining areas
Obelisk 2025 – – – – – on sale
The nineteenth edition of the Society’s annual journal, Obelisk, was launched in the Function Room, Glenalbyn on Friday 22 November. Click HERE to see some photos from the night..
As always we pay a special thanks to our contributors for their very enthusiastic response with material and without whose stories there would be no Obelisk. Over the years Obelisk has accumulated a rich trove of articles that help to give us a fuller picture of daily life and the streetscape of times past.
Click on image for the list of contents.
Obelisk 2025 is available at our monthly talks and from our usual outlets at €7 a copy :
South Dublin Credit Union, Lower Kilmacud Road, The Village Cafe, Glenalbyn House, Stillorgan, and through our Online Shop. Online purchases for local addresses in Kilmacud, Stillorgan and surrounding areas that can be hand delivered will have any postage paid refunded.
Last Talk – – – – 13 February
Our last talk was held in St Laurence's Parish Centre, Lr Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan (A94 CV63), on Thursday 13 February. Our Speaker was Ann Lane and the talk was titled :
Public Art in Ireland
Over the past 30 years, a new wave of public art has been made possible by the commitment of citizens in towns and villages across Ireland, and most importantly by national policy through the Per Cent for Art Scheme. The diverse sculptures which now grace our countryside are a testament not only to the creativity and innovation of the individual artist but also to the power of collective action to adequately fund and sustain public art, as this wonderful collection demonstrates.
Ann Lane, who hails from Ballinatona, Millstreet, is author of By The Way: A Selection of Public Art in Ireland, published in 2010. She travelled thousands of miles around the country on her trusty Honda 75 motorbike to catalogue 760 sculpture pieces along the highways and byways of Ireland. She was inspired to embark on this journey due to An Capall Mór, a work in ferrocement, near Tralee, that depicts a Celtic war horse with broken chains around its forelegs, signifying freedom.
Adding significantly to her catalogue of public art sculptures, Ann published a second book in September 2019, entitled By The Way 2: Public Art in Ireland.