Lucan, Dublin
Lucan ( Irish: Leamhcán; German: "place of elms " ) is a town in South Dublin County in the eastern part of the Republic of Ireland.
Location and Transport
Lucan is a large suburb in the west of Ireland's capital city Dublin and with 45 861 inhabitants in the Census 2011, the ninth largest city in the Republic of Ireland. It is located 13 km from Dublin city center at the confluence of the Liffey and its tributary, the River Griffeen, the Motorway M4, the former National Road N4 from Dublin to Sligo, and close to the N7 (Dublin - Limerick City) and the M50, the Western ring road around Dublin.
Public transport is covered by several lines of Dublin Bus; a Luas line and the connection to the planned Dublin Metro is provided, as is the ( re-) connection to the national rail transport in Ireland by Iarnród Éireann.
Past and present
When Cromwell came in the middle of the 17th century to Ireland, Lucan was a village with 120 inhabitants. 1758 a sulfur spring in Lucan was discovered and the place is a popular destination for Dubliners. During the economic boom in Ireland in the late 20th century, Lucan eventually evolved towards a satellite town of Dublin: While the old part of the town has broadly maintained its character, originated here in the south and east of the city since the early 1990s, large, architecturally monotonous development areas with countless middle-class family homes for Dublin commuters.
Personalities
- Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (~ 1650/1660-1693 ), Jacobite
- James Gandon (1742-1843), architect
- Jedward (* 1991), Sängerduo