COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

MOTION NO. 9

MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"That this Committee requests that Clondalkin Libraries invite older resdents of Clondalkin to submit their memories of Condalkin in writing or video and these are collated in order to build a record of Clondalkin's past."

Report:

“South Dublin Libraries have engaged in many projects in the past to collect and record the memories of the Clondalkin area. We commissioned ‘Irish Life and Lore’ to record memories of local people, which are available on Source (Digital Archive of South Dublin Libraries) at: http://source.southdublinlibraries.ie/handle/10599/53/simple-search?query=clondalkin&sort_by=0&order=DESC&rpp=10&etal=0&start=0

These recordings include people who worked in Clondalkin Paper Mills as well as other topics.

We also did a lot of public consultation work and scanning sessions around various projects, where members of the public were invited to submit old photos, memorabilia etc. This work was done for the Decade of Centenaries, Clondalkin Paper Mills Oral History Project, and as part of the preparatory work for the Round Tower centre. These documents are available on Source: http://source.southdublinlibraries.ie/

Also, we support and have participated in many publications on the Clondalkin area some of which include:

Under the current restictions of Covid-19 it is not possible to conduct interviews with older residents, but it is something that could be looked at in 2021 as part of a local studies project for the County".