Lucan
Lucan ( Irish : Leamhcán; German: "Elm Square") is a city in County South Dublin in the east of the Republic of Ireland .
Location and transport links
Lucan is a large suburb in the west of the Irish capital Dublin and with 45,861 inhabitants in the 2011 Census 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, over which King John's Bridge, the oldest bridge in Ireland, led. It is also on Motorway M4 , the former N4 national road 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 Dublin Bus lines ; A Luas route and the connection to the planned Dublin Metro is planned, as is the (re) connection to the national rail traffic in Ireland through Iarnród Éireann .
past and present
When Cromwell came to Ireland in the mid-17th century, Lucan was a village of 120 people. In 1758 a sulphurous spring was discovered in Lucan and the place became a popular destination for the Dubliners. In the course of the economic boom in Ireland in the late 20th century, Lucan finally developed in the direction of a satellite town in Dublin: While the old part of the town was largely able to maintain its character, large, architectural ones have been built in the south and east of the city since the early 1990s monotonous new development areas with countless middle class single- family houses for Dublin commuters .
Personalities
- Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan (~ 1650 / 1660–1693), Jacobite leader
- James Gandon (1742–1823), architect
- Jedward (* 1991), singer duo
- Conor McGregor (* 1988), martial artist
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 53 ° 21 ′ N , 6 ° 27 ′ W