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Clondalkin Library,
is an original Carnegie Library which openred in 1912. Clondalkin Round Tower
is 27.5M high and is complete, still having its original cap. With
a circumferences of 12.7M above the buttress, it is the most slender
of all Round Towers. Clondalkin Round Tower,
taken from the Dublin Penny Journal of Septermber 7th 1833. Fairview Mill or Clondalkin
Oil Mill, produced linseed
oil and linseed cake. It was powered by the Camac River. Font in the grounds of St. John's
Church -This is most likely
a baptismal font and is carved from a granite erratic. Katharine Tynan, poet
and writer lived at Whitehall. Millstones from Fairview Mills Mount St. Joseph Monastery,
Clondalkin was built by the
Third Order of Carmelite Brothers in 1813 The brothers opened a
'Poor or Free' school there. Newlands House
was once the home of Lord Kilwarded. Newlands House
from Ball's History of the County Dublin. The Round Tower with St John's
Church in the background
taken from an old postcard. School and Church Cottages,
Clondalkin. St. Bridget's Well in 1977.
The well was restored by South Dublin County Council in 1995. Stone Cross in the the grounds
of St. John's Church. This
largeplain granite cross in the graveyard is possibly a boundary
cross for the Barony of Uppercross, of which Clondalkin is a part.
Similar crosses are to be found in other graveyards in the area.
Stone Cross in the the grounds
of St. John's Church. This
carved stone cross is smaller than the plain cross mentioned above.
It is decorated with a ringed cross in relief on one face and a
Latin cross in relief on the other. Tully's Castle,
is a narrow 16th century tower which has crenellations and has a
later lean-to building attached. Whitehall in the early 1900s,
was the home of poet and writer Katharine Tynan.
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