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Séamus Cannon

• 📅Tuesday, May 14, 2024
• 🕥10:30 – 12:30
• 🏟Newtownpark Pastoral Centre (map)

Does your house have a boot scraper, fancy fascias, jostle stones (as you know they are always in pairs!), a Victorian bellpull? What is a benchmark and why is it important? What does your streetname tell you about its history? What about the decorative masonry and ironwork in our neighbourhood? How would you know who made the iron railings? Seamus Cannon will focus attention on what is hidden in plain sight in our immediate neighbourhood and encourage you to see it in a new light.

Dr. Séamus Cannon is an educator who, in retirement indulges his interests in James Joyce, Local History and furniture making. He is fascinated by the overlooked detail in our built environment and writes a monthly column for the Monkstown Voice on the topic. He is the author, with Carole Cullen, of Monkstown, a Victorian Village and of ‘You’d be filled with Wonder’, the Story of Dun Laoghaire Harbour.