Towards a Liffey Valley Strategy Doc. 1 - Kildare.ie

Cotton factory the property of M. McGarry and John O'Brien in
1852; extant. Plans mooted for conversion of it and oil mill into
apartments.
Logwood mill, the property of M. McGarry and John O'Brien in
1852. Demolished in 1960s.
Pigeon House. Eighteenth-century pigeon house.
Weir. V-shaped weir of circa 1760; stone sluice in west bank
with evidence of sluice-gate fittings.
Millworkers' cottages. Terrace of millworkers' cottages, some of
two storeys; oldest date circa 1780.
Mill. Mill in Saintlawrence twd the property of James
Macken in 1852. Not known whether anything extant
7. Chapelizod/St Lawrence
A liffeyside village on the Dublin Lucan Road. Strictly speaking
Chapelizod relates to the settlement north of the Liffey, while the
village on the south bank was St Lawrence. The name Chapelizod
is said to derive from the chapel of Isolde/Iseult, the Celtic
princess whose hand was sought from her father, King Aengus, by
Sir Tristram/Tristaun. The legend was rediscovered by Wagner in
his famous opera Tristaun and Isolde (1865), and the event is
depicted in a fresco in the City Hall, Dublin. The manor was part
of the possessions of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham.
After the dissolution it passed through several hands, until in 1665
it was acquired by the first duke of Ormond, lord lieutenant, on
behalf of the crown, as apart of a scheme to enclose the Phoenix
Park. Thereafter, until 1726, the residence on the property at or
near Chapelizod became the occasional country residence of the
lord lieutenant or his deputy. A riverside commercial park east of
the village called the King's Hall is said to be on its site. A linen
factory was established in 1671. As the Liffey flows into
Chapelizod, a weir forms a large mill race to make an island that
was formerly a considerable industrial centre. The old part of the
village, north of the Liffey is a pleasant backwater of Georgian
houses, some of three storeys; millworkers' cottages; and a CofI
parish church with a medieval tower.
Historic-settlement features:
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