Save Clondalkin Convent Campaign
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The campaign is a broad coalition of residents’ associations and community groups that want to save the historic Clondalkin Convent from a current development proposal from Bartra Property and the Presentation Sisters.
The proposal involves building a 155-bedroom four-story nursing home that will completely obscure the Convent and undermine the important heritage of the village. There will be a very significant negative impact on adjoining schools, residential areas and Clondalkin village traffic should it go ahead
While the development proposal has been approved by An Board Pleanála, Save Clondalkin Convent has worked to mobilise public opinion in opposition to the current proposal.
The Save Clondalkin Convent Campaign did a lot of research and we could not locate any documentation or evidence contra-indicating our assertion that the convent and lands are held in trust for the benefit of the children of Clondalkin.
On 7th December 1857, the Presentation Sisters arrived in Clondalkin upon invitation. They opened a school for the village children in the convent the next day. The Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Killian opened in 1863. It was built beside the convent for the convenience of the nuns.
In 2019 "our nuns" stated publicly their intention to sell the convent and the lands to Bartra (NH) Ltd.
We thank you sincerely for any contribution you can make to our fund.
Monica McGill is named as the beneficiary of our campaign. Monica, a Clondalkin local, is the treasurer of our committee and will direct all funds raised into our Save Clondalkin Convent bank account.
The proposal involves building a 155-bedroom four-story nursing home that will completely obscure the Convent and undermine the important heritage of the village. There will be a very significant negative impact on adjoining schools, residential areas and Clondalkin village traffic should it go ahead
While the development proposal has been approved by An Board Pleanála, Save Clondalkin Convent has worked to mobilise public opinion in opposition to the current proposal.
The Save Clondalkin Convent Campaign did a lot of research and we could not locate any documentation or evidence contra-indicating our assertion that the convent and lands are held in trust for the benefit of the children of Clondalkin.
On 7th December 1857, the Presentation Sisters arrived in Clondalkin upon invitation. They opened a school for the village children in the convent the next day. The Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Killian opened in 1863. It was built beside the convent for the convenience of the nuns.
In 2019 "our nuns" stated publicly their intention to sell the convent and the lands to Bartra (NH) Ltd.
We thank you sincerely for any contribution you can make to our fund.
Monica McGill is named as the beneficiary of our campaign. Monica, a Clondalkin local, is the treasurer of our committee and will direct all funds raised into our Save Clondalkin Convent bank account.
Co-organizers (5)
Sinéad Ní Rónáin Wells
Organizer
Monica McGill
Beneficiary
Cllr Francis Timmons
Co-organizer
Ed Murphy
Co-organizer
John Curran TD
Co-organizer
Robert Dowds
Co-organizer