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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads of Lucan - hope you all have a good one!

On a sad note, we bid farewell to Jack Crystal, who is departing our Newsletter Team after many years delivering the weekly copy to the shops around Lucan.
You will be missed, Jack! Hopefully, you'll drop in for a chat and a cuppa from time to time ....

Exams almost done and dusted! Get out there all of you, and find your feet - it's a big world out there!

Davide Rivalta's Bronze Sculptures proved a big attraction at Lucan House, on Saturday last - they'd make great pets, wouldn't they!

The Castletown saga rattles on this week - and it doesn't look any nearer to being solved - such a pity!

St. Mary's Camera Soiree

There are only two more Fridays to go before we take our summer break. We will be back in September all fired up to mount our 13th annual photography exhibition in the Parish centre around the end of October. It is incredible to realise that what started out as a basic introduction to photography is still going strong after 12 years. This Friday members of the Camera Soiree headed off to Celbridge to see the annual photographic exhibition of the Celbridge Camera Club. This exhibition runs in the Celbridge Library from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday until 20th June. So if you are in the area do drop in! The club was founded in 1985 and you can get full details about its activities on their website www.celbridgecameraclub.net.

I am afraid that photographs from members of the Soiree were a little thin on the ground this week. However, Anna did submit a photograph of a plant called the 'white dead-nettle'. The plant appears superficially similar to the stinging nettle but does not sting, hence the common name "dead-nettle".

The holiday season is upon us and one of our members sent in photographs taken in Saint Malo, a historic French port in Brittany, France. In the second world war, during fighting in late August and early September 1944, the historic walled city of Saint-Malo was almost totally destroyed by American shelling and bombing. The city was rebuilt over a 12-year period from 1948 to 1960.

Until next week stay safe!