Foundation Stone Laid on the 6th June 1950
Mount La Salle 16th May 2023

Tom Murphy, from the Ballyfermot Heritage Group, while he was researching came across a document which said that there was a time capsule put into the foundation stone of the De La Salle Brothers Monastery. He read that inside the capsule there was 3 photos of Saints, some memorabilia and coinage. He immediately informed the Ballyfermot Heritage Group which in turn informed the management of the building company Dwyer Nolan Developers. When they knocked the Monastery, right enough the time capsule was inside the foundation stone which was laid and blessed on 6th June 1950.

On the 16 May 2023 Tom Murphy, Joe Coleman, John Deering, Sean Brennan, and Ken Larkin along with Edwin O’ Dwyer and Sean Canna Health and Safety officer of Dwyer Nolan, , met up on site to unveil what was in the time capsule. When the capsule was opened we found the Saints pictures with a paper and written on the paper was confirmation as to what was on the Foundation stone. There was no coins of any description inside the capsule. There were 2 empty envelopes and we can only presume the coinage was taken from the envelopes back on 6th May 1950 before they built on the foundation stone. The Ballyfermot Heritage Group would like to thank Edwin and Sean for all their help and for giving us a tour of the site today. Also, we would like to thank Philipa. Philipa is managing the archaeology of the site with her team.

Ken

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Anne Marie McInerny Ballyfermot Library - Announcements
Thomas Murphy Ballyfermot Heritage Group - Welcomes
Dr Ruth Johnson - Speaker introduction
Antoine Giacometti - Lecture


Thank you to all that turned up to Ballyfermot Library on Thursday evening 21 November. a Special thanks to Dr Ruth Johnson Dublin City Archaeologist and Antoine Giacometti for their most Informative talk on the Excavations on the De La Salle site. Also to Anne Piggott and all the Ballyfermot Library staff for facilitating this event in Ballyfermot Library and to Sean and Tara Brennan for for the link of the recording they did .

Thanks to Sean and Tara Brennan for this Video Link www.youtube.com/watch?v=O22HvRYWUFo

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Remember the burial site that was found on the De La Salle? There's going to be a talk on what they found. Infor below!

LOCAL EVENT
Dublin City Council, in association with the Ballyfermot Heritage Society and Archaeology Plan Ltd., is pleased to announce a public talk on the recent excavations at the De La Salle site in Ballyfermot.
Our speaker is archaeological consultant Antoine Giacometti, Director of Archaeology Plan Ltd., who will present his preliminary excavation findings locally in Ballyfermot.

The talk will take place on Thursday 21st November 2024 at 6pm in the Shay Geraghty room of Ballyfermot Library. This event will be free of charge and bookings will be managed through Eventbrite.

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Foundation Stone Laid on the 6th June 1950
Mount La Salle 16th May 2023

Tom Murphy, from the Ballyfermot Heritage Group, while he was researching came across a document which said that there was a time capsule put into the foundation stone of the De La Salle Brothers Monastery. He read that inside the capsule there was 3 photos of Saints, some memorabilia and coinage. He immediately informed the Ballyfermot Heritage Group which in turn informed the management of the building company Dwyer Nolan Developers. When they knocked the Monastery, right enough the time capsule was inside the foundation stone which was laid and blessed on 6th June 1950.

On the 16 May 2023 Tom Murphy, Joe Coleman, John Deering, Sean Brennan, and Ken Larkin along with Edwin O’ Dwyer and Sean Canna Health and Safety officer of Dwyer Nolan, , met up on site to unveil what was in the time capsule. When the capsule was opened we found the Saints pictures with a paper and written on the paper was confirmation as to what was on the Foundation stone. There was no coins of any description inside the capsule. There were 2 empty envelopes and we can only presume the coinage was taken from the envelopes back on 6th May 1950 before they built on the foundation stone. The Ballyfermot Heritage Group would like to thank Edwin and Sean for all their help and for giving us a tour of the site today. Also, we would like to thank Philipa. Philipa is managing the archaeology of the site with her team.

Ken


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