11th Lock on the Grand Canal, Clondalkin. The first lock to be built by Thomas Omer in 1756, he started here because it was more difficult and expensive to buy land near the city. The two-storied house in the background is typical of Omer's lock-houses.
Ruth Delany
Grand Canal
Waterways Ireland
The Delany Photographic Collection
1972
Lock 11, Clondalkin
RDC/G11/005
