Thank you, Kilcullen!

 

I wanted to express my deep appreciation to the Kilcullen community for all of the support you have given to me, my staff and my students during all of our research at Dún Ailinne, writes Dr Susan Johnston. 

When I started this project, I wasn’t sure how it was going to go. Bernard Wailes had always spoken well of Kilcullen, but that was a long time ago and time can do funny things. But you all welcomed us with open arms and have made this process not only easier and more rewarding, but so much more fun than I had hoped.

To the Thompson family, who have allowed me to come and wreck their lovely pasture for a month every summer, there aren’t enough ways to say thank you. To the people who have taken in my students, cared for them, fed them, nursed them, driven them around and generally looked after them so well, I am eternally grateful. We literally couldn’t have done this without you. 

To the people I have met who I now count among my friends, it has been a pleasure to get to know you all. Even though this phase of our research is finished, I will be back, and I look forward to spending time with you again. 

And finally, to all of you who have looked after this amazing site so well, who have tended it, promoted it, protected it, and have never let those outside Kilcullen forget how important it is to them, I give my humble respect. 

You are truly an extraordinary community, and it has been my great honour to be a small part of it for these last few years. Thank you all.

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