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Construction has started and over the next ten years, Cherrywood will grow to a modern new town of 30,000 people. The first class of six junior infants started this year on a temporary school on site. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>Two illustrators were commissioned to creatively bring to life the timeline of Cherrywood from ancient times right up to the present, with a peek into the future \u2013 a series of historically accurate and visually accessible time lapse illustrations. These took inspiration from the extensive archaeological research and the remaining built and natural heritage touchpoints as well as the story of the planning, architecture and landscape architecture of a brand new town. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span>This output provides a place-focused creative educational resource for teachers and parents and the illustrations will be the basis for a planned new book and future\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>exhibitions in a new Cherrywood Library.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12675","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Illustrating Cherrywood - The Ancient History of a New Town - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cherrywood\u2019s position on the slopes of the Dublin Mountains has made it a strategic location for spiritual and military activity for centuries, as revealed by the findings from extensive archaeological excavation and the remnant ancient tombs, churches, crosses and medieval lanes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/illustrating-cherrywood-the-ancient-history-of-a-new-town\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Illustrating Cherrywood - The Ancient History of a New Town - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cherrywood\u2019s position on the slopes of the Dublin Mountains has made it a strategic location for spiritual and military activity for centuries, as revealed by the findings from extensive archaeological excavation and the remnant ancient tombs, churches, crosses and medieval lanes. 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