Section 1: Turnpike roads
Children will learn about how Leixlip’s road infrastructure developed. They will explore images of the different types of transport that passed through the village since the 1700s and will be provided with opportunities to discuss:
- Leixlip’s position as the gateway to the West of Ireland
- The disappearance of the Salmon Leap Waterfall
- Why a lot of people visited Leixlip in the 1700s
- How The Toll House got its name
- The significance of local milestones
- The construction of Leixlip’s Bridges
Section 2: The canal
The development of the Royal Canal
Section 3: Railways and Trams
Public transport for everyone in Leixlip
Section 4: cars and vans
The arrival of the first car in Leixlip