At the beginning of the 20th century, Castleknock and Blanchardstown, the main settlements in the Barony of Castleknock, were small linear villages whose trade was centered mainly on agriculture, particularly the growing of strawberries. However, by the turn of the next century the area had been transformed by new housing developments and was a bustling suburb of Dublin. Through modern and archive photographs this book traces the transformation, recalling lost scenes and a lost way of life.