The Kildare border townland buried beneath a lake is remembered
Acorss the border from Kildare some 6500 acres of land were cleared to make way for the reservoir and 76 houses were lost
An exhibition, which includes previously unseen images, is running at the public library in Blessington until Saturday, September 12.
Blessington and District Through the Ages - A Photographic Exhibition has been relocated to the library and can be visited during library opening hours.
The exhibition was previously staged in the Blessington Tourist Office.
The exhibition is designed by Naas Graphic Design Studio Eamon Sinnott & Partners, which specialises in heritage interpretation projects.
This exhibition includes many unseen photographs of Blessington and the local area over the last 150 years from farmers working in the fields and on fair days, earliest views of the main street; Blessington steam tram, which connected west Wicklow with the capital; the forgotten townland of Ballinahown that now silently lies at the bottom of the Blessington Lakes & Reservoir and the once famous Poulaphouca Waterfall and Gorge - an important tourist attraction in Victorian and Edwardian times.
It also features the strong link between internationally renowned Irish stained glass artist Harry Clarke and Valleymount church.
Blessington History Society (BHS) has gathered old photographs, maps and other images from a wide variety of sources which are displayed in this exhibition. Several of the photographs feature people who lived in the Blessington area or visited the area over the past 150 years.
BHS has identified some of those in the photographs on display and has contacted several local families to obtain permission to display the images of their relatives.