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The epic story of Ireland Lighthouses and the people who worked to keep Ireland’s coastline safe has been well documented in a new series Great Lighthouses of Ireland. Managed by Irish Lights these lighthouses tell the story of how the lighthouses first came to be The programme looks (more…)
This evening Balbriggan & District Historical Society launched a photo exhibition in the Bracken Court Hotel. In 2016 Balbriggan & District Historical Society acquired two albums of photographs which were taken and exhibited in the year 1893. They show scenes of Balbriggan and its people at (more…)
Fingal County Council has welcomed the decision of Vision Independent Productions and RTE to base its successful Operation Transformation programme in Balbriggan for its 2019 season. In a new departure for the popular programme, it will work alongside Fingal County Council (more…)
The arrival of cotton mills in Ireland in the late 1770’s brought the promise of relief from widespread poverty and unemployment in the country. Along with existing industrialists, a number of “Improving Landlords” also embraced the new textile enterprise. Baron George (more…)
Do you know what may lie beneath the green of your estate? Could there be the remains of the past where the kids have a kick-about? Well yes, and a 2018 Heritage week event organised by Fingal County Council aims to find out just what lies beneath. ‘There are over 30 greenspaces within (more…)
We have been asked to publish this photo to see if anyone can help with identifying any of the people in this photo The photo is posted in Balbriggan cricket club and it is presumed that the photo is a confirmation photo from 1946. If you know any of the people please comment on the (more…)
Bloomsday celebrates the 16th June 1904, which is the day depicted in James Joyce’s world famous novel, Ulysses.
Did you know that Balbriggan’s world famous stockings, made by Smyco, and called “Balbriggans”, feature in the novel? The fearsome character, the Citizen, is described as (more…)
We have added a short video from the inside of Bremore Castle taken yesterday and it’s good to see the progress since our last visit. As you are aware the castle is not open to the public however during Heritage week later in the year there will be tours of the castle so keep your eye on our (more…)
Garristown will host the Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society on Easter Sunday, April 1st next. For over 70 years the Society has staged an Easter Sunday Commemoration marking the 1916 Rising anniversary. The 5th Battalion of the Dublin Brigade known as the Fingal Volunteers played a (more…)
Today a commemoration service was held in Balrothery to mark the 100th anniversary of the late John Macaulay, Royal Navy Reserve no. 4315SD. John along with 34 passengers was on the SS Kenmare which was torpedoed on 2nd March 1918 some 25 miles off the coast of Skerries by German (more…)
Commemoration for John Macaulay and crew of SS Kenmare. On 2nd of March 1918 the SS Kenmare, belonging to City of Cork Steam Packet Co. Ltd, sailing from Liverpool to Cork, was torpedoed by a German U-Boat about 60 km northeast of Skerries, North County Dublin. Six members of (more…)
Back in October 2017 we brought you the new that €4 million had been allocated in the 2018-2020 capital programme to Bremore Castle. SLR Consulting were awarded the contract to undertake a commercial plan for Bremore Castle that will create a visitor experience for (more…)