Balbriggan Hist Soc

Balbriggan & District Historical Society presents a talk by Gerard Shannon Title: Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic, Wednesday 29th April at 8pm Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan. Entrance €5, Members free, All Welcome

Fantastic day at Believe Balbriggan today organised by Fingal Community Development Section Thrilled to meet you all & introduce you to our Society ; let you know about our upcoming talks and Stitch in Time Festival in May. An inspiring community day in Balbriggan to be proud of

Stained glass highlights in Balbriggan and other locations in north County Dublin' from David Caron, Wednesday March 25th 8pm Bracken Court Hotel Adm €5, Members free

Bell Hill Commemoration today where we remembered those who died on 26 February 1875. A replacement plaque donated by Kelly Cowin was unveiled. If was a great occasion of words and music and a fitting tribute attended by a large crowd.

Belle Hill Commemoration 1 March 202 we will commemorate those lost in the sinking of the Belle Hill on 26 February 1875 and all those lost at sea in Balbriggan Meet at Car Park at Bremore Castle on Sunday March 1st at 2.30pm and walk to the Sailors Grave for a ceremony at 3pm

Balrothery: Past and Present with Jim Walsh, Saturday 28th February 10.30am Balbriggan Library The storied history of Balrothery village, Baile An Ridire, from its Norman occupation to post famine decline, its strategic location on the Great North Road, Soxsmith biscuits & cakes

Changing Fingal-Stories From My Place project. For info email Heritage.Officer@fingal.ie. Sources & Resources workshop at 7pm  Wednesday 18 February in the Fingal Local Studies & Archive, Swords. You will look at registers, maps, books and postcards. …l-Sources-and-Resources.eventbrite.ie

Changing Fingal-Stories From My Place project. For info email Heritage.Officer@fingal.ie. Sources & Resources workshop at 7pm  Wednesday 18 February in the Fingal Local Studies & Archive, Swords. You will look at registers, maps, books and postcards. …l-Sources-and-Resources.eventbrite.ie

Our town looking well in the sunshine 🌞 We are busy planning a great programme of talks & events for 2026. Our regular talks start Wednesday March 25th at 8pm in the Bracken Court Hotel and continue the last Wednesday of the months of April, May, August, September and October.

Happy New Year from Balbriggan & District Historical Society. Thank you all for joining us at our talks and activities this year and look forward to another great year in 2026. Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise daoibh go léir.

Legendary sports writer Con Houlihan was born 100 years ago today. We will reflect on his life and words with @RoyCurtis68 and @fallon_donal at 2pm on @offtheball SATURDAY @NewstalkFM

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/cas… For anyone who would like to hear it again, the piece @RoyCurtis68 wrote on Con is here in its entirety from the Dublin Festival of History. Thanks to @offtheball for a lovely show. From Castle Island to the Camac Terrace and back again.

7) Joking that the publication of a defence of the GAA ban on the playing of foreign games "was as if someone had sent a get-well cartd to a person already dead." On how sporting allegiances in Kerry transcended codes. (Evening Press, 28 November 1980)

6) A shout out to a taximan, John McCoy. A typical enough feature of the columns are these lovely little spotlights on 'the plain people of Ireland.' (Evening Press, 28 June 1982)

5) Make your mark with a comma. "For a start, let us look at that mischievous squiggle known as the apostrophe." A terrifying read for any writer. (Evening Press, 20 February 1990)

4) A tribute to Desert Orchid and a day at Fairyhouse, turning into a love letter to St Patrick's Athletic. "And for him [Brian Kerr] and all those others who have followed Patrick's through thin and thinner this success was a sweet reward." Evening Press (April 17, 1990)

3) A reflectrive piece following the death of Samuel Beckett in the Evening Press. "It is fitting that the great man is buried in Montparnasse; Paris deserves his spirit." (Evening Press, December 1989) #ConHoulihan

2) Memories of Christmas in Castle Island and as an emigrant in England. Recalls going on 'The Wran' in Kerry and the joy of coming back from England, "going into a pub before the legal opening time and meeting some of my old friends." The Kerryman (December 25, 1992)

Delighted so many are keen on this! Article two will come tomorrow. In the mean time, as a bonus, here’s Con talking about another character you might know, from InDublin magazine but reprinted in The Kerryman. A meeting in The Palace Bar.