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| Tolka
Row comes to Balbriggan. Balbriggan Dramatic Society take to the stage again this year with their production of “Tolka Row” by Maura Laverty in the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan, Co Dublin. The production starts on Wednesday 9th April and will run until Sunday 13th April inclusive. It begins each night at 8.00p.m. The play is based on the 1960’s RTE television soap which ran from 5 years from 1964. It was supposed to be the RTE answer to Coronation Street. The play is set in a Dublin Corporation housing scheme. Click on the thumbnail for more details. 31.03.08 |
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Peter's & St. Paul's Church Mass as a Podcast. This is aimed at Balbriggan people abroad who may wish to hear Mass from their home town. Today's is a test to see what interest it attracts, so we welcome your comments about the idea, the quality and any other thoughts or suggestions you may have. This recording is from today's Mass and the celebrant was Fr. Barry PP. Click on the thumbnail and after about 1 minute, you should hear Fr. Barry..26.03.08 |
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| Roger
Turner Remembers Balbriggan, on YouTube. Roger has put together a slide show of his mamy trips to Balbriggan in the 50's & 60's and posted it on YouTube. Have a look at it and maybe leave a comment. Sorry Roger, we meant to put this up months ago. Click on the thumbnail to see Rogers trip down memory lane. 26.03.08 |
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Photos & Balbriggan Church Mass on the Internet. Firstly, Fr. Barry asked our Jack to place some photos of the Chuch on the web as it looked great over the Easter period. On the topic of the Church and Mass, we at B.net are going to make available some Masses from Balbriggan on this site to download as a Podcast. We hope to start tests tomorrow, Wednesday. We're not going to put every Mass online but maybe once a month. Keep watching here for more details. To see how lovely the Church looked recently, click on the thumbnail. Thanks to Jack Benton for the photos. 25.03.08 |
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| Neil Mc Mahon
celebrates his 30th Birthday in style Neil and Denise had a night to remember when they combined Neil's Birthday and their new house warmer on Sat. The theme on the night was the style of the sixties.Music on the night was performed by a group of talented musicians including Neil's dad Mike Mc Mahon. The party lasted well into the early hours of Sunday morning. A great night was had by all.Click on thumbnail to view some of the photo's on the night.Photos by Martin Fanning 25.03.08 |
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| Balbriggan
Cricket Club Table Quiz. Balbriggan Cricket Club are holding a table quiz in The Milestone on Thursday 27th March at 8pm. Entry for a table of 4 is €30.Please contact Glenn Russell on 086 1284392 to enter a team or for more information. Thanks in advance, Glenn Russell Balbriggan Cricket Club.25.03.08 |
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Vintage Photos. Here are some photographs we brought you some years back only this time they are bigger, along with some that haven't been seen before. They were originally taken for "The Advocate" magazine and they were supplied to us by Seamus Fearon of Sunshine House in 2004. Over the coming weeks we are going to keep adding to this "Sunshine" collection and have a dedicated thumbnail in the left hand yellow panel. This is to assist past Sunshiners who may come upon this site. Click on the thumbnail to view.19.03.08 |
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| More Saint
Patrick's Day Photos. Here are some more great photographs by Jack Benton, Martin Fanning & Brian Howley. Ideal conditions for taking photos. Click on the thumbnail to view, we hope you enjoy, see who you can spot. 18.03.08 |
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| Saint Patrick’s
Day Parade Slide Show. Well, we couldn’t have wished for a better day although some of us were wrapped up too much. However, better too warm than too cold. We have loads of photos for you of the parade. We have an Audio Visual Slide show with music now and later today we will be adding even more wonderful photos taken by Jack, Martin & Brian. If your photo appears here and you would prefer it didn’t, simply send us an email and we will remove it, no problem. Click on the thumbnail to download. You can pause the slideshow at any time by pressing the spacebar. If you have a problem downloading, try this version, which is zipped and needs to be unzipped. Allow about 2 minutes for the download.46Mb. |
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| Happy St. Patricks
Day. Happy St.Patricks Day from all the Team at Balbriggan.netHope to see you all at the local parade which starts at 2pm from church car park....We will be doing a Special Slide Show of the Parade which will be available to download by 6pm.To see last years parade with music, click here. We hope you enjoy. 16.03.08 |
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| Ann
Healy is 65 and proud of it. We received this email from Catherine, Hi, Tony,Martin,Jack and everyone at Balbriggan.net. Just a few photo’s of my mam’s 65th birthday celebrations , a great night was had out by all! The best bit was the look on her face when she saw the1960’s photo of herself on the cake. Please put them on your site as my brother Pip Healy and his family in Australia really enjoy looking at the site. Warmest Regards, Catherine Casey". Thanks Catherine for the great photos, it's our pleasure to put the on the site for you. Lots of happy smiles, everyone enjoying themselves. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 16.03.08 |
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| First
Car in Balbriggan. Three photos for you consideration today, the first is a real classic, probably the first car in Balbriggan(sounds like an advert). The car was owned by the "Dennis" family and is c1907. We hope to have more details as to the names of those in the photo. The other two photos were taken in 1979 during the Breakaway Festival. We thank our friends, "Benton & Curtis" for today's collection. click on thumbnail to view. This news item first brought brought to you on 22.01.07 |
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great Photos, 1940s & 1950's Balbriggan people. Two great photos for you today, the first one is of The White family, who owned the shop on The Square that became Candons and the lady in the center is Mrs. White. They were renowned for their excellent ice cream which was made in the little yard behind the shop.The second photo is of a couple of girls from the Hampton St and Market Green area of the town. Both photos are courtesy of the Benton/Curtis Collection. 15.03.08 |
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| Jack
Benton Remembers In today's episode, Jack talks about the popularity of the Clay Pipes, Rabbit Soup and town character, "The Wiggie", Willie Dowling. In order to listen to our Jack, click on the thumbnail to the right and select "save". We hope you enjoy. Allow 40 seconds to download. 15.03.08 |
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| Photo
of Missing Dog reunited with Owner. To conclude this happy ending story, we bring you a photo of Liz with her lovely dog. Thanks Liz. 15.03.08 |
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| Rainbow
over Balbriggan. This photo is thanks to Johnny McLeer, taken from Fancourt on Saturday. We reckon the Crock of Gold is somewhere on Church Street, possibly, Sunshine house. Thanks Johnny. 10.03.08 |
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| Missing
Dog Found---Thanks to Balbriggan.net. We think this is a fantastic story. It's a good news story that we are proud to be part of. To give some background to the story, one of the team saw a poster in a shop on Bridge street about the missing dog, as he was dialling the number to request that the photo be sent to B.net, the owner of the shop came out and said that the dog owner was broken hearted about the loss of her dog. Here is the email we received. "Hi Tony, words can not express my current emotions..I'm still in shock since receiving the phone call I thought would never happen yesterday morning. Thanks to your wonderful website, John of Gibbons Terrace phoned me yesterday morning with the great news that he had seen Paris and she was in fact hiding in one of his neighbours back gardens." more |
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| Missing
Dog - Please Help. "Paris" is the dogs name and she went missing from Market Green on the 28th Feb. She is micro chipped, black collar and very nervous."My little dog is called "Paris" she is a rescue dog from the DSPCA. Her story is very sad as she lived in an old shed on a puppy farm having little contact with people, just used to make money. She is very nervous and it takes her a very long time to trust you. I gratefully appreciate any help you and your readers can give me in finding her. Kind regards Liz(087-xxxxxx)." If anyone has seen her, please contact us by email or Liz on her mobile. Click to enlarge photo. 06.03.08 |
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| Calling
all Community Organisations in Balbriggan and Skerries! Are you involved in a community focused organisation in Skerries or Balbriggan? Would you like more people to know about it and get involved? If so, this is for you! In 2006 and 2007, Co-operation Fingal, the community partnership in North Fingal and Skerries Community Association, put together a community directory for Balbriggan and Welcome Pack for Skerries. more |
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Cannon R.I.P. Its with sadness that we at balbriggan.net report the passing of local woman Mrs.Kitty Cannon.Anyone who knew Kitty would know how well loved she was by both family and friends alike.To Kitty,s sons and daughters and extended family our thoughts are with you all at this sad time.The team at balbriggan.net R.I.P.02.03.08MF |
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| Patrice Celebrates The Big 40........Family and friends gathered in the Bracken Court Hotel to celebrate the 40th Birthday of Patrice Farrell and what a night was had by all.Music on the night was provided by The Great Escape who kept the evening hopping to late into the early hours of Sunday morning..With guest appearences of The Branno,Colm Reilly,andPatrices husband John it was like Stars in their Eyes...Well done to the wonderful staff of the Bracken Court for the lovely food and service on the night..Click on thumbnail to view some of the photos taken on the night..Photos by Martin and Kathleen Fanning. 02.03.08MF |  |
| Holly
& Val, how well behaved are your dogs? One of the team has two dogs and the trick they do to impress visitors is captured here to show all. If a "Pringle" is placed in front of them, they will not eat it until they are told to. Our Tony once left them in this situation for several hours and on his return, the Pringle was still there and they hadn't moved a muscle. Impressive or what? Click on thumbnail to view pictures. 29.02.08 |
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| New
Paving almost complete on square and The Mail on Sunday New paving has been laid down outside the Courthouse and up to the junction of High Street. The next stage of the process is to replace the paving on Bridge and Drogheda Street. Also, we believe that the Mail on Sunday are doing a 14 page feature on Balbriggan this coming Sunday the 2nd of March. Lets hope the paint the town in a positive light. Click on the thumbnail to see the recent renovations to the town. 29.02.08 |
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| Balbriggan
Town Council Honour our Young Scientists. The Town Council honoured our young scientists who did so well this year in The BT Young Scientist Awards. Topics ranging from the effects of UV on the skin to the building of a water powered rocket and from the affects of Texting to the choice of Golf Ball. 8 Projects succeeded in getting selected for the BT awards and Town Clerke, Brian Murray, started the night off congratulating the students as did Cllr. May McKeon, teacher Theresa Gannon & Principal Pat Halpin.Today we bring you several photographs courtesy of Balbriggan Town Council. Click the thumbnail to view the photos.23.02.08 |
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| Your Old Video
Tapes onto DVD at Balbriggan Fuji Shop. Photography-Plus have teamed up with the Balbriggan Fuji Shop on Railway Street to copy your old VHS tapes onto DVD. To have this done in Dublin is € 65.00 per tape whereas The Fuji Shop only charge € 39.99. and as a special offer up until 15th March, you will receive an extra copy free. Copy those tapes before they deteriorate and then watch them on your DVD player with chapters added for your convenience. Click on the thumbnail for more details. 22.02.08 |
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| Irish
Countrywomen Association--Balbriggan Guild. Our Jack has requested that we place these photos on the web. It's a few pics he got recently and they are anxious that they appear on the web. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 19.02.08 |
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| Stevie Calow
in 1930's Balbriggan. Regular visitors to the site will know of Roger Turner, Roger came to Balbriggan through the 50's and 60's for summer holidays. This man, in the pictures, Stevie, is Roger's Grandfather and he came here in the 1930's after his father, William came to Balbriggan, and loved it. Stevie was born in the 1890's, worked as a chimney sweep in Sheffield, and died in the late 70's.Obviously a keen and very good photographer he developed these photos in his bathroom in Sheffield. The amazing thing is that we got these photos from Jack & Lily Canning but Roger also had copies. If it's getting complicated, don't worry, just enjoy the photos. 12.02.08 |
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| More
Smyco Letters. Today we bring you some more from the Canning Collection. It's two more memos, some are difficult to read but thankfully there are some good handwriting, readers, out there willing to help. We sincerely thank David O'Connor for getting us these interesting items. We wonder if the Mangans in Balbriggan were any relation to Thomas Mangan in Smyco. 12.02.08 |
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| Smyco
Letters 1883 & 1878. Today we bring you two interesting letters, one from Smith & Co Balbriggan to Thomas Mangan, Carlton, near Nottingham and the other from Mrs Blood Smyth to Mr Mangan in Balbriggan. We have several of these and are in the process of scanning everything before they fade or fall to pieces. If we get a favorable response to these items, we will bring you more. We have made them as big as we can. Click to enlarge. 11.02.08. |
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| Football Team
in 1964. What's the Balbriggan Connection? Today we bring you a photograph that comes from the Canning Collection. They lived on Dublin Street almost next door to the Combined Community Clubs and this photograph was framed and obviously on display, but why. Is it soccer or gaelic? If anyone has any idea, please let us know. Click on thumbnail to enlarge. 11.02.08 |
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| Mrs
Murtagh in her shop. Back in January we brought you some photos belonging to Mrs Murtagh as we are trying to get them to her relatives. Unfortunately, we have heard nothing but recently, our Jack, turned up this classic photo of the lady in question, taken in the 90's in the shop with her dog. The shop was about 20 meters from St. Georges School and was a beauty parlor but now vacent. Click on the thumbnail to view this great photo taken by Jack Benton. Previous photos Here 11.02.08 |
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| Monica
Cullen Collection. Monica was a great friend of ours and her niece, Ciara, has given us some of her photographs to show on B.net. Monica sadly left us last year but we have many fond memories of her. Today, we bring you several photographs from her collection which we hope you enjoy. Many thanks Ciara for the photos, we have them safe for your return. 10.02.08 |
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| Hampton
Mills Photographs. We received the following email, "I was going through old pics. I came across some of Hampton Mills. They are pics of inside the factory. My uncle worked in it at the time and I was doing a school project on it. The pics date back to may 1986. If you know of anyone that might be interested eg heritage committee please let me know before i destroy them." Thanks Clare, if you have anymore info on Hampton Mills, please let us know. 10.02.08 |
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| Pinewood
Group Head to OZ for a year. Mick Geary has sent us this photo asking us to put it on the site, no problem Mick, sorry about the delay. Click on the thumbnail to view the photo and the names. Best of luck guys, down under. 06.02.08 |
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| Help
required for Grace on "The Canal" We received this email, "I am writing about millpond and the canal in Balbriggan. I am doing a project in local history and i am to find the history of millpond in balbriggan yet i can not find any information on the internet.i cannot find any information about what it used to be or what it was used for. if you could get back or me and tell me about any websites that would be usefull. thanks Grace. gracemc07@vodafone.ie" Grace, we have lots of photographs of the canal on this web site, we have put several of them on a page for you. Lets hope people contact you with more information. Can we see and publish your report when finished. If anyone has information that would help her, please email her direct. 05.02.08 |
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| Nellie
Richardson hits 95, that's her age, not her temperature. This well know lady was 95 in December and to celebrate this, she threw a party for all her friends and family. It took place in "The Bracken Court Hotel" and apparently a great night was had by all. We wish Nellie continued good health and best wishes from the B.net team. Click to see her family and friends.04.02.08 |
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| Balbriggan
Dramatic Society. Balbriggan Dramatic Society are holding a table Quiz on February 21'st in the Braken Court Hotel at 8 o clock. € 50 a table. All proceeds go towards a new stage. So come on out and have a great night. For more information contact Barbera Seery on 8411684 or Grainne Maguire on 087-9436650. Also, Balbriggan Dramatic Society are looking for new members, actors, stage managers, people interested in lighting, sound, set design etc. If you are interested please contact Grainne Maguire at 087-9436650. |
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Library Film Club. 15-18 FILM CLUB AT BALBRIGGAN LIBRARY every second Saturday. For more details click on the thumbnail. 03.02.08 |
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| Mr
& Mrs Guildea tie the knot. This couple got married on new year's eve in Balbriggan and then had the reception in the "City North Hotel" Stamullen. Thanks to Damien Prout for the photos. Click on thumbnail to view. 04.02.08 |
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| Balbriggan
Girl meets The Dubliners....... Celeb. photo we just received and we think its a great one...Balbriggan,s own Jane Crowe nee Byrne taken in Balbriggan cinema 1970-71 aprox when no other than The Dubliners performed on the show.Brill Photo Jane. 03.02.08MF |
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| Follow
up to posting of Balscadden Blues Photo 1990........ Martin and Tony are shocked to see how you all turned out 18yrs after that photo was taken....As we can see you are all great friends after all those years.Remember we wouldnt let you drink for 3 days before a match.We see that,s changed since.Great memories and a great bunch of lads.03.02.08MF |
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| Web
site update. Firstly, we apologise for the lack of activity on the site of late. Unfortunately, the only person able update the site is busy at the moment but has promised to spend a few hours updating the site over the next few days. We hope you understand, it's a hobby site, not a commercial one. If you have requested a mention on this site and it hasn't appeared, please let us know and we will do our best to help. It's our intention to help as many as we can. 03.02.08 |
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| Martin
Fanning 60th Bash in the Milestone. When it comes to 60th birthday parties, they don't come much bigger than this one. There must have been 200 guests there on the night. Actually, the local Garda station reported the lowest level of crime in the town for years, they were all at the party. Only joking, but it did look like half of Balbriggan were there to show their affection for Martin "Bootsie" Fanning. A fantastic night was had with beautiful food, great entertainment by Linda & Denise and a "from the heart" speech from Martin. We at B.net sincerely wish Martin many more happy years together with his beautiful wife Kathleen, and, as most locals know, there would be no balbriggan web site without MartinFanning. We love you Martin.. The Team.Click to see photos by our Tony. 21.01.08 |
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| Rolestown
Panto---Robinson Crusoe. Our Tony used to appear in this Panto for years and years and he went along to their dress rehersal and was very impressed with what he saw. This is a professionally produced show and is on this weekend and next weekend. It's only 30 minutes from Balbriggan on the road from Swords to Ashbourne and no parking problems. How to get there. We will have more details here shortly. Click the thumbnail to see pictures of this superb production. 16.01.08 |
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| Seal
Release at Hampton Cove Two seals were released back into the sea at Hampton Cove on Sunday. One had been found by Stephen Cashell and Patricia Walsh when out walking Patricias Dog before Christmas. Now restored to Health he along with another seal found at Gormonstown were released. The seals were named Stephen Hampton and Rebecca. Well done to the Seal Sanctuary for their good work. Click on thumbnail to view photos by Robert Cashell. 13.01.08RC |
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| The
Joe Bergin Memorial Swim. We have been asked to amend a previous news item we brought you on Christmas Day. The swim at 11am, one hour before the O'Dwyers Swim, is "The Joe Bergin Memorial Swim" in fond memory of Joe Bergin who sadly died on the 14th Dec. 2005.. 13.01.08 |
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| Jack Remembers
the Pubs. This is the last episode of Jack's memories of the town pubs. As luck would have it, he starts of talking about "Pattons" and then goes on to talk about the pubs that are no more. Click on the thumbnail to download 13mb and then watch & listen to Jack Benton. To bring it up to date, our Tony & Jack went about the town today to get the latest photos for this Audio Visual. Click to enjoy. 06.01.08. |
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it snow, let it snow. A light dusting of snow fell during the week on Balbriggan and most of Ireland. Team member Joe Curtis in Naul along with Paul Connell in Oldtown and Liam Prout in Balscadden have sent us in a few pictures for the site. It's so unusual to get snow here that it's always worth showing how the surrounding area looks like covered with the white stuff. Unfortunately we have no photos of a snow covered Balbriggan as it didn't stick long enough to photograph. Thanks lads for the great photos, click on the thumbnail to view. 06.01.08 |
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| John
D's Pub in the 1940's. Every so often, a real classic photo turns up and today's photo is, what we call, a classic. It shows John D's pub as it was in the 40's. It was called "Patton's " then, and this photo, shows Ms Madden in the doorway. We went along today and took a photo from a similar angle. Click to enlarge and enjoy. Photo courtesy of "Benton/Curtis Collection". |
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of yesterdays photos enhanced. We knew when we were taking the photos yesterday, that, with a bit of work, we could make a classic from at least one of them. So, last night, with time on our hands, snowing outside, we started to work on one of them and came up with this. Comments and suggestions welcome to info@balbriggan.net . Click to enlarge. |
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Cold Blustery Day in Balbriggan. A day of every season in Balbriggan today, bright sunshine one minute, dark and very cold the next, even snow at times. We can see the sea from where we are and we noticed the white horses and rough seas so we got the camera to take a few shots. Bitter cold easterly winds made it difficult to get good pictures and the fact that the tide was out didn't help for dramatic shots. We got a few, click on the thumbnail to view. 03.01.08 |
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Views of Christmas Swim from Boat. Many thanks to Liam Prout for these photos of the Christmas morning swim taken from a boat. We pointed out in the previous photos that whoever was on the boat must have got great photos and he did. Thanks again Liam. Click on thumbnail 03.01.08 |
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| Gerry
& Amanda Guildea meet B.net. We have been in contact for years with Gerry by email but we had never met. This Christmas the team arranged to meet up in the hotel and who happened to be there only our Jack. We had a coffee and a chat for about an hour, great to meet you guys and have a great 2008. Click to see a few photos. 03.01.08 |
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| 1940's &
1960's Balbriggan Photos. We have some cracking photos for you today thanks to "The Martin Fanning Collection". We have some Old IRA photos from the 1940's, A Corpus Christi mass on the square, a Civil Defense parade and much more. Here are a few words from Martin,With special thanks to Maureen Heeney and Larry Dunne we at balbriggan.net bring you some old photos of Balbriggan taken in the and around 1960.Also included is a Balscadden photo by Kieran Corrigan from about 1990......From the Martin Fanning Collection. Thanks Martin. click to view today's collection. 03.01.08 Update. Thanks to Joe Curtis, we have some more names and a few corrections. |
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Late Joe Dolan with Local Girl. With the sad passing of Joe Dolan recently, people have been searching for any photographs of him. Our Martin has received this photo of Louise Cooney with Joe Dolan taken in a Dublin Dance Hall in 1968. Click to enlarge the image.03.01.08 |
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| Mrs
Murtagh of Hampton Street. This woman had a shop on Hampton Street, between Church Street and Hampton Place, and for years the display in the window never changed, the cornflakes box was so faded it was hard to make out if you could eat the contents or wash your clothes with it. She had a large dog, possibly a Dalmatian, which used to keep her company in the shop and on the long walks. Some years back she went into a nursing home in Limerick where she died a few years later. One of the builders renovating the shop premises found some negatives and gave them to us for the site. Unfortunately, they had very little reference to the town but we want to get the negatives to her relatives. We did make contact some years back but we have mislaid their address. So, if anybody knows her relations, please put them in contact with us. Click to see some photos.02.01.08 |
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| Balbriggan's
Famous Shopfront. Charlie Corr, of Corr's Hardware, was telling one of the team lately of the time his shopfront was used by John Hinde postcards. The card was on sale at Dublin Airport and at various shops throughout Europe. Charlie contacted the company to see if he was entitled to payment for the use of his shopfront but he was told no, but, as a goodwill gesture, they promised to send him a few hundred cards which they did. It's a great photograph which was well spotted by photographer T. Kelly. Click to enlarge. 02.01.08 |
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| Neddie
Crosbie. Mick Blount answered a Guest Book enquiry recently about a man on a bike, the old boy with bike blowing whistle around Craoibhin/Derham was Neddie crosbie, his mantra was "up John Bull" then the whistle blew. You can imagine the reply he regularly got. Our friends Benton/Curtis have come up trumps again with a great photo of this town character. Originally Neddie lived on Dublin street but then he moved to Derham Park. Thanks for the info Mick, click on thumbnail to see Neddie. 02.01.08 |
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| O'Dwyers
Christmas Morning Swim. We wondered why there was such a small crown at the 11am swim, the reason is that the main swim was at 12 midday. Luckily, our Brian Howley was there for B.net as was Stephen Lawless who also very kindly sent us some photos for the site. Click to enjoy about 20 photos. |
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| Christmas
Morning Swim. A smaller than normal crowd this year for whatever reason, beautiful weather but very cold. About 11 swimmers, most wearing festive hats and santie beards, made the short dash to the water and swam for a few minutes before returning to terrafirma. Well done guys, see you all this day next year. Photos by Arthur & Tony. Click on thumbnail to view photos. |
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| Christmas Morning
Town Photographs. This is specially for those abroad who cant be in Balbriggan this Christmas so this may help to easy the pain. Our Tony decided to take a ramble around the town, it was a beautiful, seasonal morning, blue sky and a frost. It was still quite dark when he took this photos between 8.30am and 9.30am. Click on the thumbnail, we hope you enjoy. 25.12.07 |
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| Josie
Patterson arrives safely in Sydney. Gerard Prout has asked us to put this on the site, its Josie Patterson from Fancourt, who is visiting her daughter, Emma in Sydney. They certainly look thrilled to see each other, have a great time. Click to enlarge. 23.12.07 |
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| Martello
Tower photo by Bob McManus. Bob, originally from Finglas, now lives in Ely, Cambridge, visited Balbriggan in May to meet up with our Tony after they made contact on a photography forum. Bob & Sally, Tony & Yvonne walked the coastline on a beautiful day and some lovely photographs were shot. We are so lucky in Balbriggan to have several focal points like the Martello Tower, The Viaduct, The Harbour, The Lighthouse, other towns in north county Dublin have nothing. Anyway, click on the thumbnail to see Balbriggan in the summer. Bob & Sally are already looking forward to returning to Balbriggan in early 2008. 23.12.07 |
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& White Balbriggan. Here is a photograph that was sent into us by Michael Stanley who says, Just came across your site i am living in Balbriggan for the last 7 years and take a lot of my photographs locally and i am just wondering if you could post this one of the martello tower on your web site. Lovely shot Michael. For those interested Michael is using a Nikon D200 with 10-20 mm lens, 100 iso, shutter priority, 1/40 sec, F9. and was taken at 4.20pm yesterday. Click to enlarge. |
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| Balbriggan
Faces & Places 4. Our annual Christmas DVD is out this coming Saturday, this one, we feel is our best with over 350 photographs of everything Balbriggan, from well known town characters to people who have recently moved here. We also have lots of night time shots of the town, 1930's photos, along with some special effects photos for your amusement. This year we have tried to put names to the faces on some but it wouldn't be possible to do so on all. To see a sample of the DVD, click on the thumbnail. Well done to Martin Fanning for some cracking people photos and to Tony Healy for the scenery, special effects and for putting the DVD together, a great team. Click thumbnail for DVD cover and Sample teaser.06.12.07 |
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Census of Ireland. Here is a new web site we have been using recently to find out about family members. It's an excellent web site and a must visit for all who want to find out more about their parents and grandparents. It only covers Dublin at the moment but fortunately Balbriggan is included. Click on the thumbnail and prepare to spends hours on this site.13.12.2007 |
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| Balbriggan
child to meet Santa on RTE 2 Fri. Dec 21st Aishling Murray will perform a dance routine and then meet up with the one only Santa....Aishling daughter of Kieran and Suzanne will be on the Kazoo childerns show at 2.25pm aprox. Enjoy your day Aishling. Clich to enlarge photo 13.12.07MF |
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| Forge
Stone on Clonard Street. We all walk by, or even, walk on this piece of Balbriggan history. Recently Jack Benton took our Tony around the town to point out some points of interest to him and it was on their travels when they came to the forge stone.The Forge is long gone but the stone remains. Basically, wood was placed in the groves of the stone and hot metal bands were placed around the outer edge and as the metal cooled it pulled the wood tightly together to make a wheel. If anyone has more information on this, let us know and we will post it. Click on the thumbnail to see our Jack at the stone. 13.12.07 |
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| Looking
for someone in Balbriggan? We receive many emails from people all around the world trying to contact long lost friends that maybe still living in Balbriggan or anywhere in Ireland for that matter. The Irish Telephone Book is now on-line and is an excellent way to track down friends or family. Click on the thumbnail and it will bring you there. 13.12.07 |
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| Balbriggan
Foróige Youth Club Are you aged over 18? Are you living in the Balbriggan area? Would you like to give something back to the community? If so then we need your help. Foróige are currently trying to establish a youth club for young people aged 12 and over in the Balbriggan area. This can not be achieved unless we have the support and help of adults who would be willing to get involved and help get this much needed club up and running. If you can spare an hour once a week and would like to work in partnership with young people, then please contact Bryan Gavin, Foróige Regional Youth Officer @ 086 8519639 or email bryan.gavin@foroige.ie . Without your help this worthwhile project will not get off the ground. |
| Looking
for Marie Cannon. Here is an email we received a few weeks back, Hi, I am currently trying to trace an important friend of mine I knew 27 years ago, we lost touch as I moved to London. She is called Marie Cannon, she used her middle name, but also known as Margaret. she would be around 48 now, and at the time of knowing her she had blonde hair.. She was the youngest of 7, and her dad died before the 80 s.. They were from around Delvin Road ??? Hope you can help. Thank you Lee Ann Cann. If anyone can help, email us here and we'll pass it on. |
| Marion
Geraghty gets hitched in Balbriggan. We received this mail some weeks back, apologies for the delay, "Hi, I got married in Balbriggan on the 6th July this year. I only received my photographs recently but would really appreciate if you would put them on your site. My mum is from Balbriggan although we all live in London now we still have family in Balbriggan which is why I got married over in Ireland. I was married in St Peter and Paul’s church. One of the pictures was taken at the harbour and inside the church. (pictures copyright of Tony Campbell). My mum’s name is Vera Davis although she is a Geraghty now. Let me know if you would like any more info.Thanks." Our pleasure Marion. Looks like you had a great day. Click on the thumbnail to see some of her photographs. 12.12.2007 |
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| Eric
Campbell sings "Cody Says" on You Tube. Local man Eric Campbell has released his first music video, Cody Says. We think its a great song complemented by a superb video which looks like it was filmed on the beach near Bremore, also watch out for the piece when he thinks the batteries are gone. Please click on the thumbnail, watch the video and then leave a comment and let Eric know that you heard about his latest music video on B.net. Well done Eric, smashing stuff. 12.12.07 |
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| Dunnes Stores Bagpacking Hi. I was wondering if you could post on your website that Cork class in third year in Balbriggan Community College are bagpacking in Dunnes Stores on Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th of December as part of a CSPE action project. Any money raised will go to the Asthma Foundation. Thanks. |
| Balbriggan.net
Dancing Elf's. Roger Turner has put together this fantastic animation of the team here dancing to a festive tune. It's very clever and maybe a nice present to send to friends this christmas. Click on the thumbnail to view and then start the dance. Thanks again Roger, brilliant. 10.12.07 |
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| Annual Christmas Ball in Bracken Court Hotel........What a fantastic night at this years Black Tie Ball in the Beautiful Bracken Court Hotel.Sample photos on the night when one of the team at balbriggan.net Martin and his wife Kathleen were in attendance....For more photos taken on the night contact martin@balbriggan...Well done to the Bracken Court for a beautiful 5 course meal,to Roy Tayler and the Absolutelys and to all concerned who made the evening such a success.....Photos on the night by Martin Fanning.Click on thumbnail to view photos. 02.12.07MF |  |
| Santa arrives in Balbriggan.........Huge crowds gathered in Balbriggan to welcome a very special person on his yearly visit to the town.The one and only Santa.....Photos on the night by Jack,Tony and Martin from the team at Balbriggan.net....Photos will be on display at enterance to Balbriggan library in the next few days.Copies of photos will also be available in the Fuji shop in Station Street.Well done to Town Clerk Brian Murray and all his staff and to The Town Council for a great event.....Tony and Martin have also decided to launch the very popular People and Places video Part 4 which will be a must for that Xmas stocking filler for 2007.More details in the next couple of days........MF01.12.07 |  |
| Town's Christmas
Lights Turned on. Christmas is well and truly on its way with the towns lights now switched on. A large crowd gathered to watch the spectacle. Also there was the man himself, Santa, who gave a selection box to all the boys and girls. The lights were switched on by competition winner, Adam Dunne from Craobhain Park. Click on the thumbnail to see the Christmas Tree. 30.11.07 |
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| Jack Benton
remembers “Boxer Jack Doyle” In today’s episode Jack talks about the time a truck hit the Tubby Connollys pub which is now a fast food restaurant. He also goes on to talk about the other pubs in the town and finishes at the hotel. The bar in the hotel is called “The Jack Doyle Bar” in memory of the famous Irish Boxer and Jack talks about the night when the boxer was locked out of the hotel when our Jack was inside. Click on the thumbnail to download 15Mb, we have done it slightly different this time, let us know if you like the new way. 25.11.07 |
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| Selling
a house? Have a Virtual Tour made. One of the team has moved into photography full time now and today we bring you a sample of one of his "Virtual Tours". The house you are about to see is in Naul village and it's called "The Old Mill". Click on the thumbnail to download and see if would you like a house like this. We hope you enjoy, make sure your speakers are on 24.11.07 |
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| Fingal
Book out now. It's called "From the Danes to the Delvin, Fingal" and the text is by Hubert Murphy from the "Fingal Independent" and the paintings are by Hugh F Ryan in Skerries. Now, not having read the book yet, but from a quick glimpse at the paintings, it’s a gem and an ideal Christmas present especially for those abroad. The book is available in the likes of Hughes and Hughes, Easons, Wise owl, Skerries Book Shop, etc at it retails at € 24.95. The paintings are really exquisite, out of this world, and all of local scenes in Fingal. The artist, has his own web site, http://homepage.eircom.net/~hfryan/ is worth checking out. Click on the thumbnail to see the cover of the book and a painting of Balbriggan. 20.11.07 |
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| Christmas
Tree Light switch on. Brian Murray from the town council has asked us to let you know that the Christmas tree lights will be switched on at 7.00pm on the 30th November 2007. They have issued a press release, and an entry form for the competition which can be downloaded. click on the thumbnail. 19.11.07 |
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| Balbriggan
Signal Box- End of an Era. The towns signal box was built in 1890 and for over a hundred years it stood adjacent to the train station. In 1994 it was decommissioned and there to record its last working day on video was Jack Benton. This fascinating video is almost 25 minutes long and in it you see signal man John Collier operating the levers for the last time. John talks to our Jack about his career in the GNR and the signal boxes he worked in over the years. We at Balbriggan.net have converted the video to DVD and it is available from McGoverns Gift Shop and House of Gifts, both on Dublin Street. Only a limited number will be available so place you order there as soon as possible. 14.11.07 |
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