Latest
"Painting" of Hotel.
B.net is mostly associated
with photographs but today we bring you a painting
showing the state of the hotel today. Our "Lass"
Yvonne, kindly obliged and allowed us bring you
this "Water Colour" of our beloved hotel.
We also bring you an unusual view of the Lighthouse.
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 07.05.08 |
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Web
Cam on the Square.
Here is an email received
this evening "Hi, I'm sure many people
have asked you to do this before but, how about
a webcam on the square? this is Margaret O'Byrne,
formerly of fancourt and now living in tenerife.
I look at various webcams in Ireland but would love
to see aul' bal! thanks, mob". The ideal
place would be the hotel, we will try talk to Luke
and maybe Colin Whelan of Omnisys. Another person
to talk to would be Brian Murray, can anyone help?
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Poto
Album of The Strangers from 1975 to1985 aprox.
Many thanks to Francis Kennedy
and his fantastic site which covers both showbands
and groups that played to packed dance halls and
clubs with the very best of live music.The Strangers
were from Balbriggan and they were the first group
to have a hit record in the Irish charts.They also
appeared on television a number of times because
of their popularity.Click on the link to www.irishshowbands.net
and click on the photo of the lads(Strangers)
to see the Album and to listen to their hit records.Many
thanks again to Francis and his great collection
of music archives.Take time to view his collection
as there is lots to see.Photos from the Martin Fanning
collection. MF |
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of Programme of Events of Balbriggan Historical
Society.
We are delighted to announce
that Professor George Eogan, emeritus Professor
of Celtic Archaeology at University College Dublin
has accepted our invitation to make a presentation
entitled:'The Archaeology of Bremore and its Passage
Tombs' Due to the recent unfortunate fire at Bracken
Court Hotel our venue has now been switched to
the Hamilton Hall, Balbriggan Town Hall, St George's
Square, Balbriggan (over Balbriggan Library)
more
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Met
Eireann Web Site.
Here is a web site, or should
we say, part of a web site that is just brilliant.
Our Tony needs to know if it's going to rain in
the next few hours or not when photographing houses.
Well. Met Eireann (The Met Office) have a section
that they call "Rainfall Radar" and when
you click the animation it shows the past few hours
of where the rain is falling and if it's heading
towards Balbriggan. We use it all the time. Click
on the thumbnail to see for yourself, ideal for
Bar-B-Ques. 06.05.08 |
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Dessie
Tolan 60th Party.
Local fireman Dessie Tolan celebrated his 60th year
with family and friends on Sunday 5th May 2008 in
McCormack’s Balscadden. It was a great afternoon
for the you ‘uns, and a great night for the
more mature! Great to see Dessie’s wife, children,
grandchild, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews friends
and work colleagues all there. Fantastic day for
all as the photos will testify. Colin Whelan. Thanks
Colin for the great photos, send us your Balbriggan
related photos and we'll put them on the town's
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Balbriggan
Educate Together.
Fintan McCutcheon has asked
us to give them a mention as they have a web site
up and running. We have added their site to our
links page. Click Here
to go to their site. 06.05.08
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David
(Dibit) Crosby R.I.P.
David sadly passed away on
the 26th April. Dibit was 29 years old. The son
of Eamon Crosby and Grandson of Neddy Crosby, Dibit
leaves behind his partner of 6 years, Cheree and
his son Kian (5). He will be sadly missed by his
mother Frances and his many brothers sisters nieces
and nephews.
Many
thanks to Mylene Delahoyde for the photo and news
of David. R.I.P MD
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Photo
exhibition in Library.
Dr John Collier
has
asked us to publicise that there is a photo exhibition
on in the Library for the month of May. "For
the month of May there is a photography exhibition
by a group of local photographers on the second floor
in the library. The subject of the exhibition is “Fingal”.
All the photos reflect the different views that the
different participants have of the Fingal area.
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Sporting
Fingal.
Brian Murray of Balbriggan Town
Council have asked us to bring you this press release
about Sporting Fingal. "Sporting Fingal FC,
the recently founded Eircom League of Ireland community
based football club, will compete in the Eircom League
First Division in the 2008 season. more |
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Balbriggan
Community College Awards.
This is the time when the college awards its students
for various achievements throughout the year 2007-8.
There was a presentation for "Student of the
Year" for each of the 5 years along with awards
for students who entered and performed well in the
"BT, Young Scientist of the year". Also
presented, was the "Paddy Conway memorial Trophy"
which was presented by Kathleen Fanning, daughter
of Paddy to overall winner, Ciaran Halpin. Click on
the thumbnail to see some of the photographs from
the awards. 03.05.08
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Eddie
Richardson of North County Cricket.
Our Joe is a big Cricket fan and takes lots of photographs
for the club. Joe recently got a great sequence which
we bring you today. It's of Eddie Richardson from
Balrothery, playing for North County and he was fielding
from his own bowling. This sequence shows the young
man's commitment and enthusiasm for his sport. Thanks
Joe for the great shots. Click on the thumbnail to
view. 03.05.08
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Balbriggan
Landscaper Launches Web Site.
Local Man, Stephen Orange from Bremore, has been landscaping
and paving gardens in Fingal for several years now,
and now he has gone high tech and started a web site.
Trading as Silver Birch Construction, the web site
has just gone live and Stephen hopes to update the
site regularly with new ideas and photographs of his
latest projects. Click on the thumbnail to visit his
site. 01.05.08 |
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Another
sad day for the Bracken Court Hotel. !!
Lorraine
Gissane, banqueting manager of the hotel & a Morairty
employee for nearly 12 years & with the Bracken
Court Hotel since it opened has now left the hotel.She
would have organized many a successful balbriggan
(& surrounding area’s) family party in the
hotel for years now. Weddings were Lorraine’s
specialty & there are many happy bride & grooms
who have paid thanks to Lorraine for her expertise,
calm advice & hard work to successfully pull off
their wedding reception. Many people who visit the
hotel in any way regularly would remember Lorraine
for being a truly lovely, friendly & warm lady,
with a smile for everyone & genuinely popular
with all ! Lorraine went out of her way to help others
& put such time & effort into making sure
her customers events & parties were a success.
So Lorraine !! From all your friends still in the
hotel & the friends now departed from the bracken
court & all of your customers, we hope you know
you will be sorely missed & your replacement knows
there are big shoes to fill at the bracken court hotel.
Our Tony (wedding Photographer)would like to express
his gratude for all Lorrains help during 2007 and
he and Lynnette wish her good health and best wishes.
Good luck in your future adventures ! All of your
friends.Click the thumbnail to see Lorraine. 01.05.08 |
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Keith
& Laura become Mr & Mrs Sadleir.
Locals, Laura Clinton & Keith Sadleir tied the
knot in Balscadden Church on the 19th of April. Keith's
Mam & Dad, Bernie & Dave, better known as
the proprietors of the shop on the square, were proud
as punch to see their son marry such a beautiful girl.
Laura's parents, Declan & Pauline also looked
very proud and enjoyed the day thoroughly. Fr. Michael
was the celebrant and brilliant as usual at putting
everyone at their ease. After Balscadden it was off
to Gormanston Castle for the photographs and then
to Kettles Country Hotel in Swords. A great day was
had by all and the photographers were Lynnette &
Tony of PhotographyPlus.net. Click on the thumbnail
to view photos. 29.04.08 |
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Bracken
Court Hotel Closed till September.
That's according to this weeks Fingal Independent.
This is devastating news for the town after Luke
had said it would be open within 4 weeks. We
hope to talk to Luke soon to hear the latest. On the
subject of the Fingal Independent, we have to thank
them for giving the web site a great mention this
week about "Balbriggan Airport" see page
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Greetings
from New Zealand.
The Weir Family say Hi from
New Zealand.Today we bring you three great photos
of four generations of the Weir family.The Balbriggan
connection is Josephine Conway who married Jack and
headed off to start a new life in New Zealand.Thanks
Jack and Jo for sending Martin(your brother in law)
and Kathleen your sister the beautiful family photos.Jack
and Jo love the site and send good wishes to family
and friends in Ireland . 29.04.08 |
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Our New
Balbriggan.net Logo.
Has anyone even noticed our
new and improved logo at the top of this page. Before,
the images changed abruptly from day to night etc.
Now, thanks to our special effects dept, they gently
fade from one to another. 29.04.08 |
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Lighthouse
Dome Replacement.
We asked a few weeks back if anyone had any idea of
what it would cost to replace the dome. Keith Rankin
has come back to us saying that it's difficult to
say but his guess would be between €50,000. to
€100,00. This sounds a lot to us to make a plastic
dome and have it fitted to the Lighthouse. Does anyone
know of a company that could make a dome?Your comments
are welcome and we will place them on a dedicated
web page, that's if we get a response. Click on the
thumbnail to read Keith's original email to us.28.04.08 |
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Photos
from Toronto, Canada.
Another email received today
goes as follows, "Hi Tony. All people in
those Pictures have a lot in common with Balbriggan,
they are all living in Toronto for the past 45 yrs.
As young people they spent all their Week ends in
Balbriggan, Jim Mc Cann. Johnie murray. with Wives.
I myself took most of the Photos. Richard.dickie.
Murray Kilbarrack. Dublin 05. bye for now Dickie murray"
Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 28.04.08
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A
Tourists' View of Balbriggan.
We at B.net try to stay away
from "what's wrong with Balbriggan" and
always try to see the positive side of our town. We
understand that the town has the same problems as
any other town but our little site is a hobby and
we don't have the time to go down that road. Having
said that, we received an email from an American tourist
and it may interest some. 28.04.08 |
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Lowther
Lodge.
We received this email today,
"Our Family used to vacation at Lowther Lodge
for many years in the 1940's. I was about six years
old when we first visited the area. The owner of Lowther
was a Major Macartney-Filgate. I guess his wife had
died some time before we started vacationing with
him. The Major (he was a veteran of the Boer War)
had two Daughters, Eleanor and Afra. The back of the
house opened into a large orchard, surrounded by a
high wall. The orchard was raided on a regular basis
by soldiers from the local military camp. Both, my
Brother and I have many fond memories of Lowther Lodge
and Balbriggan. We had many fine photographs of Lowther,
but they got lost over the years. Would any of your
members know what happened to Eleanor & Afra McCartney-Filgate
?? I would also like to have some good photos of Lowther
as it used to be 1920-1930. I am now living in Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada, and can be reached at ajayh@shaw.ca
We lived in Bray, Co Wiclow during our visits to Lowther
Lodge. I look forward to hearing from somebody in
the near future. Thanks............Bud Hall"
Click on the thumbnail and see some recent and not
so recent photos. 28.04.08 |
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Minister
Trevor Sargent Cycles to Dundalk.
Local politician and Government
Minister, Trevor Sargent, joined his Green Party colleagues
as they cycled to the parties Ard Fheis in Dundalk.
B.net were there but without a camera but Kieran Corrigan
of The Fingal Independent very kindly agreed to forward
us these photos. 26.04.08 |
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Madeline
Daly and High Street Art Group
Monday the7th april Madeline Daly and her High Street
Art Group launched their art exhibition in Balbriggan
Library.Paintings can be viewed over the next two
weeks.Anyone interested in joining the class just
call to Senior Citizens Hall for more information.Classes
on Monday and Friday at 10 am.Click on thumbnail to
view photos by Jack Benton and Martin Fanning. |
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Spicers
Mill Official Opening.
European Commissioner, Charlie
McCreevy, literally dropped in, in his helicopter
recently to officially launch the Spicers Mill apartments
on Drogheda Street. Team members, Jack & Martin
were on duty for the site and they got some great
shots. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 26.04.08
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Loreto
Balbriggan --- Power of One Good Idea.
Girls from Loreto Balbriggan
have asked if we could give their project a mention
on B.net. It's the Power of One and their aim is to
raise the awareness of saving energy but with an emphasis
on public transport. They have created their own web
site and we have screen shots of each of the pages.
Best of luck girls with the project. Click on the
thumbnail to see what it's all about. 23.04.08 |
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Balbriggan.net
Exclusive.
Luke Moriarity have very kindly
given an exclusive interview with B.net, to give us
the definitive answers to the many questions been
asked. A positive Luke spoke honestly of his hopes
for the hotel. Our Tony spoke to Luke Sunday evening.
Allow 10 to 20 seconds for the audio to start. |
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Bracken
Court Hotel Damaged By Fire.
Fire and presumably
water, have extensively damaged the towns hotel. It
happened at about 11pm last night. Our Jack, saw the
flames from Glebe North, went home, got the camera
and captured some of the scenes. It's a huge blow
to the town, as its a great place for a drink and
very popular in the mornings for locals to chat over
a cup of tea. We wish Luke Moriarty and the hotel
staff well and hope the hotel we reopen asap. Update.
We believe the damage is much worse than it looks
from the outside. We hope to have an interview with
Luke Moriarty shortly. Click on the thumbnail to see
this mornings photos and the scenes from last night.
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Mick
Hickey----A great night was had on Saturday 12th April
2008.
Local man Mick Hickey decided
to have a small birthday party to celebrate his next
year of life, but also to say cheerio to all his friends
before heading off on a few adventures around the
world in aid of charity. Mick has always been an adventures
having recently visited Base camp 1 on Mount Everest,
but he hopes to achieve a few more goals over the
next couple of years, (treks across Greenland, climbing
Mt Aconcagua in South America and even a South Pole
visit have all been mentioned), but this last Saturday
night launched his blog www.mickhickey.com and saw
a charity raffle and auction to raise funds for The
Children’s Medical & Research Foundation’
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin.
Needless to say there was fun as well as the photos
will show. Music on the night was from the brilliant
“The Great Escape” with some surprise
guests. For more information on Micks adventures as
he does he stuff, check out www.mickhickey.com
over the coming months. Click on the thumbnail to
view photos.13.04.08 |
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Spicers
Mill Balbriggan Web Site.
Spicers Mill, beside Super Valu
have their own dedicated web site and one of our team
was involved in the photography. It's a very nice
site and in it they have two slide shows of Balbriggan,
have a look at the site and you never know, you may
end up buying one. Click on thumbnail to view.12.04.08
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Glebe
North Launches New Web Site.
Alan Corr has been onto to us to let everyone know
that this famous club have launched a new web site,
"Just a quick request, Glebe North Fc have
just set up a new website www.glebenorthfc.ie as the
old website ran into problems,could you give us a
mention in your news section and set up a link on
your links page,this would greatfully enhance our
profile." Thanks Alan, for that news. To
see their new web site just click on the thumbnail.
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Tag
Rugby, Men and Women needed:-
If you’re interested in
playing Tag Rugby for Balrothery this summer please
contact Brian on 086 860 3449. 07.04.08
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Guide
Dogs for the Blind Fundraising this Saturday in Tesco.
Gillian McGoey has been onto
us with the following email. It's the time of
year again when the North County Dublin branch of
Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind are running the shades
campaign. I am also having a fundraising sale for
Guide Dogs in Tesco in Balbriggan this Saturday coming,
the 12th April. For more details on the Shades
campaign and Gillians cycle from Mizan to Malin Head,
click on the thumbnail. 07.04.08
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Margaret
Carvin's 50th Birthday.
Well known Margaret Carvin,
of "The Medical Hall", celebrated her 50th
birthday in style in the Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan.
A huge crown turned out in the Martello Room to celebrate
her birthday. Our Tony, who used worked with her son
James, (Hatchie) was invited along to join in the
celebration. Tony was telling us, that James, a very
entertaining person to be with, a great sense of humour,
made a very emotional speech about his mother, he
thanked her for been the best mother anyone could
wish for. Her husband, James, was also very proud
to part of her life. What a night, our Tony was to
be there for a few minutes and spent over 2 hours
there. Click on the thumbnail to see photos of the
night. |
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Google
Earth Includes Balbriggan "Airport"
Up until recently, Google Earth,
only covered up as far as Balrothery, but now, Balbriggan
is included and you can zoom right down onto your
house. It even gives the GPS location at the bottom
left of your screen. When you zoom in on the beech,
you see an icon that says "Balbriggan Airport"
and up pops a Ryan Air plane near the Lighthouse.
This photo first appeared on B.net and it was created
by one of the team as a joke last year. We are not
too concerned at the use of our photo, but we just
want to clear up how the photo came about. Click to
see Google Earth photo of Balbriggan. 04.04.08 |
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Mr
Madden's House Demolished.
This house stood at the end
of Church Street, nearly opposite St. Georges Church.The
house has been vacant since Mr Madden went into a
nursing home. Mr Madden would be well known in the
town as he was a teacher in one of the local schools.
He recently celebrated his 100th birthday and is in
good health. Click thumbnail to view pics. 04.04.08 |
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Sargeant
Vincent Retires from the force.
Well known and respected Sargeant,
Vincent Donnelly, has retired from the force after
30 years service. A retirement party was held for
him in the Bracken Court Hotel last week. Vincent
was stationed in Balbriggan for the past 3 years and
had become good friends with some of our team. Vincent,
a Meath fan, asked us to photograph him with 1954
final Meath player, Kevin Lenehan, which we obliged.
Vincent has the gift of the gab, and there were bets
ongoing as to how long his speech would last, it lasted
28 minutes but it didn't seem that. as it was very
entertaining. A lovely mannered, gentle man, who will
be sadly missed in our town. Thanks Vincent. Click
on thumbnail to view photos. 04.04.08
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Our Lighthouse
Dome--Latest News.
We received this very interesting
email about 2 weeks ago. It's in relation to having
the dome replaced. For those who don't know, the dome
was removed in about 1960 as it was rotten with rust
and it wasn't necessary when they changed over to
electric. We wonder, has anyone any idea on the cost
of this project, would it cost € 10.000 or €
100.000, we have absolutely no idea. Anyway, click
on the thumbnail to read Keith Rankin's email. 04.04.08
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Balbriggan
now on Google Earth.
More details shortly, lots to
come on the site over the weekend. There just isn't
enough hours in the day. |
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Competition
Closed. Winners Names.
Many thanks
to everyone who entered this competition.
Most got it right, one or two wrong. The
correct answer was of course the Martello Tower. To
see who won a Balbriggan Key Ring, click on "Winners"
to the right. GPS May become the Post Codes for Ireland,
wouldn't that make life better for couriers, taxi's
etc. Click Here
for more details.
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Competition
Time, win a Balbriggan Photo Key Ring.
Here is something we think might
interest some of you out there. With Sat-Nav's in
most peoples cars now and GPS co-ordinates becoming
more important by the day, we are asking you this
question. If you were standing at location, N 53.61592
and W 6.18324, what Balbriggan landmark would you
be adjacent to. The first 5 correct answers will receive
a Balbriggan key-ring. Entries to tony at
balbriggan.net. Change the at
to @. 02.04.08 |
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Rockabill-----April
Fool.
Of course it was an April fool.
Every year it gets more difficult to come up with
something that out special effects dept. can work
with. We have always brought you an April Fool since
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Rockabill
now sinking.
Sad to report but Rockabill is sinking and is just
visible. Click on the thumbnail for latest photo. |
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Rockabill
is Washed Ashore.
Very strong easterly winds of
late have made a dramatic change to our coastline.
What was once almost 4 miles out to sea from Balbriggan
is now literally, meters, from our beach. We at Balbriggan.net
have the first pictures and various newspapers like
The Irish Independent, The Irish Times and even the
London Times have requested these photos. We contacted
the Department of the Environment and spoke to a Mr
Charles Tuffy and he explained that this happened
before on the west coast but never along the east.
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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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St.
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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Church
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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Accommodation
Required for 1 Month in July.
We received the following email,
Hello there, my name is Philipp and I need your
help. I will be in Balbriggan in end of July for ca.
4 weeks for business. I want to bring my family with
me and therefore the hotel in Balbriggan is not suitable
for us. We are 2 adults and 2 kids (6 month and 2,5
years old), looking for a flat/condo or a little house
for this visit. I really stuck because I found nothing
in the internet. We pay well and we keep everything
very clean.I hope you can help me. Maybe you know
someone or something. Even some little information
are welcome. Thanks in advance. Philipp. If anyone
can help, please e mail us and we will forward on
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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 |
Sunshine
House 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.
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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
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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.
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Two
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.
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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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The
First Entry On Balbriggan.net.
It's not that easy to navigate
back to the first few items on B.net. When we started
out, we hadn't a clue(and some say, still don't)
how web sites worked etc. Because of this error,
it can be awkward to navigate back to the early
entries. Now, we are a little bit better and we
even have a web site other towns could only wish
for. We now have a hit rate of about 300 per day(24
Hours). We have decided to bring you some of the
highlights of the site over the past few years.
The site started in September 2003 with news that
Candons & Browns Boutique etc were about to
be demolished. Click on the thumbnail to see the
first news item. 07.03.08
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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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Kitty
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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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
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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.
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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.
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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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