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| Another Wreck in the Harbour Can you believe it, just as the Council clean up the Harbour, another wreck has appeared. It happened this afternoon, our man was photographing down close to the Lighthouse when before he knew it, the tide came in. He will have to wait till midnight to get it back, at least by that time he won't need to dip his headlights. Silly man. Click to enlarge the photo. 12.03.10 |
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| Winner is Neil McGonigle Thanks to everyone who tried to get the 500000 hit on the hit counter. The hit counter is at the bottom of the home page. Neil McGonigle is our winner and he has very kindly donated his prize of € 50.00 to |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book HERE |
| Balbriggan Milestone " Drogheda 8" So you think you know your Balbriggan? Well, here's one for you. Our good friend Vincent Donnelly took our reporter to a well known place in the town to show him a milestone. For years it was overgrown but recent work nearby has now made it visible. Do you know where it is? We will bring you more about this shortly. Sincere thanks to Vincent Donnelly for his time yesterday. Click to see the photos. 11.03.10 |
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| Communion & Confirmation Photographs The local photographer has asked us to remind you that he will have a photo studio this year in the Town Hall. So if any of your children are making their First Holy Communion or Confirmation, contact Tony to book your place. All local schools will be catered for, Balbriggan, Balscadden, Balrothery. Each sitting is 15 minutes long and you can have any photographs taken, example, the boy on his own, then with his parents and then with the whole family. The session cost € 70.00 and you get 1 10x8 inch photo and 2, 7x5 inch photos. Extra photos are € 10.00 for the large and € 7.00 for the small. All photographs come in an attractive cardboard frame. Book early to get the best time that suits you. Photographs can be taken prior to the mass. For more details, call Tony anytime, 086-8054 275. |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book HERE |
| Dramatic Rescue at The Bower We believe a young lad fell onto the rocks at the Bower this evening about 7pm. Apparently he has a broken arm and a head wound. He was airlifted to hospital at about 7.30pm. We have no other details, we just hope he is okay. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 10.03.2010 |
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| 1980's Football Team Photo This photo is courtesy of PJ Cullen and it's of a football team in the mid 1980's which for those of you not good at maths, is about 25 years ago. The two young lads in the front must be about 30 now. Come on lads and lassies, we need to know who these hunks are,( female typing) we think we spot Ned Pyne there. Let us know the name of the team and the year. Click to enlarge. 10.03.2010 |
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| Ollie Murray's 70th Ollie Murray celebrated his 70th Birthday last week with a small celebration in the Glenside Hotel. Ollie always gives us a big wave when we see him about the town and we here at B.net would like to wish Ollie a belated happy birthday and good health for many years to come. Click to see a few photos. 10.03.10 |
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Exciting St. Patrick’s Day Parade promised for Balbriggan |
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| Another Sean Farrell Photograph Here is a great photograph that Sean has very kindly given us. He may have given us the names but we can't find them. The only person we recognise is Sean himself so it's up you out there in B.net land to help us out. Click to enlarge the photo. 09.03.10 |
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| B.net to reach 1/2 million hits by Friday Balbriggan.net are about to reach a milestone shortly when the "Hit's Counter" on the Home page reaches 500,000. Our guess is that it will happen this Friday. To mark the occassion, we are offering € 50.00 to the first person to photograph or screen captures the counter at 500,000. |
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| EFFLORESCENCE Yesterday, Sunday, saw the official launch of this piece of artwork by Artist Martina Coyle. Efflorescence is a replica of the footbridge that once spanned Railway street until it was removed in 1996. Balbriggan.net were there and it was nice to see that Martina suggested in her literature for people to visit B.net and look at the History section and read the Jack Benton & Joe Curtis article on Smyth & Co. Click on the thumbnail to view some photos. |
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| Recycling Open Day in Balbriggan 13th March Householders will be entitled to bring Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and batteries free of charge for recycling. All household Electrical Waste (e.g. fridges, washing machines, fluorescent tubes, microwaves, stereos, TVs, etc.) and batteries will be accepted free of charge. When - Saturday 13th March 2010 from 10am to 4pm.Where - Fingal Recycling Car Park (Unit 1, IDA Industrial Estate, Balbriggan) and is for households only. |
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| The Lighthouse has been painted We are delighted to report that the Lighthouse has been painted over the past few days. Michael Ryan of RPM Decorators in Ballyboughal are doing a great job on Ireland's second oldest working Lighthouse. Today it looked particularly good when the railing at the top was painted a "Fire Engine Red". There are still rumors that they hope to replace the Dome but that finance is still the problem. We know we have lots of wealthy people who view this site regularly so if you think you could contribute, contact us and we'll pass your details on. Well done to FCC and Balbriggan Town Council for all the recent work. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 03.03.10 |
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| The Fingal Harriers Hunt into the Early hours, at the City North Hotel. Another enjoyable night was had by all, as the Fingal Harriers held their annual Hunt Ball in the City North Hotel, on Saturday 27th February 2010. Guests arrived to a champagne reception at 7.30pm, followed by dinner, dancing and great craic! The style gets better and better each year, as fine fillies in fancy frocks paraded around the hotel til the wee small hours! The greatly attended function was organised by Mary Beggan, Orla Rooney, Eilish Hagan, Marie White and Roisin Hughes. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. Names will appear tomorrow wednesday 12.03.10 |
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Calling all Balbriggan folk in Toronto
Hello lads, greetings from Toronto. Just a note to congratulate Declan Kelly, long time resident of Balbriggan, and currently Irish Ambassador to Canada, on his selection as Toronto's Irish Person of Year for 2010. He is getting this prestigous award next Sunday March 7th at a lunch in downtown Toronto. I am putting together a table of his fellow Balbrigganers to attend this event so if any of your readers are living in this neck of the woods and are interested in attending they can contact me at 416-904 7818. Many thanks, Cormac Monaghan. |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book Here |
| Balbriggan Tech Class Reunion The "Tech" class of 1968/69 are holding a class reunion in McCormack's Lounge Balscadden on Friday 9th April 2010. It's € 15.00 including supper. RSVP to either Marian Maguire (Lyons) 087 965 3395 or Ann Reilly 087-610 0983. You never know, Balbriggan.net might also be there to record the event. Best of luck girls, we hope you get a good turnout. 26.02.10 |
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| Missing Dog Here is the email we received, "Hi Tony, Last Sunday 21st Feb, Sandy my male Wheaten Terrier went missing from 56 Pinewood Green Lawn, Balbriggan. He is a much loved family pet and I am asking if you could post an ad for me on Balbriggan.net My 2 daughters & myself miss him terribly. I can be contacted on 087 2066 304 I have a picture of Sandy attached. Regards Karen Fox" Can we remind everyone to put your telephone number on the dogs collar. Click on the thumbnail to view. 24.02.10
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| New History section on B.net If there was one part of this site we weren't happy about, it was the history page. It wasn't even a history page as such, it was something we did way back in 2003 but the site has moved on since then. We have tried several different ways of putting this new section on the web and we have come to the conclusion that the best way is by PDF, so you will have to download it. Several of you out there spotted the problems we were having over the past week, it looked great if you had a large monitor but if you were using a laptop or had a small monitor, you couldn't see the entire page. So here it all is, compiled and researched by Phil & Tony, all 26 pages with reference links. We hope you enjoy it and most importantly, learn about one of the best towns in Ireland. Click on the thumbnail to start. 24.02.10 |
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| A letter about "Dog Poo" As stated on our home page, we tend to stay away from controversial issues as this is a good news web site. This topic comes up again and again so this time we will bring you the letter and if anyone wants to comment on it they can use the "Guestbook". Please keep the comments civil. Thanks. 24.02.10 |
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| Irish Dancers 1987 Here is a great photograph that was dropped into the office the other day. It's an Irish Dancing group photo taken at Ardgillan. Lets see if recognise anyone and feel free to email us the names. Thanks Lisa. Click to enlarge photo. 23.02.10 |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book Here |
| Rasher, Frano, Ricko, Skutty, Mac and Fago These lads sound like a band from the 60's, Dave, Dee, Dosey etc. This is a great photograph given to us last night. It's the aforementioned lads from Balbriggan on holidays in Blackpool sometime in the '70's and they posed for this photograph in the "Rovers Return". Thanks to Brendan for this gem. If you have any photographs you would like to share with other "Briggers" you can leave the photographs in McGovern's Gift Shop. Click to enlarge today's gem. 21.02.10 |
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| Michael McGovern in the news A local man who is sadly no longer with us, Michael McGovern was mentioned on the Joe Duffy radio show during the week in connection with Hangar 6 and Ryanair. Joe was in conversation with the designer of the hangar and when asked who came up with the idea of such a large building, he replied that it was Michael McGovern. Michael, by all accounts had a great brain and was considered "fair" in all his dealings while he was with Aer Lingus. He was also a dab hand in electronics and we believe he built one of the first TV's in Balbriggan. One of the team took this photo of him in November 2006 and he sadly passed away about a year later. Deirdre, Angela, Niamh and Barry are very proud of their Dad and so they should be. Click to enlarge photo. 20.02.10 |
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| Video tapes transferred to DVD Two local shops have asked us to let you know they are now transferring your old tapes onto DVD for just € 29.99 including an extra copy FREE of charge. As an added bonus, they will print "Screen shots" of your video on the DVD. Drop your videos into McGovern's Gift Shop on Dublin street or The Fuji Photo shop on Station street. Get your wedding video onto DVD before it deteriorates. Most types of tapes catered for. Click on the thumbnail for more details. 20.02.10 |
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| Great 1983 Sam Maguire Photo Today's photograph is courtesy of The Sailor Fanning Collection and it's a great one. 12 people in the photo and we need your help with the names. Click to enlarge and email us info at Balbriggan.net. Thanks in advance. 19.02.10 We now have most of the names for this photo, thanks to everyone who emailed in. |
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| Girl Guides 1956 Photo Here is another photograph from our "Brown Envelope Collection". It's the Girl Guides preparing to march in The St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1956. The photograph was taken on Church street at the junction of Hampton street. If you can tell us anything about this photo or you can name anyone, please let us know. Click to enlarge. 18.02.10 |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book HERE |
| Final wreck removed yesterday Honestly, did we really think we would see the day all the wrecks would be removed. Berthing Master, Neal Roche and his team have removed all the wrecks, something everyone had wished for. Also we believe the Lighthouse is to be painted in the next two weeks. Again, we sincerely thank An Cathaoirleach, Monica Harford, Balbriggan Town Council, Brian Murray and Neal Roche and Fingal County Council Environment Dept. A job well done. 16.02.10 |
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| President Mary McAleese visits Balbriggan Foroige, Balbriggan Youth Service was officially launched today by President Mary McAleese. After a quick tour of the centre, Jim McVeigh of Co. Dublin VEC spoke as did Kieran Dowling from the centre. It was then the turn of The President who spoke glowingly of the centre and of the youth and emphasised the importance of such places. Pat McLoughlin, Chairperson also said a few words and the whole thing was held together by MC, Princess Siwlea. Other invited guests included An Cathaoirleach, Monica Harford, Cllrs. Grainne Maguire, Frank Snow, Dermot Murray and May McKeon along with Michael Kennedy TD & Trevor Sargent TD. There was a big crowd there and our man was there to take a few "snaps" which you can now see by clicking on the thumbnail. 15.02.10 |
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| Almost 5000 B.net pages viewed in one day! The latest web statistics for Balbriggan.net show that on Friday, 720 people viewed 4831 pages. These sort of figures don't happen overnight but take years to build up. In our first year we were getting about 40 hits a day and we were delighted, never thinking we'd achieve these heights. We are always looking on ways to improve the site so if you have a suggestion, please let us know. Click on the thumbnail to see the figures for yourself. 14.02.10 |
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| Four young girls terrorizing Hampton Green We have received several complaints about these young girls terrorizing residents of a Balbriggan housing estate. They are known to sit on neighbours walls laughing, telling jokes, and they are very good humored and well mannered girls. Yesterday, we found one of them hiding in our Green Bin. We won't take it any longer. We have their names and we even know where they live, so we would ask their parents to try to control their offspring.. Click on the thumbnail to see what we are talking about. 13.02.10 |
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| c1987 St. Patrick's Day Parade photo Today's photo is from the great "PJ Cullen Collection". Just as a reminder, PJ Cullen was "The" professional photographer in the town for several years in the 1980's. This photograph was taken in the late '80's and it's of an Irish Dancing group marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. We are looking for your help, if you know anyone in this photo, please email us. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge this photo. 13.02.10 |
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| Ardgillan Community College Unveils New Crest The new Ardgillan Community College opened recently. Lacking an official crest, they held a student competition with the best suggestion being adopted. Principal Michael O'Leary addressed the audience about the name, Ard Giolláin. Theresa Gannon explained that the College will eventually cater for over 1000 pupils and local historian Jim Walsh then treated us to a fine speech on Ardgillan Castle's history. We here at B.net wish the new College all the best for the future. Click on the thumbnail to see photos of those attending. 12.02.10 |
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| News Flash. Another wreck bites the dust Yes, that's right, another wreck is gone thanks to the great work by Fingal County Council, Environment Dept. Neal and the gang started work early this morning and they finished late afternoon. All that's left there now is some black muck, probably diesel and oil but this should wash away when the tide comes in later tonight. That's a great weeks work lads, many many thanks. All the work going on at the harbour generates great interest among the locals and who was there only Sean Daly, Pat Dowling and Phil Curtis. 12.02.10 |
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| Last bits of the "Girl Margaret" & "St. John" removed Still no Marina built or Dome replaced but the Council were busy again today removing the last vestiges of the two wrecks down near the lighthouse. In today's collection you can see how well the area looks now. See also Róisín Mollaghan and our Holly who had to be scalped (she doesn't look like a Pom - more like that "Should've gone to Specsavers" sheepdog). Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 11.02.10 |
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| "Meals on Wheels" receive donation from Benton & Curtis. When Jack & Joe decided to make last Christmas's Balbriggan DVD, they wanted their share of the proceeds to go to "Balbriggan Meals on Wheels". Today our man presented a cheque for € 400 - which we know they can put to good use - to Helen Davis, staff and volunteers. There was great fun taking the photograph and if you look closely, you can see people hiding at the back. Balbriggan.net would like to thank everyone who purchased the DVD and hope you thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks again to the late, great Jack Benton, to his wife Chriss and to Joe Curtis. 11.02.10 |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book HERE |
| Road Closures in Balbriggan We have just learnt from Michael Kennedy TD of certain road closures starting the 15th of this month. Road affected are at the Square and on the 22nd, Chapel Street will be closed for up to one week. Click on the thumbnail map. 10.02.10 |
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| "Chelsea" Football Names Thanks to everyone who submitted names for this photo, especially Austin and Trisha. The email from Austin went as follows, "The team in the photo with the caption “Chelsea FC in Balbriggan” is Clonard Celtic FC (in their away strip) from the mid 1980s".Click to see all the names. 09.02.10 |
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| Scenes From Balbriggan by Eric Campbell The Very Talented Mr Campbell, has put together an excellent 6 minute guide to Balbriggan and he has posted it on YouTube. Eric has asked us to give it a mention and we are only too delighed to oblige. Feel free to post a comment on the video. Click on the thumbnail to view the video. 09.02.10 |
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| Valentine's Night in O'Dwyers GAA clubhouse, Balbriggan Valentine's Night (Sunday 14th February) in O'Dwyers GAA Clubhouse, Bremore, Balbriggan dancing and music with Liam Carter from 9.30pm. Refreshments served. Everyone welcome.08.02.10 |
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| Chelsea FC in Balbriggan Well, not quite but it's the only headline we could think of when we saw the blue jerseys. Again, this photo is from the mid '80's and is part of The PJ Cullen Collection. Any PJ Cullen photograph can be bought by contacting PJ at pj@balbriggan dot net. We have no names for this photo, so if you can help us, please do. Balbriggan.net, the most popular web site in the town by miles, fact. 07.02.10 |
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| Balbriggan Pom Comes 5th in National Contest Millie One of Balbriggan's many Poms, has come 5th out of over 700 entries in The Irish Independent's, "Best For My Dog" photo competion. Millie was only 6 weeks old when our Tony took this photo in his Balbriggan Photo Studio. Tony tells us that although she looks lovely here, she is a bold dog who eats the insoles of every shoe, slipper, bluetooth earpieces, iPhone earphones and one who has wrecked dozens of socks and 3 pairs of trousers. Despite all that, she is the most loveable, mischievous, intelligent dog he has ever come across. Click on the thumbnail to see how much Millie has grown in the last few months and see her with her step-sister, 7 year old Holly. Call Tony, 086-8054 275 to arrange a studio photograph of your dog or pet. 07.02.10. Click Here to see The Irish Independent article. |
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| Sam Visits Milestone in 1984 Today, we have a real Gem of a photograph courtesy of PJ Cullen. It's about 1984, it looks like the Milestone and Sam is doing the rounds. We don't recognise anyone so we are at your mercy for names. We had a very poor reaction to the team photo we brought you last week, the one we marked "Possibly Balscadden", maybe you didn't see it. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 05.02.10 |
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| Richie Richardson's Month's Mind Can we remind everyone who knew Richie that his Month's Mind is this Sunday in Skerries RC Church at 12 O'Clock. Thank You. 03.02.10 |
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| Sheila Rooney RIP It is with sadness we bring you the news that Mrs. Sheila Rooney has passed away. A great woman for Jig-Saws and bread baking, she sadly passed away after 84 years. We extend our condolences to her family.Mrs Sheila Rooney, Derham Park, Removal to Ss. Peter & Pauls Church Thurs 4th Feb. for 10am Mass. 03.02.10 |
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| Moonlit Fishing Boats From Hampton Cove One of the team got a call late on Sunday night to say there was a lovely photograph just waiting for a photographer to capture. Our Nancy convinced our man to get out of bed and make his way up to Hampton Cove which he duly did. Are we glad he did it, you bet your life as the photos "turned out nicely" (George Formby). Click on the thumbnail to see the view of Skerries, with 3 fishing boats in the light of the moon. 02.02.10 |
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| Happy Birthday Gertie Shields Gertie Shields had a party to end all parties when she and about 100 family and friends got together in The Bracken Court Hotel last week, Gertie is well known about the town and indeed the country for her involvement with MADD and as a Town Councilor from which she retired last year. The party nearly didn't go ahead as Gertie fell and badly bruised her face a few days previously. Following a few family photographs taken by local photographer, a slide show was projected on the big screen of old photographs featuring Gertie and this gave great topics for discussion. It was then time for a lovely meal and a night that went on very late. Michael & Mary Halligan would like to thank everyone who came along and would like to sincerely thank the Bracken Court Hotel for all their help. Click on the thumbnail to see "Who was there". 01.02.10 |
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Digital Photography Course in The Community College |
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| Balbriggan Church Cross Presently we are in the process of updating our History Page. During our research, we learnt about the time a Cross fell through the roof. In 1857 during a thunderstorm, the Cross on the east gable was struck by lightning and fell through the roof onto the congregation. The Cross presently beside the Church is the one that once stood above the main door and was removed in about 1960. |
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| Two Great Team Photographs The trouble we go through to keep you entertained and to keep B.net the most visited community web site in Ireland. We can't verify this, but judging from the emails we receive every day, B.net is definitely one of the top sites in the country. Thanks to all our contributors. Today, we have to thank PJ Cullen for these gems. They look like 1980's photos, we don't think we brought them to you before although they did feature on PJ's DVD last year. If you're sending us names, please make it clear which photo you are referring to. Don't forget, you can email Pj@balbriggan dot net. Click on the thumbnail and enjoy. 31.01.10 |
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| Classic Wavin Photographs We are really spoiling you today with no less than 4 spectacular Wavin photos from the mid 60's and the 70's. The first is of the sales team taken in Ballymun, the next shows Christy Geraghty with Sean McNally and the other photos include Joe Canning, John Purfield, Dessie Grant and Jack Hammond. Our sincere thanks to Joe Curtis for these. Click to enlarge. 31.10.01 |
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| Busty Bergin 75th Party Last weekend was a busy one for parties. One of the biggest was a 75th party for "The Busty Bergin" at The Ring Commons. Our Tony was hired for the hour and today we bring you almost 50 photographs. Busty, from Bath Road, used to work in Hampton Mills and now enjoys playing Pitch & Putt. Busty became visibly moved when everyone was congratulating him. We here at B.net want to wish Busty all the very best health in the future. "Elvis" alias Joe Corcoran was there to entertain the crowd, and he was his usual brilliant. "Elvis" can be hired for any occasion, email us here and we'll put you in contact. Click on the thumbnail to see the photographs. 28.01.10 |
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| Sarah Morgan's 30th Party Family friends and work colleagues all came along for a fancy dressed Las Vegas themed night. There were black jack tables, roulette tables and other Vegas games on the night. People were given fake money on there way in and the person with the most amount of money at the end of the night won a lovely prize. Sarah was accompanied by her partner Eddie Carvin her mother Bernie and her granny Mrs Morgan and many friends. The crowd was entertained by music from Jimmy Brennan, Eric Campbell, Sharon Gaynor and Mark McInerney who did a fantastic job on the night. The Bracken Court hotel never had so many weddings in one night with everybody stepping into the white chapel for a cheap quick wedding. Thanks to Gary Tolan for the photographs and a few from our Tony. Click on the thumbnail. 28.01.10 |
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| Lots of Photographs to Come We have lots of photographs to come including Gertie Shields 80th Party, The 75th of The Busty Bergin and Sarah Morgan's party. We will do our best to get them up today. Also, we have more names to come for the Wavin photo. We hope to have these up later today. 28.01.10 |
| Wavin Sports & Social Photograph. We now have some of the names for this photograph thanks to Colm Reilly. In his email he also says "The Football team: This is what was called the ‘Lawlor’ brothers team. They came almost every year to play in the charity game organised by the late George Tolan. I don’t think that the whole team were brothers but a good few of them were. "If you spot anyone, please let us know. Click on the thumbnail. 26.01.10 |
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| Charity Football Match For CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE FUND. There is a charity Football Match taking place this coming Tuesday in aid of The Cervical Cancer Vaccine Fund and Clare Mullen has asked us to let you all know about it. Here are all the details. Glebe North F.C. VS Bohemians F.C. Venue: Glebe North Football Club, Market Green Balbriggan. (Beside Lidl) Date: Tuesday 2nd Feb 2010. Time: 7.45pm. Admission € 10 (Adults) € 5 (Children and Students) ALL PROCEEDS BEING DONATED TO CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE FUND. |
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| 1500 Hits on Monday As a mark of respect to Declan Richardson, we purposefully didn't put anything on this page for the past 2 days. We have loads of "Stuff" to bring you but the first item we must bring you is the number of hits the web site is receiving. For the 24 hours of Monday, the news page received nearly 1500 hits and the number of pages viewed was 4500. We sincerely have to thank Joe Curtis, PJ Cullen and all the other people who have sent us photographs for the site. Without these contributors, there would be no B.net. The web site is not a money making venture, we need adverts to pay for the hosting and the huge web space which we now need, in excess of 3 Gb. We have had to curtail our slide shows as we have so many people downloading them, that it can cost us over £100.00 Sterling per month. Click on the thumbnail to see the latest number of visitors to the site. |
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| Team Photo by PJ Cullen 1986 Great photograph for you today, we are not sure if we have it on the site already but just in case, here it is. The year is 1986 and it looks like its at The Glebe North. Get those names in as soon as possible as we haven't a clue who they are, we just hope they are locals and not the away team. Our Lad in Lanzarote, get cracking on those names. 22.01.10 |
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| Mystery Lady Identified When we were photographing the Tractor Run through Balbriggan a few weeks back, a lady waved at us and we took her photo. We placed it on the site and she rang us tonight to say hello. Her name is Jacinta Gorman of "Classic Car Seat Covers" in the town. Thanks Jacinta, another mystery solved. 21.01.10 |
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| It's P.J. Cullen Time Again Here is another "Classic PJ Photo" and it's a Wavin Sports & Social Club group photo. It's probably taken in the 1980's but we have a small problem that only half of the photo is in focus but we have our technical dept. working on it and they hope to have the problem solved by tomorrow morning. Feel free to submit some names. Click to enlarge the photo. 20.01.10 |
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| Naul School Photo From c1927 Today's photograph goes back about 83 years and after checking that on a calculator, we think it's about 1927. It's a smashing photo and thanks to Peter Whyte, who sadly is no longer with us, we have all the names. This photograph is part of The Benton/Curtis Collection and we sincerely thank our Joe for same. We have lots to bring you over the coming days so tune in again tomorrow. Click the thumbnail to enlarge the photo. 19.01.10 |
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| Missing Pom Found Thanks to B.net Here is the email "Hi Tony, Our beloved Pom is home. I got a phone call on sat to say he was seen out around Flemington lane near Flemington park on the previous night, then I got another phone call on sat night from a man in tubersool lane balscadden, to say a friend of his caught him 2 doors up. So I went out to collect him and it was him alright, my daughter is over the moon, so just want to say thanks very much to everyone at b.net for your help, Many Thanks, Gary." That's great news Gary, delighted to hear we were of help. 19.01.10 |
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| Paddy McEvoy R.I.P We have only just realised who Paddy McEvoy is, the father of The Bounce. Michelle McEvoy left a lovely message on the Guest Book, "Just wanted to write this message as my Grandfather Patrick (Paddy) McEvoy was buried today. He died on Tuesday the 12th of January. We will miss you so much Grandad and you will always be remembered. It wont be the same in Derham Park without you there. Love you always. Michelle" We here at B.net extend our sympathy to The Bounce and all the McEvoy family. |
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| The Red Cannon R.I.P We believe that The Red Cannon passed away this week. We didn't know him but thanks to Mylene Ford, we have this photograph of him along with The Bully Halligan and Owen Ford, who also sadly passed away on the 25th April 2009. Our condolences to The Reds family and friends. Mylene said that The Red was well known and well respected. Thanks Mylene. 17.01.10 |
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| Barney Presents € 8765.00 to Hospice This years Tractor Run raised almost € 9000.00 in aid of St. Francis Hospice in Raheny. And today, 17th Jan, at The Man O'War pub, Barney presented Dee Kinnane of the hospice with the cheque watched on by supporters and volunteers. Click on the thumbnail to see a few photos. 17.01.10 |
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| Liam Prout (Fancourt Heights) marries Lisa Moore. Here is the email we received, "Hey Tony and gang just wondering could you post a few photos of the Little brothers Liam's wedding. Liam Prout (Fancout Heights) married Lisa Moore (Matt Lane, Naul Rd) on news years eve in St Peter and Paul's church in Balbriggan and then on to the fabulous Gormanstown collage for some great photo's of the happy couple.Then they traveled the long road to the Numore Hotel in Carrickmacross for an unforgettable night." Congratulations to the lovely couple especially the beautiful bride, Lisa from all of us here at B.net. If you got married recently, send us a few of your photos. Also, don't forget, we know two wedding photographers in Balbriggan who are very good. Anyway, click on the thumbnail to see the lovely couple. 17.01.10 |
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| Another P.J. Cullen Classic Photo PJ was the photographer in the town in the 1970's and '80's and after a chance meeting with him on Bridge street two years ago, he very kindly agreed to share his huge selection of photographs with B.net. Today's photograph is fantastic photo of a group of lads, maybe a Band???? As usual, we need your help in identifying the "True Locals". Click to enlarge. 17.01.10 |
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| HDR Photography of Balbriggan HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and it combines several photographs into one so it captures the shadows in one photo and the highlights in another and combines it into one. Usually 3 to 4 photographs are taken with a difference of 1 or 2 stops per photo. Robert Smith has sent us in a few such HDR photographs of Balbriggan and one in particular takes our fancy. He has captured the viaduct and the Church spire at a fabulous angle, one we've never spotted before. Anyone interested in trying this type of photography should have a look at Photomatrix. Thanks Robert for the photographs. Click on the thumbnail to see photos. 16.01.10 |
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| Naul Hurling Club 1911 Here is a tremendous photograph almost 100 years old and with all the names. Don't forget, this photo is from very different era when we were part of the UK, severe poverty and very little to do except sport and story telling. The photo is part of The Benton/Curtis Collection and Joe has very kindly made it available to us. We hope you spot some relations or even friends relations in this cracking photo. Click to enlarge. 01.01.10 |
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| Glebe North 1949 Photo Here is a great photograph that was dropped into the office recently. The year is 1949 and it's the Leinster Cup Final (Replay) at Tolka Park where Glebe North were beaten by Whitehall Rangers. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photo and the great thing is we have all the names, enjoy. 16.01.10 |
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| P.J.Cullen Photograph A very poor response to our other PJ Cullen photo from yesterday, in fact not one person has let us know who they could be. Come on, you can do better than that. Here is another photo and it looks like it could be inside Wavin. Do you know who they are? Email us to the usual address. Click to enlarge 15.01.10. Update, and thanks for the emails,The first one in wavin is John Keeling (glasses) and second is Freddie Healy. |
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| Missing Cat This web site is turning into a "Missing Dog/Cat" site. Here is the email " attached is a picture of our Cat Muffin, he is missing again and this time i would like to find out about his other home. He is a nervous cat and does not approach people too readily. he is about 6 years old and went missing once before for about 4/5 months from June to October a couple of years ago and came back back to us in very good condition which is why we assume another home as cats do!! We live in the Lower Fancourt area and have two other cats who miss him too. Thanks Brigid." Email us here if you can help. 14.01.10 |
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| Missing Labrador Still Missing Can we remind people about ths dog, we posted it on the web a few weeks ago but Lisa has asked us to remind everyone again. Here is the mail " missing golden labrador called max from gormanston area , since dec 3rd , has collar with name and number on it. Year and half old. ". Was seen in balbriggan , then walshstown area , could be anywhere. Thanks a mil for posting the ad. Lisa mc Kenna 0873873377. |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book HERE |
| Dog Found in Lidl Car Park Here is a really beautiful dog that was handed into a resident of Hampton Green. The person said they found the dog in the LIDL car park. She has a Jack Russell face and looks as though she is only a few months old. She is very friendly and has been well looked after. If you think you know who owns it, please call us here on 086-8054 275. She was found this evening, Thursday, 14 Jan. Click on the thumbnail to see her. |
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| Another "PJ Cullen Classic Photo" Firstly, many, many thanks for all the emails and Text messages over the past few days, much appreciated. Now, onwards and upwards. We have loads to bring you over the coming days from our Joe, PJ Cullen and others. Today's photograph looks like a classic to us but we have no idea who they are, where or when it was taken. That's where we need your help, if you know who they are, let us know and we'll tell the world. Get cracking. Also, we have added a few more to the Guest Book. 14.01.10 Update, we now have all the names here, click on thumbnail |
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| Declan (Richie) Richardson RIP One of our best friends, Richie, age 46, sadly passed away yesterday (Friday) afternoon in Beaumont Hospital after a short illness. Richie leaves behind a beautiful wife, Nancy and lovely young daughter, Kayleigh. Also his Mother, Noleen, and 5 sisters, Helen, Maura, Elaine, Maeve and Brenda. Originally from Skerries, Richie lived in The Chantries for several years and was based at Gormanston Camp as a tailor. A close friend to us here at B.net and a regular visitor to the site, especially the Guest book. We will miss this beautiful person terribly but are consoled by the fact he had a great life, having done almost everything he wanted to do. After Nancy & Kayleigh, his next love was the Harley Davidson of which he was so proud. He kept it spotless and next planned to travel Route 66 across the USA. Sadly that wasn't to be. Richie, we love and miss you dearly; you brought great love and joy and laughter to our lives, thank you. Funeral after 10am Mass on Monday 11th Jan. 2010 and then to St. Peter & Paul's Cemetery Balbriggan. |
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| Balbriggan Harbour by Joe Flanaghan We have just received this email, we bring it to you in its entirety. "Just reading some of the latest comments on site about Balbriggan Harbour!! It's very evident that the people involved do not keep up to date with Local news (as they claim to). In the Local paper the "Fingal Independent "have carried great articles about a Local Support group called "Balbriggan Harbour Improvement Group"who have been very active for the past couple of months and after a very successful meeting with officals from Fingal Co.Council recently, the local Harbour will be improved with the painting of the LIGHTHOUSE in the very near future as reported in the newspaper , then the Council are looking into the wrecks, but the Lighthouse painted will be a great improvement for the area ,to start with.It's all thanks to the Group headed by Martin Fanning , I believe a "TRUE LOCAL " and all the group who have the town;s interest at heart. Acually one of the lads told me you do some work for the paper , you must be suffering from a severe case of amnesia because the latest article in Dec 09 was very positive about the success of the group ???? I wonder will you Paste this message up on the site as all the lads have a bet to see if you are true to your word . Time will tell . " We reiterate: Balbriggan.net prides itself on it's impartiality. Need we say more? |
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| Barney Greene Tractor Run The Tractor Run took place last Sunday with a huge convey of over 80 tractors which left the Man O'War at 11.30, went out by Ballyboughal, Naul and into Balbriggan at 1pm. It's run for a very worthy cause, St. Francis Hospice in Raheny. We were there to record the event and today we bring you a few photos but hope to bring you the rest in a day or so. Click on the thumbnail. 05.01.10 |
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| Beautiful Photos by Brian & William Brian Howard and William Troy have sent us in some beautiful photographs of the Harbour.........only joking, Ardgillan. One photo in particular, takes our fancy and its the one in the thumbnail. Those of you interested in digital photography, we may have some news for you shortly about a photography course in the town. We will bring you more details when we have same. Thanks Brian & William for the photos, click on the thumbnail to view. 05.01.10 |
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| Dog Reunited With Owners We've just heard that this dog has been reunited with it's owners. More details when we get it. We believe the owners live on Flemington lane and saw their dog on B.net. Can we remind everyone to put a collar on their dog with a phone number. |
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| Balbriggan Harbour As you know, we here at B.net strive to remain totally impartial. We feel that controversy is better suited to a local paper or even a dedicated web site. Having said that, we do have a soft spot for our beautiful Harbour and it hurts us so much to see it neglected while it would not be tolerated in Skerries. We have just been told that the Balbriggan Harbourmaster lives in Skerries, can this be true? Why not a local person? Today we bring you two more correspondences about same. Click on thumbnail to read. 05.01.10 |
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| Local, Jason Richardson Marries American Beauty. Jason met Paula at University while in America on his soccer scholarship. They married in Elkhart, Indiana on September 5th. 27th December saw friends and family gather at Whyte's Pub, Stamullen for a second Reception where the new Mrs Richardson again wore her beautiful gown to universal admiration. There was a terrific turn out and everyone enjoyed a wonderful celebration for the Happy Couple. The B.net team wish Jason & Paula all the very best for the future - thanks so much for sharing some of the photos. Click on the lovely couple to view the photos. 05.01.10. |
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| Lawless & Gibbons 1911 Census While looking through the 1911 Census recently we have come across the Lawless & Gibbons entries. "James" Lawless was 31 in 1911 and his occupation is listed as a Hairdresser whereas "John" Gibbons was 20 and his occupation is Dairyman. Click on the thumbnail to see entries. 04.01.10 |
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| Green Bin Collections. Seán Garvan has sent us an email re the collection of the Green Bins, " Not sure how much of Balbriggan was effected by the cancellation of the green bin collection on Saturday 2nd January but it may be helpful for people from the town that check the site to know when it is rescheduled." Thanks for that Seán. Click on the thumbnail to see the latest information. 04.01.10 |
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| 1911 Census The 1911 Census on The National Archives web site has been modified somewhat. It's easier to search now, click on the thumbnail to see what we mean. Onwards and upwards. |
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| Byrne's & The Baker Visit Balbriggan One of the team, down by the Lighthouse, got talking to three visitors enquiring about Derhams Pub. Telling them that it's now the medical centre, the conversation then turned to how beautiful the harbour was - except for the wrecks, the scrap metal and those abandoned engines. They understood that it's a working Harbour but were really disappointed with the delapidated state, saying how it spoilt the amenity for them. Several other folks have mentioned this to us from time to time, so it's not just a 'one-off' reflection on the state of our town. They wondered if the Harbour Master would know what the situation about cleaning up this disgrace would be - saying that "it wouldn't happen further down the coast". Do please email us if you know who the Harbourmaster is then we can all press to get the eyesores removed. Click on the thumbnail to see the visitors. 03.01.10 |
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| Spaniel Found New Years Day in Hampton Wood Stephen Lawless met our man today Sunday , guess where, at the Harbour, and he had with him a beautiful Spaniel - Is it a Cocker or is it a King Charles ?The dog was obviously lost and Steve has been looking after it but is anxious to have it returned to it's owner. If you recognise this dog, please call Steve on 086-3840 541. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photo |
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| Seán Daly, Birdie Creighton and other Birds We bumped into a few people on our walk this morning including Flan Kiernan who told us that every morning he checks B.net, then RTE, then BBC, nice to know we are up there with the best of sites. We then met Seán Daly and had a great chat and then the Bridie Creighton came along and we all went home......only joking, we had a great laugh. The Harbour is like a magnet to everyone, great atmosphere there, where would we be without it. Click on the thumbnail to see several photographs taken today. 02.01.10 |
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CHARITY TRACTOR RUN TO ROLL ONCE AGAIN.
One of the most popular events in the fundraising calendar is on the horizon once again. The Barney Greene Tractor Run in aid of St Francis Hospice in Raheny has been penciled in for Sunday 3rd January. The convey will leave from outside the Man O' War pub at 11.15am and then head up to Blake's Cross and then over to Ballyboughal. From there it will proceed to Naul and then onto St Peter and St Paul's Church in Balbriggan before returning to the Man O' War. Tickets are now on sale for a raffle and they cost 2 euro each or 10 euro for a book of 6. There will be 8 different prizes up for grabs. There will also be an auction on the day. Music will be provided by 'Morning Dew' on the day. Anybody wishing to participate should contact Barney at 086 0813 725 or Michael Hoey at 086 2465 079. Please bring your insurance certificate with you. THANKING YOU BARNEY GREENE |
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| New Look Train Station We noticed on our walkabout this evening that the train station has had a face lift. It looks as though they widened the entrance steps, a more spacious interior and a wider entrance onto the platform. They have also modified the shelter area which now includes perspex windows to shield the passengers on the cold wintry mornings. We think it looks really well, all we need now is more trains so you don't have to stand all the way to Dublin. Click to see today's photos. 01.01.10 |
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| Violent Waves Hit Balbriggan Harbour The Harbour is where it all seems to be happening at the moment. Today we got some nice seasonal shots but on the 29th & 30th, violent waves were crashing against the Lighthouse and the harbour wall. Thomas Levins has sent us some great photos of waves breaking over the wall, they must be almost 50ft high! It makes you wonder how the Lighthouse is still there. It's a pity they didn't take away that wreck by the Lighthouse and the huge metal boat beside O'Sheas. Thanks Thomas for the photos, click on the thumbnail to see. 01.01.10 |
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| Harbour on New Years Day The Harbour is looking particularly well during this cold snap and on our walk today we got some photos of those who work from there. Ken Griffin was on the "Moonshine" with others trying to get the engine going after the huge waves that came over the wall recently. We also got talking to Meg and Derek and what was supposed to be a quick walk with the dogs lasted over 2 hours. Click to see who you recognise. 01.01.10 |
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Lunar Eclipse Seen From Balbriggan |
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| Is this the same Boat? Last week we took a photo of a boat adjacent to O'Shea's Bar. You can see it in the banner at the top of the page. Then we remembered another photo taken by Barry Mason in 1957. They are both taken at the same location and they look very similar. Vincent Donnelly is in the original photo and he probably built it!!!. If it's the same boat, it's lasted well. More details when we receive same. Onwards and upwards. 31.12.09 |
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| The Sailor Fanning Collection Here is a great photograph thanks to "The Sailor". It shows three ladies holding the Sam Maguire. We have no idea who the ladies are so we are depending on you, around the world to let us know. By the way, please let us know what your views are on our DVD this year and offer suggestions on how we can improve. What do you like/dislike? Anyway, back to today's photo, who are these gals? Click to enlarge. 31.12.09 Update. We now have all the names |
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| Girl Guides & Hampton Two photographs for you today, both from "The Brown Envelope" collection. The first shows a group of Girl Guides, all it says on the reverse is "St. Patrick's Day, 1955" and the other is a photo of Hampton. We have no names for the Guides so feel free to submit. Onwards and upwards. 30.12.09 |
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| Missing Cat at Ashfield We received the following email, Hi, I would be grateful if you could put up a notice about our lost cat. She went missing from Ashfield on the night on Monday the 28th of December. She is mostly black with a white belly and paws. Please contact us with any information on 086-8690 179 or 086-3043 173. Thanks. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 29.12.09. Cat returned safely a few days later |
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Meals On Wheels |
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| Wedding Ring Lost in Balbriggan |
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Beautiful Balbriggan on a Frosty Morning |
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O'Dwyers Christmas Day Swim |
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| Extra Christmas Lights We see that more Christmas lights have been put up on the Square in the last few days and they look very well. The Town or Fingal County Council must have got extra money to place the lights directly over the entrance to the Town Hall and on the "Flagpoles" around the square. We took a few photos yesterday evening, around 5, in the freezing cold, especially for those of you abroad. We hope you like. 22.12.09 |
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| OAP's Party Eventually, we are able to bring you photographs from last weeks OAP party in The Bracken Court Hotel. We had forgotten about it, but thanks to Des Darragh, he rang to remind us of this annual event and we were there within minutes. When we got there, we were surprised to see how many were there and our man got lots of photographs. He started off collecting names of those he photographed but there were so many he had to give up. Click on the thumbnail to view 60 photographs. 21.12.09 |
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| Lawless & Gibbons Funeral Cortege On Drogheda Street Last week we brought you a marvelous photograph from a newspaper showing The RIC men saluting the cortege as it passed the barracks. Today, we show the same cortege on Drogheda street as it made its way past Bath road and on to Balscadden. We also have a photograph showing the Girl Guides on Church street about to parade. 19.12.09 |
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Balbriggan Community Policing Launched |
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Carol Service In St. Georges |
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| Christmas Lights Around Balbriggan We received a few emails from people suggesting houses that we should photograph and put on the web. It's a magical time for young children and we are only to happy to help share the magic. We have three houses for you today. Click on the thumbnail to view. |
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Christmas Morning Swim |
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The Millrace |
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| Christmas Lights Again, this year we think the Christmas lights look great thanks to "The Christmas Lights Committee" and Gerry Murphy who puts up the lights. Our Tony went out tonight to get a few "Snaps" to show those of you abroad, what a beautiful town we have and that it looks amazing lit up. We have to say that The Bracken Court Hotel also looks great as does the new pub, The Millrace (Formally John D's) and we will have more about this pub very shortly. Also, if your house looks "Amazing" with Christmas Light, send us your address and we'll photograph it and put on B.net very shortly. Click on the thumbnail to see the town centre. 14.12.09 |
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| Guest Book Updated | Guest Book Here |
| Vincent Mc Gettrick RIP The death has occurred of the loving Father, Grand-father and Brother, Vincent Mc Gettrick of the Market Green Balbriggan. He leaves behind his Children Susan and Michael his Grand-Children Denise, Vincent, Andrew, Kevin and Nathain his Son-In-Law Francis and Daughter-In-Law Mary and his Sister Ann. He was very much devoted to his family and friends and will be sadly missed by all. There was only one word to discribe Vincent a Gentleman which was noticed by all who knew him. His short stay in Beaumont hospital confirmed this as every member of the staff that cared for him could not describe him in any other way. The family are very greatful for all the hard work and help of all the staff in St Patricks ward in Beaumont hospital and many thanks are sent to the staff. Vincent will be laid to rest with his beloved wife Joan tomorrow (Monday) 14th of December in St Peter and Pauls Cemetery Balbriggan. |
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| This Years DVD By Jack & Joe, Best Ever. We wish to thank everyone who have met us about the town and complemented us on this years DVD by Jack and Joe. Jimmy Lawless stopped us the other day to say it was "Brilliant" and that he told all his friends that the DVD was a "must buy". Gus & Salomie Thompsom have already watched it twice because they thought it was so good. One man bought 4 copies as he was so impressed and the general impression is that a running commentary is far more enjoyabe than just seeing lots of photographs coming up one after another with no names. The DVD is available in McGovern's Vision Radio, Geogh's, House of Gifts, Scanlon's garage and The Fuji Photoshop on Station Street. Click on the thumbnail to view the contents. |
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| Robert Beggs Remembered It's hard to believe a year has passed since the tragic and sudden death of Robert Beggs. Robert was born in Skerries but moved to Balbriggan when he married Gabrielle. Robert is best known for his involvement with The Chamber of Commerce and B.E.A.T Centre. Robert is survived by his widow Gabrielle and children Robert, Karen and Gerard. In recognition of his great work the building at the B.E.A.T centre has been named after him. R.I.P |
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| The Missing Photo From Gala Ball The other night at the Credit Union AGM, Dolores Doyle said her photo wasn't on B.net and she mentioned her friends also was disappointed their photo didn't appear. So we went searching and we found the "Missing Photo" and we bring it to you today. Our sincere apologies, we don't know how it happened . Better late than never. We don't have all the names so feel free to let us know who's who. |
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| Balbriggan Credit Union AGM Photographs The AGM of Balbriggan Credit Union took place in the Bracken Court Hotel on Tuesday December 8th in front of what was the largest attendance in recent memory – approx 250 members. It turned out to be a fantastic night in what was a very fine venue – this being the first time the AGM was held here since refurbishment. The outgoing Treasurer reported another strong performance by BCU given the current financial climate and was able to propose a one per cent dividend to members (which was carried). more |
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| 2010 Balbriggan Calendar Balbriggan Fuji Photo on Station street has asked us to let you know that they now have in stock, a Balbriggan Calendar with beautiful scenic photographs taken by our Tony. We think it would make a nice present for someone along with this years DVD by Jack & Joe. The Calendar costs € 12.99 and for a few extra euro they can personalise it by putting one of your photos on the cover. |
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| Christmas Concert by Brass and Reed St Patrick's Brass and Reed Band is holding a Christmas Concert in St George's Church, Church Street, Balbriggan, on Sunday 13th December at 3.30 Admission is free. This promises to be a great way to get into the festive mood, with old and loved carols and hymns played by our own Town Band. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. |
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| Lawless & Gibbons Funeral Cortege Here is an intriguing photograph that we came across in the scrap book given to us last year. It shows the funeral cortege passing the RIC Barracks (now Tesco) and strangely, the RIC officers salute as it passes. We include a recent photograph of the same spot and we also bring you a newspaper cutting from the Irish Independent 2 days after the event. Makes interesting reading. Click to view. 10.12.09 |
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| Girl Guides 1940 On Laytown Beach This photograph is almost 70 years old and it's from our "Brown Envelope" collection. The great thing is we have most of the names as the are written on the back of the photo and we can just make them out. We even have the date, the 1st of July. A cracking shot which we hope you enjoy. Click to enlarge. 09.12.09 |
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| Paulene Benton (Jack's Daughter) Wedding Blessing Jack's daughter, Paulene, has returned to Australia after several weeks in Balbriggan and this morning she has sent us this email, "Hi Tony, Thought you might like to put this one up on the site . its of Quinn and myself back in August when we went to Bali for our Balinese Wedding blessing. Keep up the great work with the Balbriggan site. all the best.Paulene" Click on the thumbnail 09.12.09 |
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| Car Service In Balbriggan We at B.net are trying to use as much local businesses as we can and yesterday we had our car serviced. We used to go to Swords (Des Darcy) for this but this time we decided to try Balbriggan Service Centre at the rear of the new AIB Bank and we were very happy with the service. We left the 4x4 in at 9am and it was ready at 2pm and it only cost € 200.00 for a full 78,000 miles service. If you are concerned about warranty, you don't need to go to the main dealer any more due to the "Block Exemption 2005" law. Ring Marika, John or Paul on 690 5608 to book your car in for a service, tell them we sent you. |
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Christmas Lights Switched On |
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| 753 Visitors Yesterday, 4338 Pages Viewed We have just received information from our service provider ( 1&1 in London) to tell us that we had 753 visitors to the site yesterday, Monday and that these visitors viewed 4338 pages. We are delighted with these statistics and it shows we are doing something right. Our success, we believe, is that we constantly update the site, we bring you great Balbriggan photos as sent into us by you and we never "Down" Balbriggan. It's a great town and we want to promote it as such. This is a good news web site an we hope to always keep it that way. Thanks again. Click on the thumbnail for proof as to our visitors numbers. 08.12.09 |
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| Loreto Convent & 1930's Church Precession Three great photographs for you today from our "Brown Envelope Collection". The first two are very early Loreto Convent postcards and they show The Concert Hall and The Tennis Courts. The last photo is definitely 1930's and it could be The Eucharistic Congress of 1932. The photographer was standing outside the Church, maybe on one of the gate pillars, so you can see what was opposite the Church where the Car park is now. Comments welcome on this photo please. Click the thumbnail to view the pictures. 08.12.09 |
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| Chamber Of Commerce Gala Ball The annual Gala Ball took place last night in The Bracken Court Hotel and B.net was there to record the event and to show you the style that was on show. Three awards were made, the first to Declan Furlong of Landmark Estates, The second to Gerry Fitzmaurice of The North County Leader and the third to Brian Murray, Town Clerk. It was a lovely night and the hotel staff ( especially the kitchen staff ) received an applause for the excellent food and service. Well done to Chamber members, Sean Staunton, Tom Walsh, Joe English and Tony Murphy for a well organised night. We at B.net would like to thank everyone for their co-operation on the night and we hope you enjoy the 50 photographs you are about to see. We hope we have the names correct but feel free to point out any errors. Click on the thumbnail. 06.12.09 |
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| Hits To Balbriggan.net Soars Ahead The number of people visiting B.net continues to rise at a incredible rate. We are, by far the most popular web site in the town, miles ahead of anyone else and one of the top community web sites in the country. Our home page receives about 600 hits per day but some people go direct to the news page, bypassing the hits counter. For this reason, we are going to show you the latest figures and the good news we have is that, per day, we receive between 3000 and 4000 page views.This is a tribute to the team, The late Jack Benton, Joe Curtis, Tony Healy and all the people who supply us with photographs. Thanks again. Click on the thumbnail to see the details. 06.12.09 |
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| Christmas Lights Turn On At 7pm Monday Balbriggan's Christmas lights will be switched on at 7pm tomorrow (Monday). Santa will be there and fun and entertainment for everyone. We hope to see you there. Lynnette will be there to take your photograph and put it on the site here tomorrow. |
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Balbriggan Credit Union AGM |
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| Golden Labrador Missing From Gormanston Max, male, year and a half old Golden Labrador has gone missing from the Gormanston area since Thursday night. If you see him call Lisa 087-3873 377 or 8415534. He has a collar with his name and phone number on it. |
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| Ireland V France Replay & Tiger Woods Here is a photograph that was sent to us, we don't normally bring you this sort of stuff but we had to make an exception for this. Whoever created this must have spent hours doing so. The headline that came with the photo was "FIFA have granted their permission for a replay of the last half of the extra time section of Wednesday night’s game to take place in Stade de France, Ireland will be playing right to left ..." Click on thumbnail to enlarge, it's just brilliant. Also, we have added the latest photograph taken of Tiger Woods....Poor Tiger. |
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| Christmas Charity Fare Christmas Charity Fare in aid of Mater Hospital Cancer unit at 62 Dublin St Balbriggan. Open 11am to 5.30 pm Monday 2 Saturday. Clothes, toys, bric-brac, Shoes, Jewellery ect .Donations accepted. Please support.. Sale will continue until Dec 17. |
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Cat Found |
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| New Motorway Service Stations Under Construction Anyone traveling to Dublin recently will have noticed the speed restriction and traffic cones just south of Balbriggan, just before you go under the flyover that leads of to Murtaghs of Ballough. As far as we are aware, theses are the first Motorway Service Stations in the country. They will have very little impact on local business because if you do decide to use them, you will then have to travel on and exit at Swords, through two roundabouts, and then back onto the northbound lane to Balbriggan. We'll keep you posted on this. Click on the thumbnail to view the photos.02.12.09 |
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| Ann (Nan) Richardson RIP
The death has occurred of Ann (Nan) RICHARDSON, (née Boylan) of Hamilton Park Nursing Home and formerly Craoibhin Park, Balbriggan. Reposing at Hamilton Park from 6pm today, Tuesday. Removal tomorrow, Wednesday, to Ss. Peter and Paul's Church, Balbriggan, arriving for Mass at 10am. Burial afterwards in St. Peter and Paul's Cemetery. We extend our deepest sympathies to her family, especially Nancy, a very close friend of the team here. 01.12.09 |
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| The McAleers Win Award One of the team was walking up Drogheda Street the other day when out of the blue he was viciously attacked, taken to the ground, verbally attacked and told it would happen again unless he put the photograph on the web of The McAleers with Monica Harford presenting them with their prize which they won at the Awards Night. So, out of total fear, here is your photograph which we hope you like. By the way, that's all a joke but you see, we have 5 line of text to fill here and we couldn't think of anything else to say. Lets hope your relations in Oz get to see the photo. 29.11.09 |
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| Balbriggan Christmas Cards A limited number of Balbriggan Christmas Cards are available now. They are in the usual outlets, McGovern's & Goughs on Dublin Street and they are priced at € 2.00 each. We have released 6 different ones but hurry as we have only printed 300. Click on the thumbnail to view 2 samples. 29.11.09 |
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| Jack Benton's Month's Mind Can you believe it's a month since our dear friend, Jack Benton, passed away. Joe has asked us to remind everyone that Jack's Months Minds Mass will take place at 10am on Tuesday in St. Peter & Paul's Church. |
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| DVD Preview on YouTube The preview is now on YouTube, either search for Balbriggan, The Way We Were or just click on the thumbnail. We have received many complements about the preview, wait till you see the 90 minute DVD. |
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| DVD Preview We have received a few emails informing us that you couldn't open the DVD preview. It was 12 mb but we have removed the start sequence so it's now 7 mb and should download faster. .The DVD will be available in the usual outlets from tomorrow, Friday. |
| Balbriggan, The Way We Were DVD This years DVD, without question, is our best ever. It's almost 90 minutes long of unique commentary by Joe Curtis and the late Jack Benton. Learn the history of Balbriggan from vintage photographs where Jack & Joe share information about each photograph as it appears on screen. We can't speak highly enough of the DVD and to whet your appetite, we are giving you a 5 minute preview. It's 7mb, so it will take between 1 and 4 minutes to download. The DVD will be in the shops this Saturday, McGovern's Gift Shop, Gough's, House of Gifts, Scanlan's Garage and The Fuji Shop. The USA/Canada version is available now. Click on the thumbnail to start downloading the preview. Click HERE to see DVD Poster. 25.11.09 |
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| Bishop Dermot O'Mahony Visits Balbriggan Bishop Dermot O'Mahony visited Balbriggan at the weekend to welcome the new Parish Priest to the town, Fr. Eugene Taaffe. After Mass, The Cathaoirleach, Monica Harford, invited everybody back to the Town Hall for light refreshments. There, Cllr. Grainne Kilmurray welcomed everybody and she handed over to Monica Harford who thanked the Bishop for taking the time to come to the town and then presented him with a small gift. Friends of Fr. Eugene were also there to share in the excitement. We wish him well in his new appointment and judging by the amount of people there from his previous parish, we think we have a well respected PP. Click on the thumbnail to see nearly 50 photographs. 22.11.09 |
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| Girl Guides At Balbriggan Station Here is a great photograph from our "Brown Envelope" collection. We are fairly sure it's the Girl Guides (It's the uniform that gives them away) and they are photographed at the station obviously heading somewhere. Other than that we have absolutely no idea of names or when the photograph was taken. This is when we are hoping you can help. Don't forget, we are always looking for photographs with a Balbriggan connection. Telephone us on 086-8054 275 if you have some photographs you'd like to share with fellow briggers. 21.11.09 |
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| Summer Fest Pitch & Put Cancelled Summer Fest Pitch and Putt fundraiser on Sunday 22nd November has been cancelled due to the bad weather the course is flooded. We intend to reschedule the event in 2010. We would like to Thank you for your support and apologise for any inconvenience caused. |
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The Tech 1966 The Class of 66 Reunion for the Teck took place on Sat 7th November in the Balrothery Inn, guests included Fr. Michael Comer who celebrated Mass earlier in the Loreto Convent and Mr. Michael Bannim, Mary Sharpe with Stage 2 played the night away with many special requests, the food was lovely and the craic was ninety with many fond memories recalled. A donation of €120 was made to St. Francis Hospice. Thanks to everyone who made it a great night. |
| Missing Dog From Gibbons Terrace Dog answers to the name of Pringles - Lost on Sunday from Gibbons Terrace. Colour Black and White - Jack Russell type dog - black tail has white tip. Tel. 086- 8666 064 with any information. The photo we have is of poor quality so we will just have the thumbnail size. 18.11.09 |
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| Folk Singer Peggy Seeger & Fish & Farmers Market Here are a few photographs we meant to bring you some time back but due to the death of Jack Benton, we just didn't get around to it. The first few are of Peggy Seeger during her performance in the Town Hall. A very enjoyable night was had from what we hear and a very pleasant and friendly person to talk to. Also here are photographs of The Fish & Farmers Market which has moved indoors for the winter. Click the thumbnail to see the pictures. 18.11.09 |
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| What's This, Another Tech Photo After the response to the last Tech Photo, it's a wonder we are bringing you another. However, there could be a valid reason for the poor reaction, maybe the un-named pupils weren't from the town. Two photos for you today from the wonderful Benton/Curtis Collection, the second shows our Joe receiving the Captain's Prize from Gerald Gallen. Thanks Joe. Click to see two marvelous photos. 18.11.09 |
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| Computer Problems, Tech Photo & Community College. We apologise for been off the air the past few days. We have moved to a new operating system, Windows 7. While it's fantastic, Photoshop CS3 and Dreamweaver doesn't work on the 64 bit systems. Anyway, we are back now, Tech Photo has some names and the last batch of Community College photos are now on-line. 17.11.09 |
| Peg O'Carroll Surprise 80th Party Peg got the shock of her life when she entered the "Martello Room" of The Bracken Court Hotel on Saturday. She thought she was going for a quiet meal with her family but how wrong was she. A huge crowd was there to share in Peg's celebrations. All her family was there along with extended family and all the Grandchildren. Looking beautiful and fit as a fiddle, Peg looked like she thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the night. We here at B.net wish Peg a belated Happy Birthday. Well done Peg, many more happy birthdays to you. Your family hired our man to go along and get as many pictures and we think he did a great job. Click on the thumbnail to view them. 17.11.09 |
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| Balbriggan Community College The college held and OpenDay/Open Night during the week and our man was employed to take photographs to show the fabulous facilities they have there and something our Tony said to us, a lovely atmosphere whereby the teachers were more like a friend to the pupils than someone in authority. We promised the school we would have more photograph up on the web by the weekend and we always like to keep our promises. We will be adding more photos on Monday. Click on the thumbnail. 15.11.09 Update. All the Community College photos are now here |
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| Quay Street Balbriggan c1960's Here is another great photograph from The Benton/Curtis Collection and it was taken from the Viaduct sometime in the sixties. We are conscious that a lot of you looking at these pictures are new to the town and might not know the location so we have included a more up to date photo taken from the same location. As you can see, Cumisky Coalyard is now a car park. We hope you enjoy these photos. 15.11.09 |
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| World Darts Exhibition A darts exhibition takes place in the Balrothery Inn Lounge on Wednesday the 2nd of December with Adrian "Jackpot" Lewis ranked number 6 in the World and Mick "The Magnet" McGowan. Click on the thumbnail for more details. 15.11.09 |
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| Lots of News Items To Bring You Today From Peggy O'Carroll's Surprise 80th Party, more Community College Photos, Delvin Floods and more photographs from "The Brown Envelope". That's all coming later today.. ......after we have backed up yesterdays wedding. See you in a few hours. 10.41am |
| Sack Of Balbriggan Funeral Our latest addition is a real gem given to us by Vincent Donnelly. It shows the funeral cortege of Seamus Lawless & Sean Gibbons as it made it's way from the Church to Balscadden. We can only imagine the anger the residents of Balbriggan had towards to the Black & Tans at this time and in this photograph the photographer daren't show any of the faces of those in the cortege. Originally a black and white but we have added some colour to give it a new presentation. This photograph is now available at the usual outlets. Click to enlarge. 13.11.09 |
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| The Tech, About 1968, Are You In This Photo? Win € 20.00 Here is a great photo from The Benton/Curtis Collection. We definitely know one of the girls is but we are not doing so well on the others. So who do you recognise? Please email us. As an incentive, the first person to correctly name all the girls will win € 20.00, that's twenty euro, not two hundred. We had a very poor response to The Bellewstown Photo so if you haven't seen that one yet, please have a look down this page. 13.11.09 Update. We have all the names now. Thanks to Ann Hamilton |
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Community College Open Night
Balbriggan Community College Open Night took place last Thursday the 5th November. Tony was there on the night to capture the staff and students in action. The night was a huge success. Potential students got the opportunity to experience the wide range of subjects on offer in the school. Staff and students put a lot of preparation into the night. It was fantastic to see so many students willing to give of their own time and come back to school at night. It was testimony to the great rapport that exists in the school between staff and students. The huge turnout of 5th and 6th class students and their parents/guardians made it all worth while. Earlier that day the schools annual sponsored walk took place. To date 5,600 euro has been raised to help fund the wide range of extra curricular activities offered in the school. It is hoped that when all money has been collected something in the region of 8,000 euro will have been banked.Applications for 1st year 2010 have been flooding in since last Friday. The closing date for applications is Noon on friday the 27th November 09.Successful applicants will be contacted by late December. Click on the thumbnail to see the pictures. |
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| Pitch & Putt 22nd November The Summerfest have asked us to let you know that they have their web site up and running, www.balbriggansummerfest.com/. Also, they have a fundraising event coming up, it's a Pitch & Putt competition. Click on the thumbnail for more details. |
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ELECTRICIAN REQUIRED FOR BALBRIGGAN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS |
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| Guest Book Updated | Click HERE |
| 1950's Bridge Street We now believe we have all the names from this photo. Previously we had Brannigan but it's Branagan and it's not the Gunner, but Fred Thompson. The man beside him is The Miler Reid and then its The Glazer, James Carton. The man on the other side of the road is probably Bill Fox and not Peter Keating. The Garda is more than likely Garda Kenny as opposed to The Whistler Boylan. Thanks to everyone who has helped here. If you bought this print in the shops, we will replace it when we reprint it, with the corrections. Click on the thumbnail. 09.11.09 |
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| Dublin Street Photo. We need your help This photograph is intriguing us. The Feast of Corpus Christi is in June, yet it looks cold in this photo with fires lighting and heavy coats on the locals. Leaves on the trees suggests June. Electricity has arrived in the town, so it has to be after 1933. There is a banner over Scanlons, can you suggest what it might say. Are they Corpus Christi flags on the buildings? Click on the thumbnail Update. We have some comments added to this page now |
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| The Dining Hall Loreto Convent How about this for a photograph, it's actually a postcard. We have no idea of the year, maybe 1940's or even earlier. Let us know what you think. Does this photo stir any memories for you? A reminder to everyone, if you have memories of Balbriggan past, or know someone who has, and would be willing to record them for the web, contact us. Back to this photo, click to enlarge. 07.11.09 |
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| The Gaelic League 1948 Here is another "Brown Envelope" photograph and on the reverse side it says, "Bective, 1st August 1948". We only have one name here so if you know any names, please email us. More tomorrow, so don't forget to tune in. 07.11.09 |
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The Monsters Of Hampton Green |
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| Dublin Street Photograph Here is a smashing photograph that Austin Grogan dropped into us. Austin would like to know if anyone can put a year to it, we see electricity has arrived in the town, the original cross is on the church. At a guess we believe it's late 1930's or early 1940's but no doubt there is someone out there who can help more accurately. Thanks a million for the photo Austin, this is what's needed to keep the site alive. Click to enlarge. 06.11.09 |
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Balscadden Community Hall Christmas Fair |
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| November At The Bracken Court Hotel Three up and coming events this November in the hotel include Aslan and Hannah Montana. Later in the month is Comedy Hypnotist, Adrian Knight. Click on the thumbnail for more details. 06.11.09 |
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| Gala Flower Arranging We have been asked to let you know about these two events, Click to view more details. |
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| Mourne Mountains From Balbriggan Here are two great photographs taken by Jimmy Hamilton from his house on the Skerries Road. It's amazing how clear they can been seen although we have just checked on Google Earth that the distance involved is only 40 miles. On this day the view was particularly good and Jimmy had captured it well. The Cooley Mountains are also visible. 06.11.09 |
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| St. John 1988 Here is a photograph that was emailed to us by Shane McAleer. Hi all at bnet have been given this photo from Christy Kiernans of the St.John taken on the 4th of may 1988 in the picture left to right is myself Shane Mc Aleer, Christopher(biffer Kiernans), Shay Woodhead and Norman (golly) Griffin. Thanks Shane, click to enlarge. 06.11.09 |
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| Wow, loads of tributes to Jack flooding in, Click HERE to read them or click HERE to add your comment |
| Listen To Jack Benton talking about the pubs of Balbriggan and about the time Jack Doyle came to town. Click HERE to download the file, will take about 3 or 4 minutes to start. |
Guest Book Updated Feel free to use the site to pass on your condolences to Jack's family. Click to either read or sign the guest book. |
| Jack Benton RIP It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved, Jack Benton. Jack leaves behind a beautiful family, Chris, his wife of 56 years and children, Marian, Pauline & Fergus. Jack will be a huge loss to us all and especially to this web site which he contributed to so often. Jack passed away peacefully, yesterday afternoon after 83 and a half years, the half was very important to him. We extend our sincere condolences to Chris and the family and to Jack's many friends including Joe & Margaret Curtis whom Jack visited every Sunday morning for nearly 40 years. From myself (Tony) I would like to thank Jack for being a small, but significant part of my life and it was a joy to meet him whenever he called to see me or vice versa. Jack, we thank you sincerely for being such a wonderful person whom everybody loved and he never had a bad word to say about anyone. We miss you Jack, God Bless.... Enlarge the thumbnail to see one of the last photos taken of Jack. |
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| Looking For A Man With A Van Balbriggan Dramatic Society are looking for a man with a van. It must be a high roof van so to carry the stage. We need it for Wednesday afternoon and also for Sunday. There must be somebody out there that could give us a hand. Any queries please contact Grainne Maguire 087/9436650 |
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| Bellewstown 1942 Photo Here is another photo from The Brown Envelope and this time it's Bellewstown during the war. We have some of the names including a young Fintan Walsh, Brian Regan and Tony Dowling. We have put a number on each person so if you can add any names, please let us know. 01.11.09 |
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| 1968 Choir Photo Here is another photograph from "The Brown Envelope" that was dropped into the office some weeks back. This is a great photo, we presume early 1970's and we have most of the names, Geraghty's, Guildea,Casey, Heffernan to name a few. Just guess what we are going to say next.............You guessed, click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 29.10.09 |
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| Bridge Street Then & Now Our man is besotted by this 1950's picture, so much so, he has attempted to recapture the exact scene. He even asked passers by to stand in certain places as per the original. Anyway, after about an hour of refusals, he gave up and just took the photo as was. Within inches, we think he is spot on to the original. Click on the thumbnail and see what you think. 28.10.09 |
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| O'Dwyers GAA Calling all Footballers!! Pre-Season Training is starting on Tuesday 3rd November at 7pm. Meeting at O'Dwyers GAA Club, Hamlet Lane, Balbriggan. All levels welcomed, and new players always welcomed. For more information please contact info@odwyersgaa.com. |
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| Guest Book Updated Have a look at the Guestbook as we have added some new entries and there are some people looking for information. 28.10.09 |
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| Balbriggan Store Picks Up Prestigious Gala Award LOCAL Gala retailer, Orange’s Gala, Balbriggan was awarded the B.E.S.T Food Market under 1,500 sq ft award at this year’s Gala annual conference at the Carton House Hotel in Maynooth. The award-winning store, owned by David Orange, beat off stiff competition from over 200 Gala retailers across Ireland to pick up one of the most prestigious awards of the night. more |
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Fish & Farmers Market Concert This Saturday Evening |
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| 1950's Bridge Street Balbriggan Here is another photograph to add to our collection of vintage Balbriggan. We have recoloured the photograph and given it a modern presentation along with a narrative as to who the people are in the photo. We sincerely thank Jimmy, Jack, Phil and Mr. A for their help with this lovely photo. It's now available in McGovern's Gift Shop, Dublin Street and The Fuji Photo Shop, Railway street. It can also be viewed in the Library for the month of November. Click on the thumbnail to see how it looks framed. 28.10.09 |
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Guide Dogs Cards & Calendars |
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| Memorial Ceili in O'Dwyers Tony McNulty Memorial Ceili in O'Dwyers GAA Clubhouse, Bremore, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin on Friday night 6th November. Music by Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band. Dancing from 9pm. Fear an Ti Joe Condron. Refreshments served. Everyone welcome. 28.10.09 |
| Balbriggan, The Victorian Collection in The Library Our Victorian collection is proving very popular and during the month of November it will be on display upstairs in the Library. Also there, will be "The Way We Were" collection of 1955 Balbriggan. More anon. 27.10.09 |
| 1950's Bridge Street Balbriggan Photo Here is a brilliant photo of Bridge Street Balbriggan c1950. We are working on this photograph and with the help of several people we have lots of the names. Unfortunately, these people, closest the camera, are suffering the effects of a poor lens but we still think we should be able to identify them. We believe that the Gunner Kelly is one of them and a Reid of Fullam Tce is also mentioned but does anyone know who the lady with the pram is? We hope to bring you this photograph in its entirety very shortly with the names. The photograph was taken at the corner of Bridge Street/Clonard Street. Thanks to JH, and Mr A for all their help with this photo. Click to enlarge this section of the photo and maybe suggest names of those in it. 27.10.09 |
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| AIB Bank & John D's This is for those of you abroad. The AIB Bank on the Square have moved into a new building on The Harry Reynolds road near the Passport office. It's a long walk to the new premises which won't suit the elderly. Also here is a photo of the ongoing work at John D's where they have removed all the tiles which were once green and then painted many a different colour over the years. Click on the thumbnail to view the photos. 27.10.09 |
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| Balbriggan Town Council Annual Awards The Annual Awards took place last Thursday and our man was there to capture the presentations. Awards from the "Best Hanging Basket" to "Sports person of The Year" were presented throughout the evening. An Cathaoirleach, Monica Harford did a great job keeping the night running smoothly. We have created a 5 minute slide show and it's available on YouTube. Our apologies to Cllr. Grainne Maguire, we forgot to include her name in the credits. Click on the thumbnail, we hope you enjoy. 26.10.09 |
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| Table Quiz This Thursday Balbriggan Dramatic Society are holding a Table Quiz this Thursday in the hotel. Teams of 5 are required at € 40.00 per table but don't worry if you can't make the full table, come along with as many as you can. If anyone would like to donate a prize, please contact Grainne, 087-9436 650. |
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| Michelle Daly To Marry Dermot Murray We received the following email,"Michelle Daly ( Balrothery) and Dermot Murray (Balbriggan) who recently got engaged while on a Mediterranean Cruise." Congratulations guys, when is the BIG day? Pssssssst, we know two great wedding photographers if you're interested but don't tell everyone!!!!!!! Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photo. 23.10.09 |
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| Broadmeadow Repair Latest Here are two great aerial photographs of the work in progress at the Broadmeadow Estuary. The viaduct collapsed several weeks ago and this has had a detrimental effect to Balbriggan people commuting to Dublin. Initially it was thought it could take up to a year to repair but it looks like it will be back in action late November. Thanks to Ian Lawless who email us these photos. Click on the thumbnail to view. 22.10.09 |
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| Balbriggan Photographs The Entire Collection It has been pointed out that we should have one page with all the Balbriggan photographs that are for sale. From the "Victorian Collection", "The Way We Were" and our Modern collection they are now all on the one page. They can also be seen in The Fuji Shop on Railway Street and McGovern's Gift Shop. Click on the thumbnail to see the entire collection. 21.10.09 |
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| Quiz night in Aid of Zambian Mission 2009. This November, two Students, Cian Mc Leod and Ernesta Siusaite, of Balbriggan Community College along with Sporting Fingal F.C. and two students from St. Joseph's in Rush will be travelling to Zambia on an aid mission this November. While at the commune in Mongu, the students will partake in various activities such as baby care, physiothetaphy sessions, teaching basic literacy skills and manual labour. The project is currently fundraising money to donate to the community there. This Thursday, 22nd October, a quiz night is being held in the Milestone Inn at 8:00 pm. Tables of four cost €40 on the night for a wonderful night with spot prizes to be won. Please come support while having a wonderful night. Any queries or questions can be made to Cian Mc Leod on 085-2862656 or to cian.mcleod@hotmail.com |
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| Halloween Safety in Balbriggan. A Safer Halloween………No tricks but plenty of treats at Balbriggan Town Hall on Friday 30th October. More |
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| Des Creighton 60 Today Two photographs were dropped into the office today and the details are taken from the reverse side of each. The first photo says "Guess who is 60 today, Des Creighton" and then it says "John Donnelly as Mole". The other photo is John Donnelly 41 years ago. As far as we know this is Des Creighton of High street but we cant be sure. Happy birthday Des. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 20.10.09 |
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| Glenn Brogan Marries Bridget Hoare This beautiful couple from Balrothery tied the knot in St. Peter & Paul's Church Balbriggan on Friday. The Celebrant was Fr. Padraig O'Sullivan and the best man was Christopher Nugent and Crystal McGuffin was the chief Bridesmaid. The Gods were certainly looking down of "The Brogans" as the weather was magnificent and this made taking the photographs at Ardgillan Castle a real pleasure. After that it was off to The Newgrane Hotel in Navan. Our Tony was the photographer along with Lynnette McNally and they tell us the couple were a dream to photograph. We here at B.net wish Glen & Bridget much love and happiness and of course good health. Click on the thumbnail to view about 20 photographs. |
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| Eric Campbell's New Video Here's another great video by the very talented Eric Campbell. The Video accompanies a beautiful song "Think" by Electric Avenue and the lead singer is the Fiancé of Eric. Last year Eric produced and sang "Cody Say's" which was recorded on a Balbriggan Beach. Click on the thumbnail to watch this video and leave a message saying you heard about it on B.net. Best of luck Eric & Sharon and Electric Avenue, great song and great video. 13.10.09 |
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Help Required We received the following email,"Could you please explain how I could access the Loreto Convent, Balbriggan 1911 Census? My GrandAunt - Sr. Gerome sir name - Phelan I believe was a nun there and would have been born about the 1850's to 1860's. I have tried the Balbriggan Census but could not see any Phelan. Would the Convent come under some other name? I am doing a family tree at the moment. I have a name and address : Sr M. Gerome, Loretto Convent, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. Regards, Marie Nolan". Email us and we'll pass on the information |
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| Christy Geraghty's Balbriggan. Part 3 We apologise for the delay in bringing the next episode of Christy Geraghty's Balbriggan. It was in March that we last heard from Christy. In today's episode Christy looks at several old Balbriggan photographs including High Street, Manchester Avenue (Market Green) and he also talks about the death of a 16 year boy in the Salt Works when he fell into the boiling water. Click on the thumbnail to download this full screen audio visual. Problems viewing AV 12.10.09 |
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| 1956 Girl Guides Today we bring you the other half of the photo that we published on the 2nd of October. We have received several names but we met someone the other day who could name a good few but yet we never received an email from them. So please, if you know any of the names of the girls in this photo, email us. We need two way traffic to keep this site as one of the best community sites in Ireland. We'll bring you the photos but you have to contribute also, so come on, names please everyone. On another note, please sign the Guest Book, even if you've done so already, let us know where you are, who you are and why you visit Balbriggan.net. Also, how can we make this site even better, let us know what you like about the site and what you don't like. Click to enlarge this photo. 11.10.09 |
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| Guest Book Updated We have a few new entries in the Guest book over the past few days. |
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| Mill Street View c1903 This famous photograph have been given a major makeover and whole new presentation. It's part of our "Victorian Balbriggan" collection which is almost finished. We think these would make great presents and an ideal Christmas present to send to loved ones abroad, without the frame of course. Call into McGovern's Gift Shop or The Fuji Shop or email us here for more details. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge this photo. 09.10.09 |
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| Pet Competition at Summerfest Here are a few photographs that we totally forgot to put on the web, so apologies to those of you who we told their photo would appear on B.net "in the next day or so". These photos were were taken in July and there are some lovely dogs along with a Guinea Pig. We have some names but if you spot someone you know and we don't have the name, please email us. Click on the thumbnail to enjoy the photos. 08.10.09 |
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| Guest Book Troubles Biggest mistake we ever made was to suspend the Guest Book because of spam. When we tried to get it going again, it just wouldn't work. That is until now, we hope. Hopefully the Guest Book is working again, feel free to give it a try. 07.10.09 |
| Victorian Balbriggan Collection We have added two more photographs to our collection, this time it's Dublin Street and The Martello Tower. These are well known photographs but this time they have been given a whole new look and presentation. These are some of the earliest photographs taken in Balbriggan c1903. The entire collection is available to view in The Fuji Photo Shop Railway Street and McGovern's Gift Shop. Click on the thumbnail to view. 06.10.09 |
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| Ann McHale's 21st Party This must have been one of the biggest 21st parties we've seen in a long time, so big in fact our man thought it was a wedding when he got there. Anyway, Ann McHale from Balbriggan looked beautiful as she partied away the night at The Glenside Hotel. Some of Ann's relations came all the way over from the states to share in her big night. Ann hired our man to capture some high quality photographs and we bring you a sample few here today. Congratulations Ann, we hope you had a great night. Click on the thumbnail to see some of the photographs. 05.10.09 |
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| Community College 1992 Reunion Reunions seem to be very popular at the moment and this weekend saw the class of "92 get together in the Bracken Court Hotel. A committee was formed some months back to organise the event and we got a call to ask us to come along and take a few pic's. A mini shrine was there to remember the 3 who are sadly no longer with us, Joe, Wayne & Mary. We are missing a few names and maybe some of our spellings are suspect so feel free to email any corrections. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 05.10.09 |
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| Darts Exhibition In Balbriggan There was a darts exhibition on in the hotel at the weekend with proceeds going to charity. Some of the biggest names in darts were there including Vincent Van Der Voort along with the "The Voice" 180, Russ Bray. Our Tony went along to get a few snaps of the crowd there. Click on the thumbnail to see who was there. 04.10.09 |
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| 1956 Girl Guides Here is half a photograph that was dropped into the office by an unknown person. We only bring you half the photo as there are over 30 girls in it and in order to try and identify as many as possible, we are bringing you the left side of the photo. All it says on the back is "Corpus Christi 1956" and we have numbered everyone so there is no excuse for people not to email us with names. Whoever dropped in this collection, we sincerely thank you and they are available for collection now. 02.10.09 |
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| Dublin Street c1903 Today, as promised we move further down the street to where the Credit Union is now. Grogran's, Whites and Larkin's are just some of the names we have in this photo. This photo in it's entirety will be available to purchase in McGovern's Gift shop and The Fuji shop Railway Street Wednesday the 7th of October and a preview will be available here tomorrow. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge this section of the photo. Enjoy, and feel free to send us more information. On another point, 500 hits yesterday and no Guest Book entries.......Hellooooooo, anyone out there. 02.10.09 |
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| Dublin Street c1903 1st of October, where has the year gone. Another marvelous photograph from The James Valentine Collection and this time it's of Dublin Street. Actually it was nearly taken from the same spot as the photo below. Again we have zoomed in on the left hand side of the photo with names of the business. On one of the shops the name "Corry" appears but it should have been Coary and the sign maker misspelt the name and it was never changed. Tomorrow we will take a closer look further down the street, my this is exciting......... Soon this photo will be mounted and framed and available to purchase. Click on the thumbnail to see today's photos 01.10.09 |
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| Dublin Street 1930's Here is a smashing photograph that Vincent Donnelly gave us. It was taken from opposite Scanlon's garage and it's probably a Corpus Christi procession to the Church. We have included a close-up of the front people to see if anyone can suggest names. Also include is a photo taken today, big changes since then. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 30.09.09 |
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Balbriggan Town Council Awards - Nominations |
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| Final Close-Up View of 1903 Balbriggan Photo Today we bring you a close up Drogheda Street and in it we have added the names of business down the years from Corcoran's on the hill to McCanns bar on the corner of Mill st. We thank Jack Benton, Jimmy Hamilton and Vincent Donnelly for their help in this manner. We think we can see a Penny-Farthing (arrowed),and the poles are carrying telephone cables as electricity only came to Balbriggan in about 1933. If anyone spots anything else, please let us know. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 30.09.09 |
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| Another View Of 1903 Balbriggan. The other day we looked closely at the left hand side of this photo and today we are looking at the other side of the road. In this section we can see Thomas Carey Solicitors Office, an RIC man amongst others. We also show you how today you can see the Smyco Chimney which doesn't appear in the original. In tomorrows photo we will zoom up Drogheda Street. If you spot anything that we are missing, please let us know. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.29.09.09 |
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| Traditional Music Fundraiser Traditional Irish Music night in the Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul in aid of Zambian Mission 2009. Thursday 1st October 2009 @ 8:30 pm. Tickets €10 at the door. Light refreshments served. |
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| Labrador Found in Hampton Green This dog was found in Hampton Green this evening around 6pm. He has PETSAFE on his collar which we think is to stop him barking. Telephone 086-8054275. Click to enlarge photo. Max has been reunited with its owner. Another happy ending story. Can we remind all dog owners to make sure their phone number is on the dogs collar. |
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| c1903 Balbriggan Photograph Explored Here is a photograph we have all seen. It was taken in c1903 and is part of The James Valentine Collection of Dundee, Scotland. Besides that, with the help of computers and native Balbrigganers, we have been able to explore and gain more information from this photograph than was hitherto possible. Today, we are zooming in on the left hand part of the photo and comparing it with a photo taken today. This photograph is also available to purchase from McGoverns Gift Shop and The Fuji Photo Shop Railway Street......PLUG, PLUG, PLUG. Click on the thumbnail and start exploring and please email us any information you have about this photo. 28.09.09 |
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| Darts Exhibitation in Hotel Hi all at Balbrigan .net just to let everyone know there is another darts exhibition on in the Bracken Court Hotel next Friday the 2nd of October. On the night 3 dutch stars of the game Jelle Klassen, Michael Van Gerwen and Vincent Van Der Voort will be joined by local dart star Mick McGowan. All the games will be called by "The Voice" Russ Bray. 8pm start and only €10.00 entry fee. Tickets can be got from the Bracken Court Reception. Regards Barry Gosson. Click on thumbnail for more details |
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| Beach Clean-Up The Irish Seal Sanctuary is organising a beach clean-up of King's strand, Blackrock beach in Balbriggan on the 4th of October and needs volunteers to partake. It would be great if you could mention this on your website and ask people to contact the Sanctuary on 01 8354379 if they would like to join us or for more details. |
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| Night Train Balbriggan And Bridge Street c1905 We have now added 4 more Balbriggan scenes to our photographic collection which is available in the town. The first is a composite photograph showing a train passing over the Viaduct at night. The second shows The Carnegie Library also by moonlight. The next is a photograph taken from the Martello Tower looking back at the Harbour with Skerries in the background. The last is from the James Valentine Collection looking down Bridge Street c1905 and we have given the original presentation a new look. Click on the thumbnail and scroll down to see the entire collection. 26.09.09 |
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| More Names Added We now have most of the names for this Classic Photograph. Click on the thumbnail to see the new names. 26.09.09 |
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| Stephenson's Reunion Night It was such a big occasion that we had to send along two photographers, Jack & Tony. Our guys were there at 8pm but it was nearly 9pm before the crowds started to arrive. Our photographers were instantly recognised and everybody was delighted to have their photograph taken for the web site. There was a great atmosphere with gales of laughter to be heard regularly. Our guys got some lovely photographs and if you see one that you would like, let us know (086-8054 275) and we'll arrange to get it to the Fuji Shop on Railway street where you can pick it up for € 2.00. Jack & Tony would like to thank everybody for their co-operation. Click on the thumbnail to view all the photos. 20.09.09 |
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| Gerry's London Lads Play The Balbriggan "Our Lads" The seed for this match was sowen in April on a facebook conversation between two former Derham Park lads Gerry Guildea and Paul Barlow and bore fruition on Saturday 12th September in the football grounds of the Cock Tavern, Gormanston. I scoured London looking for ex work & football colleagues willing to give up their weekend with their friends and family to cross the water to the land of my fathers.Click on the thumbnail to read Gerry's account in full. |
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| Balbriggan Sunrise For Sale Due to popular demand, several photographs that have appeared on this web site are now available in the shops. The one that seems to be catching everyone's eyes is a Sunrise taken last weekend. The collection is available in numerous sizes up to 16 by 12 Inch from McGovern's Gift Shop and The Fuji Photo Shop Railway Street. We are also accepting on-line orders where we will post the image without the frame. If interested, ring or email us. Click on the thumbnail to see some examples. |
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Melanie Sherwin & Rory McCaffrey Get Married. |
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| Shauna Gallagher & Chris Evers Debs Another Debs, this time our man was sent to Flemington Park to photograph a beautiful couple, Shauna Gallagher and Chris Evers. Tony got some lovely family photos along with some neighbours who dropped in for a drink. Oscar was a bit put out by all the attention Shauna was getting but a few doggie biscuits saw him right. Congratulations Shauna, you looked stunning as did Chris, we hope you had an enjoyable night up in Dundalk. Click on the thumbnail to view all the photos which we hope to add names to over the coming days. 17.09.09 |
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| Balscadden FC Are Looking For A Sponsor. Hi guys just wondering if you could put up on the site that Balscadden FC are looking for sponsors for there teams if anybody is out there willing to sponsor one of the many teams that we have in the NDSL football leagues, It's a cheap way of advertising their businesses around the north county Dublin area and even as far as Drogheda and Maynooth and Leixlip as these are all in the leagues the school boys play in. More |
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Balbriggan Community College Balbriggan Community College wishes to make it known that our school Open Evening for 5th and 6th class pupils and their parents takes place on Thursday the 5th November 09 from 7.30 pm to 9.00pm.Enrolment for 1st year 2010 takes place between 9.00am on Friday the 6th of November and 12 noon on Friday the 27th on November 09 as per our Admissions policy.Further details will be available to primary schools in the catchment area in early October . |
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Stephenson's, Doublecrest, Healthtex Reunion There is a BIG reunion this Friday of workers from the above companies. The reunion will take place in The Milestone this Friday, 18th Sept. at 8pm. It's € 10.00 a ticket and contact any of the following, Helen 8411964, John 8416464, Val 086-0801375, Patrice 086-3700006 or Bernie 8413665. Balbriggan.net will be there on the night to take as many photographs as possible. So come along, it promises to be a great night. See you there. |
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Death Notice. Please click on the thumbnail.14.09.09 |
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| Patsy & Maureen Rooney 50th Wedding Anniversary This well known and well liked couple, help a bash to end all bashes at The Bracken Court Hotel. Our Jack Benton was invited and wherever Jack goes, he always has his camera and each time he takes a photo he's asked, "when will it be on Balbriggan.net?" That's great to hear and we always oblige. Jack took over 30 photographs on the night. Congratulation Patsy & Maureen from all of us here at B.net. Click on the thumbnail to see who was there and view the style. 14.09.09 |
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| Coffee Morning This Thursday In Aid Of Hospice
Would it be possible for you to post an ad letting the people of balbriggan and surrounding areas know that there is a coffee morning on thursday 17th september in aid of st francis hospice Raheny at the Bracken Court Hotel "reception area". it starts at 10.30am and goes on till 7pm.everyone welcome and please bring a friend. enjoy a coffee and a chat! so please support this cause by donating what you can. thanks. 14.09.09 |
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| Another Classic Photo, late 1960's. This photo, along with two others was dropped into the office the other day and to say it's a classic is an understatement. We can just about make out the writing on the back that says "Late 1960's". There is over 30 people in the photo and it looks like it was taken with a professional camera, judging by the quality. We have numbered everybody so please let us know if you spot anyone you know. We have not had one email to the Sailor Fanning School Photo brought to you on the 7th of this month. So please, if you spot anyone you know, please email us the names for this photo and the Sailor Fanning School Photo. Whoever dropped in this photo to the office, its ready for collection now. Click on the thumbnail to enjoy. 12.09.09 |
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| Our Man on Pirate Radio Firstly, we have to say that this has nothing to do with Balbriggan, the only reason it's here is because one of the team was a pirate radio DJ for several years but some locals don't believe it. Our Tony used to broadcast on several radio stations in the '90's, Radio Dublin and the local pirate for Balbriggan, Pulsar 98fm. The Two Tony's Radio Show, as it was called, was a mixture of comedy sketches, banter and jokes and we came across this cd of one of their shows. As we said, what you are about to hear is nothing to do with the town but if your interested in hearing two guys have a really great time and enjoying each others company, click on the thumbnail to download one show of Tony Lynch and Tony Healy from 2001. It will take about a minute to 90 seconds to download and it may look like nothing is happening, so just be aware of that..12.09.09 |
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| Another Dog Found In Town Centre Can you believe it, another dog, female, found rambling around the town. One of the team spotted her this morning in Hampton Green. She was picked up for her own safety and is in good hands but the person who found her is anxious to return it to the owner. If you know who owns this dog, get in touch with us here, 086-8054-275. This is a beautiful little pup. 10.09.09. This dog has been reunited with its owner. Thanks to everyone who helped. |
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| Dog Found at Westbrook on Naul Road. "I found a dog, female at the entrance of westbrook on Naul road Balbriggan, she has no collor or not chiped, she is about 5 months old and like a little fox and dirty white in color, a cross between a westie and a terrier ph. 01-8411167 for information on dog or ph. ashton dog pound on 01-8383236. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photo. 10.09.09 |
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| Balbriggan Golf Club Present Cheque's to AWARE & Hospice. The local golf club presented two worthy causes with cheque's to help with their running costs. Oliver Smith was there on behalf of AWARE and Dee Liannane was there on behalf of St. Francis Hospice Raheny and they both expressed their gratitude to the golf club for their very generous presentation. Great to see that during a recession, charity donations are not the first to be affected. 09.09.09 |
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| Annual Flower Show Balbriggan & District Horticultural Society held their annual flower show in the community college at the weekend. Apparently it was a great day and our man, Jack Benton was there to record the day. Jack isn't available to us at the moment so when don't have any names. Hopefully, we will get the names soon. Click to see about 20 photographs. 09.09.09 |
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| Two Recent Deaths Two deaths have taken place recently, Rose Guildea and William Richardson. We extend out deepest sympathies to both families. 09.09.2009 Here is a photograph of Rose Guildea who died recently in Beaumont Hospital. This photograph was taken last year at her son's wedding and was requested to be placed here by her family who miss her deeply. Rose Guildea RIP. |
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| Fish & Farmers Market Review A review of the operation of the Balbriggan Fish & Farmers Market will be conducted in late September 2009.If you have views/suggestions on the operation of the Market, they should be sent in writing to Brian Murray, Town Clerk, Balbriggan Town Council, Town Hall, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin or email to balbriggantowncouncil@fingalcoco.ie on or before Friday 20th September 2009 |
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| Sailor Fanning School Photo Another gem from the Sailor's collection only this time we don't have a clue what school it is, when it was taken or do we know anyone in it. Hopefully within the next few hours we will have some information. 07.09.09 |
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| Martin Mullen RIP. We have received news of the sudden death of Martin Mullen in France. More details when we receive. 01.09.09. The following is taken from RIP.ie.The death has occurred of Martin MULLEN of Chapel Gate, Balbriggan, Dublin Suddenly, while on holiday in France. Reposing at his home from Monday, September 7. Removal on Wednesday, September 9, to S.S. Peter and Paul Church, Balbriggan, arriving for 10am Funeral Mass, followed by Cremation in Glasnevin Crematorium. Family flowers only, please. Donations in lieu to Beaumont Hospital Foundation. Basket at Church. Date published: Saturday, September 05, 2009 Date of death: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
| Aisling Cummins Debs Photographs. Aisling Cummins & John Carney both looked amazing when they posed for photographs by our Tony at Seapoint. Gertie Sheilds hired a professional photographer to make sure she got the best possible photographs of her beautiful Granddaughter. Aisling, who used to go to the Loreto in Balbriggan, then made her way to The Headford Arms Hotel in Kells with John and told us she had a great night. Enjoy the photographs here. 07.09.09 Update, we have been asked to add two photographs of Rebecca & Matthew Shields to Aislings page, so please click again to see two beautiful children. |
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| Balbriggan Racing Pigeon Club Here is a cracking photograph from "The Sailor Fanning Collection" and we know very little about this so we are depending on the B.net surfers to help us out. What year was it? Where was the photo taken. Hopefully we'll have some information very shortly. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge (Can we stop saying this from now on) 04.09.09 Update. We now have most of the names. |
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| Millfield Shopping Centre Balbriggan We have all seen the cranes up beside the Cemetery and we even brought you views from the cranes but here is the official web site. The biggest Tesco Extra in Dublin. Click on the thumbnail to go to their web site. 04.09.09 |
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| Storm Hits Town in 1977 Here is a photograph of the harbour in the 70's when it was hit by a bad storm, so bad in fact that it demolished the harbour wall. The lighthouse became an island and a boat anchored there was in danger of breaking its moorings and being washed up on the beach. The next time you're down by the lighthouse, look for the new section. This photograph is very kindly given to us by Sailor Fanning. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 03.09.09 |
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The Lookalikes Are Back! |
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