Balbriggan Football Club. Monday night(27th) at the Bracken Court Hotel was the place to be for the club to announce plans for their new clubhouse on Bath Road. David Blood, president of the FAI was there to congratulate the club along with Trevor Sargent, Joe Corr, Jim Glennon, Michael Kennedy and others. Our reporters, Martin & Tony were there on the invite of Michael O'Regan. Click on the thumbnail to see the photos. 28.02.06

Balbriggan Photos with music. Following on from the success of last weeks Wedding Slide Show this week we have put together some of the very old Balbriggan photos along with some modern ones, some even taken today Sunday 26th. This is ideally aimed at those with broadband as it's 23mb but if you are on dial-op expect to wait about 20 minutes for it. Click on thumbnail to start downloading.

St Peter & Paul's School Photo. Earlier on this month we brought you part of this photo on the 1946 class and today we bring you the entire photo. Not only do we bring you the photo but we have all the names. We reckon all these kids are in their mid sixties now so see if you can recognise anyone. 26.02.2006.

Local Fishermen. Here is a photo by one of the team, taken recently of Sean Daly and another local fisherman who's name we have forgotten. The second photos is Sean with another local, Jamie Richardson. Sean has a keen interest in local history and is a great talker and a very friendly manner. We hope you see this Sean.26.02.06

Helen. Here is a photo that was given to us by messes Benton & Curtis and it shows local woman, Helen (awaiting surname) when she worked as a telephonist in Wavin. One of the team met Helen recently and told her of this photo of which she was intrigued. So here it is Helen, we hope you like it. Click on thumbnail to enlarge. 26.02.2006

Wedding Competition on 98FM. Local couple,Caitriona & John, were one of the 5 couples in a competition on a Dublin Radio station with a chance to win a wedding worth € 50.000. Voting was by text or on-line and at one stage Caitriona & John were way ahead of the other couples. Unfortunately, due to what 98FM called "Voting Irregularities", voting was suspended, all the couples names were put in a hat, and one of the other couples were picked out. 26.02.06

Jack Benton update Yesterday Jack Benton returned to the hospital who cared for him when he broke his hip in an unfortunate accident on Christmas Day and the specialist was astounded at his recovery rate. Jack, as usual, was unfazed and said he was keeping positive and would be fighting fit in no time at all. Jack is using one crutch as an aid when walking ... 'just to take the weight off the old leg', as he puts it. Not bad for a guy only a short time from his 80th birthday and who had a plate and three screws fitted to his hip only 6 weeks ago. We at Balbriggan.net continue to wish him well and look forward to his full recovery. 21.02.06JC

Loreto Convent Balbriggan Class Reunion......  A wonderful event took place on Feb.18th when the class of 1970 meet up for the first time since their school days in Balbriggan Loreto Convent. After a short service the class got a tour of the school and grounds and finished off the evening with a meal in the Bracken Court Hotel. B.Net was there to record the day.Click on thumbnail to view photos. 21.02.06 MF

Wedding Slide Show----Only for those with broadband. One of the team, Tony, is a professional wedding photographer and today we bring you the wedding of locals Richard Corr & Emily Kinsella as a 4 minute slide show with music. Tony, working with PhotographyPlus, has produced this slide show for your approval but make sure you have broadband as it will only take 30 seconds to download,  10 minutes if you're on dial-up.This is a short version of what you receive on DVD, we hope you enjoy. Click on thumbnail to see.20.02.06

North County Dublin and Meath Pakistan Earthquake Appeal.... Message from Carol O Byrne....The appeal was a great success and three containers are now on their way to Pakistan full of warm clothing and blankets.The money which is left over wil be used to send containers of galvanised shelters to the people who were left homeless after the earthquake.A big thank you to all who supported the appeal in any way.....Well done Carol and all the gang from Martin and all the team at balbriggan.net

Wavin Soccer Team from the 70s. We received this photo by email from Martin Reilly " It’s of the Wavin Soccer team that played for many years in the Drogheda Summer League. This is a photo of the team that did the double, winning the league and the cup in the same season. The photograph was taken in the Lourdes Stadium, the home of Drogheda FC (not United as they are known now) before the Cup Final.". Thanks Martin for a great photo. 17.02.06

Balbriggan Drama Group. The local drama group are meeting this coming monday, 20th, in the Combined Clubs(opposite the Bank Of Ireland). They are actively seeking new members for their latest play, so if you fancy threading the boards or working behind the scenes, please come along, you will be most welcome. If you require more information, please email us at info@balbriggan.net

News Paper cutting from 1993. Here is a cutting that will bring back happy memories for our Tony. It's the local newspaper, "Fingal Independent" and they published this photo along with the story of how they met on the local "Pirate"Radio station. Click to enlarge. 15.02.06

St Peter & Paul's School Photo(Part of). Here is part of a photo that we came across. The year  is 1946 and we have "zoomed in" on eight pupils. Luckily we have all the names and we will bring you the overall photo in the coming days. On the subject of names, we have received some emails with names, firstly for the 1970 Loreto from Linda Baranian in west Yorkshire, Click HERE and from Bridget Geraghty giving some names for the girls day out, click HERE. 15.02.06

1940's Smyco or Glebe Photo. We would like to thank Mick Mooney for this photograph taken in the '40's. We are not sure if it's a Smyco or an early Glebe North team photo. If you know what team it is, please let us know. Thanks Mick for a truly great shot. 15.02.06

Gallens Mill House---Now Gone. Mill House was demolished last week to make way for a car park at the new development on Mill Street. Apparently the house was in a bad state of repair and had to come down. Normally we only have exterior photos of such buildings before demolition but thanks to John Cumisky, of Cumisky Auctioneers, he arranged with the builders for Tony Healy to extensively photograph every room in the house. Various fixtures had already been removed but we are delighted to have been given the opportunity to record the inside decor. The house had four levels including the basement and we bring you two photos of the inside here, more will follow. Click on the thumbnail to view the house over the various years. 14.02.06

Pioneer Gaelic Football Club 1935. Here is a photo we brought you on the 10th of March last year. It's a very large framed photo but this time out tech dept were able to photograph it themselves. The framed photo was badly damaged near the bottom where the two winning cups are situated. This time we have all the names. Click to view this 70 year old photo. 14.02.06

Sam Maguire in Balbriggan. Some more photos here from Ferguson O'Carroll showing Sam in John D's and the White Hart. Tom Young along with others are here for your enjoyment.14.02.06

Loreto Convent Class 1970. 1970 definitely seem to be the year when you consider that's the year for many of our recent photos. Fergus O'Carroll is who we have to thank here for this photo. We don't have any names so if you see yourself or recognise anyone, please contact us giving the date at the end of this paragraph. As usual click on the thumbnail to enlarge. 14.02.06.

Confirmation Class 1989. Two newspaper cuttings for you here. They show those who were confirmed in 1989 and we thank RC for same. Click on thumbnail to enlarge. 14.02.06

Two Stroke Racing Supporters Club. We have been reminded by Conor Lawlor that the above club, "will be announcing details for the 2006 Road Racing Season on Saturday the 25th of February in the North County Cricket Club and I'm sure that the loyal road racing fans might appreciate reading about this event on the most popular site in North Dublin!" Conor, it just shows that flattery gets you everywhere. 14.02.06

Cardy Marine, Bath Road & Lady's Stairs. Three photos for you here, courtesy of the B&C Collection. Bath Road in 1970, Lady's Stairs also from 1970 and The Cardy Marina from 1980. This reminds us, what is the delay in repairing the stairs? We await update. 13.02.06

Tech Photo 1970. Here's a great photo we received today from Martin Reilly. It's the "Tech" from 1970 and Martin has also supplies all the names. Thanks Martin, click on thumbnail to enlarge. 13.02.06

Bridget Maypother and William Bennett. We received this email from Ian Bennett, "I am looking to see if any of my grand mother’s relatives are still living around the Balbriggan area?Her name was Bridget Maypother and she left the area sometime between 1910 – 1920 and moved to Liverpool to look after her Sister’s new born baby. She never returned to Ireland and now my own father is nearing the end of his life I am intrigued my heritage. Bridget married my Grandfather William Bennett, a Scotsman, and lived in Liverpool until she died which was around 10 years ago. She had 4 sons and a daughter, of whom only 2 of the sons are still alive.Any help would be appreciated" If you can help Ian, email him bennett_ian@btconnect.com or email us and we'll pass on the info.13.02.06

Web Site update. Apologies for the lack of activity on the site of late, as usual it can be blamed on that four letter word, "Work". We have loads to bring you, lots of photos arriving at the office and by email along with many Guestbook entries. So please do bear with us as a glut of photos will appear on the site early next week. Also, try and help Catriona win the wedding competition by texting her to win from Friday onwards and the winner will be announced on Valentines day. We wish them well. Click on the above thumbnail for more info. 07.02.06

Sam Maguire in the White Hart 1995. Here are two photos to whet your appetite as Fergus O'Carroll has sent us on some more which we will bring when time allows. Who can you spot here. 04.02.06

Margaret Williams Campbell Delighted to receive this photograph of local girl Margaret Campbell Williams (From Craoibhin Park)and her husband Rodg who live in England.To any more ex pats out there from Balbriggan, how about sending on a photograph and maybe we could include a collection on our site. Thanks Margaret for the great photo, fame at last on B.net. 03.02.06

Balbriggan Town Council offices open to the public. The Balbriggan Town Council offices at the new Town Centre Development at St. Georges Square, Balbriggan opened to the public at 9.00 am on Monday 30th January 2006. Click Here to read more.

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REPAIRS TO BALBRIGGAN & SKERRIES HARBOURS. Local T.D. and Green Party/Comhaontas Glas Leader Trevor Sargent in the Dáil has asked the Minister for Transport, Mr. Martin Cullen T.D. for much needed funding to assist Fingal County Council with the essential repairs needed at Balbriggan and Skerries harbours. Click on logo to read all. 01.02.06