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| RTE
1 this Friday at 8.30pm. The programme is called "Life without me" and this is the final episode where one member of the family is taken away for a week and we see how the rest of the family cope. This week its a Russian family living in Balbriggan, and some footage was shot around the town. One part of the show is when the family visit the local photographers to get a family portrait and our Tony & Lynnette McNally were the photographers chosen. It will be interesting to see if they show much of the town and our Tony. Click on the thumbnail to see some behind the scenes photos and click HERE to go to the RTE web site with information on the show.29.08.2006 |
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| Local Defence
Force 1941-45 & an OAP photo. The first is a great photograph taken in the early 40's and it shows the LDF, Gormanston District. We have some names and if we do receive anymore, we will bring them to you. Our second photo was very kindly given to us by Gus Thompson and it shows some OAP's. Sonny Keating, Freddy "Lily" Thompson are just some of the names. |
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Balbriggan--Faces
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| Balbriggan.net
Guest Book. A reminder to all to regularly check the guest book as we update it every few days. Presently we are getting loads of entries stating "Great site, keep up the great work etc". We don't put these on the site as they mean nothing. and they don't appear to have a valid email address. |
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| Bracken
Court Hotel. At long last we have a hotel to be proud of, one that you can bring visitors to and give them a good impression of our town. The earliest photographs we have on the hotel date back to about 1910 when it was called "The Hamilton Arms Hotel". The other name we remember it by is"The Grand Hotel". Anybody out there know the other names? Today we bring you 4 photographs of the hotel starting in 1910 and then to the 1990's at its various stages of construction. 26.08.06 |
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| Balbriggan-A
History...... This book was brought out in 2000 to celebrate the millenium and on reading it recently we realised what an excellent book it is. For those of you new to the town, it's an excellent way to get some of the history of the town, like the "The Sack of Balbriggan" when the Black & Tans burnt several houses on "Sinn Fein Alley"(Clonard Street) and several businesses along Drogheda street in reprisal for one of their members who was shot as he had a drink in John D's pub.Update. This book is now out of print. Visit the Historical Web site for more details. |
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| Song
of The Balbriggan Cycling Club for 1891---The words. We never knew such a song existed but exists it does. Thanks to Patsy Casey, who gave Mr. T a photocopy of the song words. As with most photocopies, the quality wasn't ideal, but using the latest OCR software we were able to scan and edit the mistakes. So now we have all the words to this song and so as not to spoil you with all the words, we will give you the first few verses. Click on the thumbnail to view. 26.08.06 Update. All the words are there now. |
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| Local
Faces by Mylene Delahoyde. Here are some photos that have been sent to us by local girl, Mylene Delahoyde. We don't have any names here, but we think Mylene took the photos telling them to check B.net real soon.So if you know Mylene, click on the thumbnail and you may see yourself. We bring you 6 photos here. Thanks Mylene for the photos. 24.08.06. |
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| Anthony
McMahon meets Bertie. Anthony, originally from High St but with now living on Church St(during the summer) and San Jose California for the rest of the year, sent us these two photos. First one shows him meeting An Taoiseach in San Jose and the second photo is of a Lighthouse dome up at Carlingford that is no longer in use. Anthony thinks it would fit perfectly on the Balbriggan Lighthouse and it does look very like the original one that we had until 1960. More about the lighthouse HERE 23.08.06 |
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| Local
girl ties the knot….. Congratulations to Sarah Richardson and Aidan Kelly who recently celebrated their marriage at Balbriggan Church. We wish the newlyweds every happiness in the future. Martin from the team was on hand to capture some photos of Sarah & Aidan on their special day. MF 23.08.2006 |
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| Eileen
McKenna celebrates her birthday. Well known local woman will celebrate her birthday this coming Saturday, 26thAug. Eileen, from Craoibhin Park, bumped into our Tony and normally camera shy, she agreed to pose for the camera. We wish her well, modesty prevents us from disclosing her age.If you know Eileen and want to send her a birthday greeting, email it to us and we will print it out and give it to her.Click to enlarge. 20.08.2006. |
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| Aerial
Photo of Viaduct. Here is a photo we came across which shows, what is now the car park. It was Cumisky's Coal Yard and at one stage gas was made here, hence the big gas tank in the left of the picture. We don't know when the picture was taken. Click to enlarge.20.08.2006 |
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| Wedding
of Alan Evetitt and his beautiful wife Amanda...... Martin from the team was at hand to capture some photos of Alan and Amanda on their very Special Day.Extra special to Martin was Alan was one of the famous Scads.Also in the photographs are most of the team known as Balscadden F.C....The connection is Martin, Tony Evetitt,Alans father and Vincent Barlow was the management team who looked after the team.A great bunch of lads then and a great bunch now.Knowing them im sure they enjoyed the day.Best of luck to you both Alan from the team at balbriggan.net. Photos by Martin Fanning |
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| Rededication
of St.Peter and Pauls Church Balbriggan 19th Aug. 06 A very special event took place on Sat. 19th Aug.when Diarmuid Martin,Archbishop of Dublin rededicated our church of St.Peter and Pauls.Built between 1838 and1842 it was extended and improved between 1895 and 1897.The latest work was carried out between 2005 and 2006.Our church will serve as a house of prayer and a place of blessing for our generation and those who follow us.Click on thumbnail to view photos. Photos by Jack Benton and Martin Fanning. MF.20.08.2006 |
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| Man
identified. At the end of June this year, we brought you this photo from "The David Brangan Collection" and we enlarged his face to see if anyone would recognise him. Well, would you believe it, we found out his name. His name is Nicholas Markey, he is the brother of Jack Benton's granny. He is Lily Martin's uncle and he fought for the Cavalry in the first world war. For those new to the town, Jack Benton is one of our team and is 80 years young and would be considered one of the towns best photographers and one who showed immense courage by changing over to digital at such an age. |
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| Sonopress
BBQ- John Maguire receives recognition. Sonopress Ire held their annual BBQ recently at Malahide Rugby Club and local man John Maguire received recognition for work excellence. Pat Corbett, MD, Sonopress Ire, presented John with his monetary prize. John has traveled to Sonopress Germany to teach his work colleagues there and apparently they sang his praises and it looks as if John will be returning there soon. John is the son of Eamonn & Amelda Maguire. Well done John. Click to see some more locals at the Sonopress BBQ.20.08.2006 |
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| Roger
Cannon celebrates his 50th. With the start of the premiership upon us, it seemed an appropriate time to show some photos of Roger Cannon, a huge Liverpool supporter. Roger turned 50 some weeks ago and had a party in one of the local establishments. His wife Sandra and three daughters were there to share the celebration. Thanks to Martin for the photographs. Click on thumbnail to see them. 20.08.06 |
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| Grace
McPartlan & Philip Cox tie the knot. Local couple from Westbrooke tied the knot on Friday at River valley Church to a packed house, with celebrant Fr. Mackey(Balbriggan priest in the 90's).Both originally from Swords but now living in the town were a big hit with the crowds who witnessed the ceremony in Swords. Best man, David, did sterling work in making the day run so smoothly. The Bridal party were taken to the Ashbourne House Hotel in a Hummer. A great day was had by all. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge this beautiful couple. 14.08.06 |
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| Gael Scoil-Sunshine
House. There will be a meeting for parents of children commencing in the school this year in the Bracken Court Hotel on Monday 14th August. If you have any questions or queries, members of the Committee will be there to help you. It is an historic occasion for Gaelscoil Bhaile Brigin and we are very proud that we will be opening our doors in Sunshine House in September. We look forward to meeting you all on the night. |
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Can Kill Sponsored Walk...... Sun.30th July. saw The Sponsor Ursula,s Walk in aid of voluntary bereavement counseling pass through Balbriggan. Ursula,s walk covers 150+miles over 9 days from Lurgan, Co Armagh to Ballybrittas, Portlaoise.balbriggan .net was on hand to capture the moment and also to wish Ursula a safe journey over the miles ahead.Well done to the local Garda,local politicans and well wishers who joined Ursula on her way through our main street in Balbriggan.MF31.07.06 |
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| Fire
damages "Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre" in Naul. Starting with what had been a local Post Office & Shop in the centre of the village of Naul in Fingal, north Co. Dublin, a small group of very dedicated visionaries created The Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre and after a few years of struggle have now an established and living testimony to the memory of musician & music collector Seamus Ennis. more |
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| How
Popular is Balbriggan.net? We are not sure but maybe what we show here may help.We are hosted (all our pages and photographs are on a computer in Germany) by a company called 1 and 1. Their business headquaters is in London but thier computers holding all our pages and photographs are based in Germany. So, every time you view the"News Page", it's coming from Germany. We have requested, from them, a list of visitors to B.net on the 25th July, that's from midnight to midnight and they have sent us the following. |
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| Road
Closure Cancelled. We have received the following from FCC. "The proposed road closure for harbour road (in todays paper) will now not be going ahead. The closure was scheduled to carry out work in relation to switching over the pipework from the old pumping station to the new one. Unfortunately some ESB work is required and they (the ESB) are not in a position to complete this for a further three weeks or so." |
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Lads fishing at Lighthouse. Two of the team decided to meet down at the Harbour on Monday night to get some "Night Shots". Martin & Tony got talking to the lads who were fishing and they were only delighted to appear on the web. Click on the thumbnail to see the guys and some scenery shots. We hope you like them.25.06.07 |
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| Message
from the Team at balbriggan.net........ With the completion of phase 1 of the restoration work to St Peter and Pauls Church 600 to 800 photographs have been placed under the alter table by the team dating back 80 to100 years and up to the present day as a record for future generations.The phohographs cover people, places and events in and around Balbriggan up to the present day.Click on the thumbnail to see the old and new altar which was used for the first time on Sat.22nd July 06 MF 25.07.06 |
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| Balbriggan
Christmas Party at the town Hall 1954. Today's photograph comes thanks to Pat Callaghan. The quality isn't great but we've made it as good as we can. Pat has very kindly supplied us with most of the names. Click to enlarge. We couldn't help noticing how many hits the site had today, 233 from 6.15 am to 21.00. 24.06.07 |
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| Heat
wave in Balbriggan. There seems no end to this heat wave, are we complaining? Certainly not. Being a coastal town, we never get the temperatures they get in the midlands or even 20 miles inland, we were probably getting about 26°C with very high humidity. There was a crack of thunder in Balbriggan on the 2nd of July at 11.05am the likes we have never heard before. It was like an explosion and it set off numerous alarms and the birds panicked. Today's photographs are by local photographer, Barry Geraghty. If you see a photo of yourself on B.net, and wish it to be removed, please let us know and we will remove it immediately. Thanks to Barry for these.23.07.06 |
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| St.
Peter & Paul's Reopens. Today we bring you the first photographs of the changes to St.Peter and Pauls Church in Balbriggan and the first wedding to take place since the completion of this section of the work.The happy couple are William Vickers and Olivia Richardson.On a day a little bit of local history was made the Team at balbriggan.net would like to wish the happy couple every happiness in the future |
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| Balbriggan.net
unites Family. The story goes something like this, Muriel Vaughan in Australia posted the following on the guest book on the 2nd June, " What a thrill to see a photo of my dad when he was a lad (national school48) and also my granddad (Odwyers winners 1924). This is surely a precious site, and I feel privileged to be connected in some small way to this lovely town. Keep up the great work team! Muriel ". Because of this, Muriel made contact with her relations in Balbriggan and this weekend, in glorious sunshine, got to know her relations. Her father is Johnny Knight, his brother is Joe. Her mother is Rose Kelly from Lusk, related to Pat Kelly. Our reporter, Tony, is going on memory so maybe we don't have everything spot on, so we are open to correction. Click on the thumbnail to see two photos of the reunion. The power of the Internet is amazing. The Power of B.net is even more amazing. 23.07.06 |
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| Maureen Heeney
& Sean Farrell Photos. Photographs today come from Maureen Heeney and Sean Farrell both from their collection of local scout troop, The 34th Dublin.We also bring you some rare photographs inside Confreys Bar taken by Mylene Delahoyde.Garrett Cannons 50th birthday.,Just look at the cake folks and the night the team met up with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.Click on thumb nail to view our latest selection.MF 21.07.06 |
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| Carmel
Roberts. Home on a recent visit to Balbriggan local girl Carmel Roberts nee Fanning sister of Martin and her husband John enjoying a walk around the harbour.July 06 |
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| The
decoration of St GEORGES SCHOOL. Here is the photo of the group involved with the decoration of St GEORGES SCHOOL. We had asked for people in the community who would be interested in helping out to contact us.Two visitors from the states were very willing to help out. And , help out they did.We were donated filing cabinets and theses where very heavy but both theses guys lifted like body builders. The classrooms needed to be painted. Click on the thumbnail to read more. 21.07.06 |
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| Balbriggan
Key-Rings on sale again. Goughs Gift Shop on Dublin Street have asked us to tell you that they have received another batch of Balbriggan Key-Rings with various views of the town. These have proved very popular and difficult to keep in stock. They also have the new Balbriggan Postcard in stock again, so hurry, while they last. They also have in stock, 16in by 11in, mounted and framed, a Jig-Saw photo of the harbour. Click on thumbnail to view it. |
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| Who
are these? Actually, we know who they are but we wonder do you know. The lady on the left is still alive, 90 and living in the town. Her daughter, also lives in the town and works in one of the shops along Dublin street. Answer in a couple of days. Click on the image to enlarge. 20.07.06 |
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| Classic
Video Clips. Those of you who are on Email in work , will know that various mails are sent daily containing some very funny video footage and some are really hilarious and we have decided to create a page containing some. We will add to this page over the coming weeks so if you have some good video footage(non-pornographic or offensive) send it to us. |
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| Balbriggan
Girl Celebrates her 21st in style. The attached is a picture of ‘the gang’ who recently spent a murder mystery weekend in Fox ford Co Mayo . It was to celebrate the 21st birthday of Balbriggan girl Loraine Geraghty from Craoibhin Park.The picture includes (in full costume) from the top of the stairs down, Paula, Barry, Trish, Tommy, Gerry, Suzanne, Sinead, Simon, Cliff, Sarah and birthday girl Lorainne. Thanks to Colm for this smashing photo. Click on thumbnail to enlarge. 19.07.06 |
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| P.J.Cullen. While searching the web lately, we came across a web site on an Irish band called "Blackwater" and who is a member of this group, only PJ Cullen. PJ left Balbriggan sometime in the 70's and headed for Australia. Click on the thumbnail to see his site and if you contact him, tell him to check B.net. 18.07.06 |
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| Recognoise
anyone? Today we bring you a selection of photos of some events and people around Balbriggan in recent weeks.With some of the team back from holidays and batteries charged for another year we hope you like the latest group of photographs. 12.07.06 |
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Senior
Citizen living in Sandycove wants to swap accomodation to move
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| Balbriggan.net
update. All the team are very busy at the moment, hence the lack of activity on the site, but don't worry, things will improve as we leave the summer and head for the winter, lets face it, who looks at web sites during the hot months, web is for winter. Anyway, we have updated the guest book, so check it out HERE. 12.07.06 |
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