Title: A Balbriggan Tragedy, 1930, Speaker: Jim Walsh
Thanks to our own Jim Walsh for a really interesting and moving talk on A Balbriggan Tragedy – the Bolingbroke children earlier this month. The huge crowd was a reflection of Jim’s standing in the town where everyone knows his talks are not to be missed. Thank you all for attending – and thanks to Brian Kavanagh for his assistance with the presentation.
His talk told the story of the tragedy of the Bolingbroke children in 1930, their death in a fire in Balbriggan, and the impact on the Bolingbroke family and the community of a tragedy remembered in Balbriggan almost a century later.
Bio – Jim Walsh is a local historian and retired librarian. He is a current committee member, former chairman and founder member of Balbriggan & District Historical Society since 1981. Jim has given numerous talks on a range of Balbriggan topics and is an expert on the history of Balbriggan. You can access some of his talks, most notably on the Sack of Balbriggan on our Youtube channel.
All our talks take place in the Bracken Court Hotel at 8pm on the last Wednesday of the month, and all are welcome. Membership is €15 individual, €20 family or €10 for seniors or you can pay €5 for any individual talk.
