Balbriggan & District Historical Society

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Balbriggan Historical Society – 45th Anniversary Celebrations

We would like to welcome you to our celebrations as we mark the 45th anniversary of the founding of our Society on 16th July 1981.
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March Talk: ‘Stained glass highlights in Balbriggan and other locations in north County Dublin’ from David Caron

‘Stained glass highlights in Balbriggan and other locations in north County Dublin' from David Caron, Wednesday March 25th 8pm Bracken Court Hotel Adm €5, Members free Welcome to a new year with Balbriggan & District Historical Society…
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Details of our Talks for 2025 starting March 26th

Welcome to another year with Balbriggan & District Historical Society. Our first talk will take place on Wednesday March 26th in the Bracken Court Hotel at 8pm and we hope you can join us. Brian ‘Kavanagh will present a talk titled:…
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Annual General Meeting 27 November 2024

Please be advised that the AGM of Balbriggan & District Historical Society will take place at 8pm on Wednesday November 27th 2024 in the Bracken Court Hotel . Refreshments will be served and all are very welcome to attend but only…
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READ ALL ABOUT IT. The Taylors, Temperance Pledges and Terrier Racing. Balbriggan and District News Reports 1779-1979

Sunday October 13, 2024 at 2pm To book your place email eventardgillan@fingal.ie Were you ever curious to discover what the rest of the world heard and read about Balbriggan in the years gone by? Join us for this fascinating talk where you…
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Pop Up Museum 12/13 October

We are delighted that our Pop Up Museum will return on October 12th and 13th as part of the Fingal Festival of History  to display a small sample of the significant number of our historical Artefacts and photographs and videos which…
October Talk: ‘History of O’Dwyers GAA – Pauline O’Hare
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October Talk: ‘History of O’Dwyers GAA – Pauline O’Hare

We are delighted to be able to reschedule our postponed September talk on the History of O'Dwyers by Pauline O'Hare to this month on the 30th October. Balbriggan & District Historical Society are delighted to welcome Pauline O'Hare…
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August Talk: Balbriggan and District News in the National and International press’ Speaker Cora McDonagh

Speaker Cora McDonagh Title: 'Read all about it: Parades, Perambulations and Pigeons.’ Balbriggan and District News in the National and International press 1779 to 1979 August 28th, 8pm Bracken Court Hotel Were you ever curious to discover…
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POP UP MUSEUM 25/26 May 1/2 June

We are delighted to announce we will hold a Pop Up Museum on the two weekends 25th and 26th May and 1st & 2nd June during Summerfest to display a small sample of the significant number of our historical Artefacts and photographs and videos…
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May Talk: 800 years of the Barnewall family (inc Bremore Castle) – Aidan Arnold

Balbriggan & District Historical Society presents '800 years of the Barnewall family ( with particular emphasis on their association with Bremore Castle) May 29th at 8pm Bracken Court Hotel. €5 Members free. The story of Barnewalls…
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May 1st Talk : A Balbriggan Tragedy, 1930- Jim Walsh

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…
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March Talk:To Declare a Republic: The life of Liam Lynch, IRA Chief of Staff, 1892-1923- Gerard Shannon

Balbriggan & District Historical Society is looking forward to a new year of activities and we would be delighted if you can join us. For our first talk on March 27th at 8pm in the Bracken Court Hotel we welcome Skerries native Gerard…
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Notice of AGM November 29th Bracken Court Hotel at 8pm and Balbriggan Students laying a wreath at London Cenotaph tomorrow at 10.30 am

Please be advised that the AGM of Balbriggan & District Historical Society will take place at 8pm on Wednesday November 29th 2023 in the Bracken Court Hotel . Refreshments will be served and all are very welcome to attend but only…
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October Talk: ‘World War 1 – the Irish Context’ – Eithne MacDermott

Join us next week for our Historical Society Talk on October 25th at 8pm in the Bracken Court Hotel when we will be focusing on World War 1. We are delighted to present short talks by students of Loreto Secondary School each focusing on the…
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September Talk: ‘Balbriggan Stockings, Old Masters and the Bells of Howth: North County Dublin contributions to the 19th century Art & Industry Exhibitions.’ Cora McDonagh

Balbriggan & District Historical Society presents Cora Mc Donagh’s talk on ‘Balbriggan Stockings, Old Masters and the Bells of Howth: North County Dublin contributions to the nineteenth century Art & Industry Exhibitions.’   27th…
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Dublin to Drogheda Railway

On June 24th at 2pm we have an interesting talk by Renowned Author Rail Historian Jonathan Beaumont titled 'The Dublin to Drogheda Railway' in an exciting new venue for us, the beautiful setting of  Ardgillan Castle. You could combine…
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May Talk: ‘Balscadden Past and Present’ – Jim Walsh

Wednesday May 31st at 8pm, Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan & District Historical Society presents our own Jim Walsh with a talk titled 'Balscadden Past and Present' Jim Walsh has been a constant presence in Balbriggan & District Historical…
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April Talk: ‘TITANIC – Search, Discovery and Diving to the world’s most famous shipwreck – Rory Golden

For our talk on April 26th in the Bracken Court Hotel we were delighted to have a very special visiting speaker of note, Rory Golden, Diver, Speaker, Explorer with a talk titled ‘TITANIC - Search, Discovery and Diving to the world’s most…
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March Talk: The Story of Cricket in Fingal – James Bennett

Balbriggan and District Historical Society were delighted to welcome you to another year of activities from the Society with our first talk on Wednesday March 29th in the Bracken Court Hotel. We were delighted to welcome Jim Bennett for a talk…