For our September talk Balbriggan & District Historical Society are delighted to welcome Pauline O’Hare for a talk on the History of O’Dwyers GAA – From Football on the Sand to New BeginningsPauline has had a long association with our Society and has done extensive research on O’Dwyers GAA club which is such an integral… Continue Reading
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 what the rest of the world heard and read about Balbriggan and the surrounding district in years gone by?… Continue Reading
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 is a long, complicated and often tangled web, spanning Irish history for 800 years. They held vast tracts of… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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 Shannon for a talk on Liam Lynch titled – To Declare a Republic: The life… Continue Reading
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 individual story of one young man from Balbriggan who served… Continue Reading
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 September 2023 at 8pm Bracken Court Hotel. Admission €5, Members free. All Welcome Cora is a local resident and PhD student at Maynooth University… Continue Reading
Balbriggan & District Historical Society presents Frank Whearity-The rise & fall of John Spicer’s model bakery & shop Balbriggan (1904-1999): an overview of parts 1 & 2′ August 30th 8pm Bracken Court Hotel Admission €5, Members free. All Welcome Frank Whearity’s story is about the bakery branch opened by John Spicer (a Navan based miller… Continue Reading
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 the talk with a visit to the superb gardens of Ardgillan Demesne or a stroll in… Continue Reading
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 Society since our foundation in 1981 and is a fantastic resource on all things Balbriggan and District… Continue Reading
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 famous shipwreck.’ On his website www.RoryGolden.com Rory states ‘I have memories to last… Continue Reading
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 titled ‘The Story of Cricket in Fingal’, the subject of his recent book. Cricket… Continue Reading
