Skerries Historical Society Skerries History Heritage

Programme for the months ahead

Papers delivered at recent meetings

Newsletter - April '02

Address to A.G.M. '02 . .

Mid-season newsletter to Members - April 2002

This time of the year marks a mid-way point in our annual programme of activities and therefore an opportunity to look back and of course to look forward.

Recent Meetings

Since our A.G.M. in October last, Hugh Ryan has created a place in history for Miss Ethel Fletcher, who lived for many years of her long life on the Harbour Road. Peter Harbison introduced us to the world of 18th century County Dublin as immortalised by watercolourist Gabriel Beranger. In February, Barbara Curtis of Balbriggan Historical Society presented her paper on the events of 1916 in north County Dublin and most recently, Sam Shiels gave an illustrated talk on the history of Skerries Lifeboat.

Skerries Historical Society Website

Thanks to the industry of committee member John Harte, the Society is well and truly in the 21st century. John is now posting not only our programme of activities but also a short synopsis of the papers presented. The Society can be contacted
by email: skerries@indigo.ie
and on the web:
http:/indigo.ie/~skerries/history.

Time & Tide, a selection of papers from the archive, Volumes 2 and 3 are still available and on sale at the monthly meetings and from local outlets.

Members' subscriptions (7 euro annual fee), will be received by Hon. Treasurer Brian O'Byrne at any meeting.

Adult Education and the Society

Invited by Geraldine McQuillan, local co-ordinator of Adult Education for the V.E.C. the Society undertook the presentation of a series of talks under the heading "Skerries, History and Heritage".

Six subjects were covered:
John Harte spoke on education,
Joe Clinton on agriculture and the Clinton family
Frank Whearity on Two Skerries Volunteers c.1920,
Bob Laird on the history of bus services in Skerries,
Maree Baker on Skerries genealogies and
Elizabeth Balcombe on the tambour and worked muslin industry in Skerries in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Heritage week 2002

The Society's participation in Heritage Week 2002 will take the form of an exhibition of material from the archive. The exhibition is titled "Keeping the past for pride" and will be displayed in Ardgillan Castle during the month of September. An archive Room has been made available to us over the past number of years and now thanks to the work of a small team of Society members, the material has been sorted and catalogued. The exhibition will focus on bequests down through the years.

Thanks to Pauline & Richard Keane, (The Bus Bar) for continued hospitality.

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