December presentation
10 December 2024
Paintings from the archive
by Bill Kee
Followed by songs and stories with wine and mince pies
Time and Tide 14
Annual Membership fee for season 2024/ 25
The Annual Membership fee remains €10 for 2024/25. This will be due from the AGM in October but some people have been very keen and paid already. Many thanks to those who have already paid. You can renew at the the next meeting or renew online here.
Time & Tide Vol 14…
…contains another nine papers from the archive:
The Old School by Paddy halpin, The ESB in Skerries, 1940-2005 by Hugh Halpin, Des McDonagh’s People by Joe Heffernan, They’re Off! Skerries horse races 1854-1925 by Dominic McQuillan, How Skerries voted 1922-2007 by Bob Laird, Rockabill – an Irish Lighthouse by Joe Clinton, Gents School Camp by Stephanie Bourke, Extracts from the Blood Smyth stories by Edward Mullarkey and The Guest Book at Ardgillan Castle 1879 by Aidan Herron.
Time and Tide 14 is available for online purchase by clicking here. All volumes of Time & Tide can be purchased online by clicking here.
They are also available in Skerries Mills and Greg Reddin’s.
Fingal Fieldnames project
Skerries Historical Society is one of six groups chosen by Fingal County Council to help with the Fingal Fieldnames Project
This is a continuing project in which we hope to record as many of the names of the fields of Fingal as possible.
If you are interested in participating please contact Geraldine Clarke on 086-3468602 or email oldskerries@gmail.com. This is for everybody in the local community, you do not need to be a member of Skerries Historical Society.
Committee Members 2024/25
Chair – Oona Roycroft
Vice Chair – Carmel Power
Hon Secretary – Stephanie Bourke
Hon Treasurer – Brendan Grimes
Hon Librarian – Maree Baker
Hon Archivist – Jean Harrison
PRO – vacant
with Bill Kee, Bernie McKenna and Seamus Murray.
