The Skerries Harps

Paper 164

Lecture – 1992

Author – Moore, Oliver & Walsh, Bobby

Published in: Time & Tide 2

History of Skerries Harps G.A.A. Club traced from its beginnings around l903 to the present day. Mentions a tape made by Paddy Hughes, then 84 years of age, in l964 for Skerries Historical Society. Gives an account of the work done by some of the members, reflecting the working environment of Skerries in the early part of the last century, e.g. stone-masons, sail-makers. (8 pages).