Time & Tide, Volume 11, published October 2018, contains a collection of papers from our archive. The papers chosen include oral history from the early 20th century, Milverton School, Balrothery Workhouse, the Easter Rising and the revolutionary period, maritime history, histories of Holmpatrick and Holmpatrick Church, a story from the Second World War, and a short history of Skerries Tidy Towns.
Contents
Some early memories of Skerries – Paddy Halpin
Dealing with Destitution: the story of Balrothery Workhouse – Janet Martin
Skerries TidyTowns: a short history – Anne Doyle and Maeve McGann
John ‘Terry’ Sherlock – Irish Volunteer (1897-1920) Extracts – Peter F Whearity
Antiquities of Holmpatrick – Christine Baker
Milverton National School (1902-2000) – Joseph Clinton
John Grimes and the Baltic – Brendan Grimes
The Skerries I remember – Honora Branagan
Holmpatrick Church in Skerries: an historical overview – Morgan Llywelyn, Oona Roycroft
Cumann na mBan and the women of Skerries Extracts – Marie Bashford Synnott
The day the Second World War almost came to Skerries – David Ryan
Volume 11 – please choose your shipping destination.
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- To Ireland (per book incl P&P): €18.00
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- To Europe (per book incl P&P): €20.00
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- To Rest of the World (per book incl P&P): €22.00
Time & Tide is also on sale at several local shops:
- Skerries Mills
- Skerries Bookshop, 77 Strand St.
- Greg Reddin (Infosystems), 66 Strand St.
Alternatively, email librarian@oldskerries.ie and have the book(s) mailed to you (postage payable).
