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RÁS 2008 A great day ahead for Skerries
All the fun
of the fair
Come and have a family fun day at
the seaside as our town hosts the Final
Stage of the FBD Rás International
Cycle Race for the third year running
E
XCITING and
exhilarating, the
international Rás
Road Race 2008
zips into Skerries
on May 25 with a whoosh of
gleaming spokes and a blur of
bright jersies. Cycling athletes
from all over the world, their Pictures of last
muscles knotted in agony as years Rás Street
the gruelling race reaches it’s Party by Michael
Johnston
finale, will battle it out on our
Skerries’ streets for the all- ulous street party kicks off at GAMES GALORE
elusive yellow jersey.. 12:30pm on Strand Street on Kids of all ages can have a go
If that wasn’t enough, a fab- the day with a range of activi- at Giant Chess, Giant Jenga
ties for all ages: and Giant Snakes & Ladders.
FUN FAIR STALLS And there’s Hopscotch compe-
picture special PAGE 11 Win prizes at traditional fun- titions, Skipping Rope games,
IN THIS Lost to the waves: the
story of doomed trawler
Pere Charles PAGE 13
fair stalls like Tin Can Alley
and Hoopla stalls plus fun and
crazy additions like the Buzz
Hula Hoop knockouts and
Shoe-Pairing races; there’s
even a quiz to test your knowl-
ISSUE: Violent history of Sker-
ries railway PAGE 15
Daytrippers: family trip
feature series PAGE 19
game, Whacky Crackers and
Choc in a Sock.
edge.
FOOD FAIR
Delight your taste buds with
Local News roundup flavours from across the
PAGE 5 Local tales of brewery
carts and lighthouse world. Need more? Try the
Local diary PAGE 7 popcorn and candy floss street
Stay in Barcelona - for keepers PAGE 23-25
Rooftop wisdom from a vendors.
FREE PAGE 8
Skerries kitesurfing pic- Skerries master thatcher UNDER 6s
ture special PAGE 9 PAGE 31-33 A Play Zone for Toddlers with
The Bang Bang Club: Abduction tale PAGE 37 colour mats, slides, ball pools
clay pigeon shooting Monster fame PAGE 43 with songs and music to keep
‘em happy.
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correct at the time of going to press. We reserve the the crowd as the cyclists enter
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Skerries’ latest blow-in Name Skerries’
best youngster
SKERRIES Community Association
are now looking for nominations for
the Jim Quigley Young Volunteer of
the Year Award. The closing date is
Friday, May 16. For an application
form, email marietkelly@gmail.com,
download one from www.skerriesca.
com or pick one up from the Com-
munity Centre. The nominee must be
under 21 on June 12, 2008.
Fancy kayaking
around our coast?
CALLING all those who would like to
go kayaking safely on the Irish Sea and
elsewhere. Come to a meeting upstairs
in Joe May’s, Skerries Harbour at 8pm
NOT many years ago the sight of a lit- now are breeding in several sites
tle Egret in Skerries would have meant along the south and east coastline. on Wednesday, May 14. The aim of the
that the town would be thronged with In Skerries, they have been seen on meeting is to find out how many people
“twitchers” eager to get a look at it, so the south strand and in the field near would be interested in starting a kayak-
they could tick it off their list. But this the mill. But this one has taken a liking ing club. No previous kayaking experi-
is no longer the case to the Kybe pond and has been seen ence necessary. Enquiries to Teddy at
Normally associated with places there a few times this spring, possibly 086 811 9863
like the Mediterranean or Africa, these eating tadpoles.
small, white members of the heron If you missed seeing this new at-
family are certainly better looking
than our usual Grey Herons, with their
tractive blow-in to our town, keep
your eyes peeled and you will see one Local coastguard
white plumage, black legs and yellow soon. If you have not already visited
feet.
They bring a touch of the exotic
the hides in Rogerstown Estuary oper-
ated by the Fingal branch of Birdwatch
website launched
wherever they appear. Ireland. That is your best bet, as Little SKERRIES Coastguard have just
Over the past few years Little Egrets Egrets are seen from the hides most
launched a new website. Now anyone
have started to breed in Ireland. They week-ends, often more than one.
first started appeared in Co Cork but that would like to know more about
- JOHNNY WOODLOCK
them can check them out on
www.skerriescoastguard.com
Havin’ a pyjama drama
PYJAMA Canessa caption
Day in
Holmpatrick
National
just a pun too far
School this THE organising committee for the visit
last month
to Skerries of the Old Christians Rugby
saw some
€460 raised
Club from Uruguay, has been in touch
by pyjama- with Skerries News with regard to our
clad young- article on the Andes air crash of 1972
sters, in and the speech to Skerries Community
aid of three College by survivor Dr Roberto Can-
children’s essa. While complimenting the content
hospitals in of the two articles, they took issue with
Dublin. a picture caption that appeared to make
Pictured:
light of Dr Cannessa’s ordeal for the
Miss Mee-
gan and her
sake of a pun. Skerries News apologises
class unreservedly for any offence caused.
editor@skerriesnews.ie
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leading exponents of tradi-
May 1-3
DIARY
FOR YOUR
tional music will be perform-
Skerries Theatre Group
ing in local Skerries venues.
presents ‘The House of Ber-
Mary Bergin, Máire O’Keeffe,
narda Alba’ by Federico Garcia
Liz Doherty, Charlie & Ben
Lorca, a powerful classic with
Lennon, Colm Gannon, Garry
a strong cast of women directed
O’Briain, Marie Garrity, Mick
by Marianne Gibney. It is set
Mulkerrins & Mairéad Casey
in the Spain of the 1930s and
the central theme is desire and Upcoming Skerries Events and others will make it another
weekend to remember.
frustration. The Little Theatre
For inclusion, call 849 0629 or email editor@skerriesnews.ie
Skerries. Tickets €10, Skerries
Bookshop or 087 210 5432
May 17
There will be light refreshments To celebrate the 10-year anni-
May 1-31 May 8 and a presentation versary of Skerries first ap
Loughshinny Motorcycle Club pear- ance in the Leinster
Exhibition by the members of from Bothar. Bóthar
is holding a Golf Classic. Senior Cup Final
the Skerries Mills Art classes, assists needy fami-
Teams of four €200 per team. in Landsdowne
all this month, in the restaurant lies around the world,
Tee box sponsorship €100 Sk- there will be
and gallery. helping them
erries Golf Club Contact John a reunion of
overcome
Everard:
May 4 849 0674 087 275 5442
hunger, the players
in the Club-
Local musician Jay Weldon & malnutri
tion and poverty in a house. There
friends return visit. Skerries
simple, sustain will also be a DVD
Mills 12.00
able manner. Open to all. compilation of all the
May 4 Tickets on door €5 matches and extracts
of the famous day
Skerries Rugby Club Gift of
Life Weekend in aid of The May 11 including interviews.
Return of US singer,
Cystic Fibrosis Association.
End of Season Fun Tip Rugby songwriter Lisa Hake. May 18
Skerries Mills 12.00 Another visit by
Tournament Kick off 1.00pm
Sharon Hussey and
BBQ, Fun & Games for the
kids. Fun Music Quiz & Disco FUN: Rugby Club BBQ for
May 16-18 friends. Skerries
Mills 12.00
8.15pm €50 per table of four The 7th Skerries Tradi-
cystic fibrosis, May 4
tional Music Weekend.
Bookings 086 8030592
This event has become May 25
May 6-9 May 9 a well-established cul- FBD Rás returns to
Skerries. Full details
Three more nights of ‘The The Garda Band are playing tural event throughout
in the Day Care Centre in the Ireland and further a of race schedule on
House of Bernada Alba’. See
Little Theatre in aid of Bothar. field. Many of Ireland’s Page 3.
above.
FROM PAGE 3
town to battle it out for that Skerries Guerilla Gardeners get €2K
yellow jersey.
THIS year’s community
MUSIC & DJ bequest has been awarded
A DJ will keep everyone mov- to Skerries Guerrilla Gar-
ing to the beat and the event deners. The aim of Skerries
will be televised by RTE with latest environmental move-
highlights airing afterwards. ment is to engage more
people, especially teenag-
TRAFFIC & OTHER ers and younger people,
ARRANGEMENTS in gardening. The result of
Rolling road closures will take this will be to make Skerries
place as the peloton travels even more beautiful.
around the course. A section of
Strand Street from the Church MONEY
to Kingstons will be closed to The sum of €2,000, awarded GUERRILLAS IN OUR
for this year, must be spent MIDST: SCC TY students,
traffic 1pm to 3.30pm and the
by next February and a the first recruits
Skerries Mills car park will be
report must be supplied ac-
used for riders and support ve- counting for how the money
hicles and will be closed to the has been spent. of trees and bushes; Build Tidy Towns, Crann Phádraig
public from 1pm to 5pm. Over the next 12 months natural places to play, and and other local groups.
Skerries Guerrilla Garden- organise seasonal plant-
For more on the race, check out ers are planning to Plant ings. They will work closely interested in getting involved?
www.fbdras.com. For the street ‘orchards’ and fruit gardens with the schools, Fingal email Skerries Guerrilla Garden-
party, www.skerriesfbdras.com using traditional varieties County Council, Skerries ers: info@skerriesca.com
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SOMETHING IN THE AIR
T
HE giant billowing kite shoots
to the end of the line with a
ferocious tug. You can almost
hear the breath being wrenched
from the kite-
surfer’s lungs as he strains
to adjust his direction and
takes off like a missile
along the surface of the
waves, then hits a wall of
surf so hard it propells him
skyward. With a ‘whoop’ of
glee he’s airborne and som-
ersaulting over the whitecaps
before slamming back onto
the waves and resuming to
skim across the surface like a Pictures: Treasa Lynch
Words: David Diebold
flat stone shot from a cannon.
Additonal reporting:
How often have we seen the sky full of
Louis-Courtney Jones
colourful kites and super-animated stunt-
Those magnificent men in their
Flying
machines
men on Skerries seafront
and wondered what it was
all about? Kitesurfing has
only been happening in this
country for some 10 years,
Gary Duff, expert kitesurfer,
instructor and owner of
Zumosurf in Skerries tells us. Gary and his
sport. After windsurfing for many years, he
found kitesurfing an exciting and comple-
you don’t need as much wind as windsurf-
ing, Gary found himself spending more
friends were among the first to take up the mentary sport to add to his skills. Because
time on the water than in it.
The kitesurfers we see are among 10
to 12 regulars in Skerries. Many visiting
kitesurfers come year round due to our ex-
cellent beaches. According to Gary, they’re
the best for kitesurfing on the entire East
coast. Manouevres vary in style. You’ll
often see surfers who prefer to just glide
along the surface rather than hitting waves
in order to catch ‘airtime’ - propelling
meters
Gary once them out of the water 10they spinor
more in the air where
mo
taught a 79- and flip. It’s an amazing feat to
an
watch and one of the most
year-old man to w aspects of the sport. dra-
matic
m
kitesurf in the It seems kitesurfing is thriving
Caribbean Skerries. Age doesn’t seem to
in S
be much of an issue either, Gary
m
says he once taught a 79-year-old man
in
to kitesurf i the Caribbean. “He was one
of my best students ever,” says Gary.
Gary at Zumosurf: 086 225 7434/gary@zumosurf.com
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TAKING AIM Local clay pigeon shooting
J
ACK and Margaret
Corry, who recently
organised the suc-
Locked ‘n; loaded
cessful Daffodil SOME SHOOTING FACTS
coffee morning in
Clay pigeon shooting, for-
Loughshinny, were busy mally known as Inanimate Bird
fundraising again this month. Shooting, is the art of shooting
Once again they were raising at special flying targets, known
money for the Irish Cancer as clay pigeons or clay targets,
Society but this time the event with a shotgun
was claypigeon shooting at The terminology still often
nearby Courtlough Shoot- used by clay shooters relates
ing Grounds. As your local to times past, when live pigeon
magazine has never had a go competitions were held. Al-
at this we were intrigued and though such competitions were
GIVING IT BOTH made illegal in 1921, a target
delighted to accept an invita- BARRELS: is still called a ‘bird’, a hit is
tion to attend. Teenager Ciaran
referred to as a ‘kill’, a missed
Judd
According to the Court target might be a ‘bird away’
Bang Bang Club
lough website, ‘Clay pigeon Your local magazine proved no crack- The targets used for the
shooting is a thrilling ex- sport are usually in the shape
perience, demanding calm shot, we’re afraid, on the day we of an inverted saucer, made
from a mixture of pitch and
concentration, a keen eye and joined a cancer fundraiser at nearby chalk designed to withstand
quick reactions. Perfect your being thrown from traps at
aim and time your shots and Courtlough Shooting Grounds very high speeds, but at the
soon you will be notching up same time being easily broken
your ‘kills’. when hit by just a very few
lead or steel pellets shot from
a shotgun
REAL BIRDS
Of course these are not real
birds and no one gets hurt,
making it a great sport for
all - young and old, men and
women alike.’ It certainly
sounded interesting so we
were looking forward to
checking it out.
On arrival, we met Margaret
at the protective tunnel lead-
ing to the shooting range. It
was a long walk but there was
no mistaking the direction as
the crack of shots and smell
of gunsmoke got closer. Mick us a gun and enticed us to
Coffey (the Fishing Boats of have a go. The rifles are much
Fingal photog- heavier than they look. Bright
rapher featured yellow plugs are provided for
last issue) was the ears and we were shown
in charge of the how to load the gun and bal- PUTTING OUR
team. He ance it against the shoulder. SHOULDER
Then you must look down the INTO IT:
imme-
Emily Diebold and
diately Mick Coffey
offered TO PAGE 29
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SHIP OF DOOM Tragic ship’s Skerries connection
Lost to the waves
IN January 2007, in the survived, miraculously. It other fine French style twin had been built in 1982 at the
space of six days, several would be two weeks before rigger, the Mater Dei. Forges Caloin shipyard in
large fishing boats sank off divers could access the Pere Pere Charles was a Etaples-Sur-Mer in France.
the south east coast. Seven Charles to search for bodies. welcome addition to the Ten months after her sink-
men were claimed by the Pere Charles was well growing fleet in Dunmore ing with the loss of five lives,
sea, four survived. Five known to local harbours East and replaced Michael Pere Charles’ badly-dam-
died together on the Pere here. She had been fished Walsh’s previous vessel aged hulk was raised to the
Charles, which sank on Jan- under the ownership of Sk- Paraic Seosamh. Unlike surface 1km off the Water-
uary 10, just two and a half erries fisherman Noel Wilde many of the other French- ford coast. To everybody’s
miles off Dunmore East. since 2001. He sold the built, second hand vessels to shock, none of the victims
A few hours later, two 19.8m French-built stern join Irish ports at the time, were found in the boat. Up
men were lost when the trawler to Michael Walsh of Pere Charles only had to to 50 tonnes of herring was
Honey Dew II sank 21 miles Dunmore East in late 2005, make the short voyage from also gone.
away off Minehead. Two replacing the vessel with an- Skerries. The fishing boat - DAVID DIEBOLD
HESE two poems were inspired by the tragic
T sinking of the Pere Charles in January 2007. The
shorter one relates to a piece of graffiti on Skerries
harbour wall which depicts the vessel in cartoon
form and is dated October 5, 2005.
The longer poem relates to the heartbreaking vigil kept by the
families when the boat first went missing and then when it was
subsequently raised.
Pere Charles, 5 October, 2005
A mischievous moment
Become a memento mori
Etched on stone.
A poignant memorial The sea sounded in his very blood.
to the uncertainty
of our fate I must be strong.
Beyond, Strong for the children
Each fleeting moment - Grown from our love.
Committed, perhaps, And yet they are the rock on which I break,
to stone, As I ease from beneath their sleeping heads
On Skerries Harbour Wall. TRAGEDY: Pere Charles
The letters they write
. . . Dear Dad.
Lost at sea
Oh the Sea, indifferent as our God,
In my dreams I see him returned to me, So many treasures already held,
Not torn from the deep on a stormy night We keep vigil here for release of one,
But raised on a lush tide when the Heavens hold no moon. Seeking only to bury our dead.
Like Gulliver, I see him gently beached O Mary, Star of the Sea,
By the small waves that fuss Embrace a woman’s pain
As they spend themselves Let me gently wash and annoint him,
Among the sea wrack of the shore. As you did Him,
And I will not shrink from the outrages on his body And see him safely stow’d in hallowed ground,
But will embrace him again, At rest between two loves -
As each cold dawn I clung to him The home we feathered together,
When he gently insisted himself from our bed, And the unyielding,
For - though we were his heart and love Awful sea.
- COLIN STOKES
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Bringing the railway to
these parts in the 1840s
was no easy task with
local labourers injured by
explosives daily as tracks
were laid down through
Rush, Lusk, Skerries and
the Ardgillan Estate LIFE AND
LIMB:
Conditions
were so bad
by ELIZABETH BALCOMBE that serious
accidents
were a daily
D
URING the 1830s the tex-
occurence
tile industries in Balbrig-
gan and Drogheda were in
decline. Thomas Brodigan,
a wealthy landowner and
entrepreneur of Piltdown near Drogheda, a coastal route. Contrary to the promise on June 30, 1836. The inland faction
blamed poor and expensive transporta- to accept Cubitt’s report, a large opposi- accused O’Connell of bias towards the
tion costs. tion arose within which were two distinct coastal party, but this was hotly denied.
He proposed the construction of a groups, those such as Lord Killeen and The Dublin And Drogheda Railway
coastal railway in a pamphlet entitled Gustavus Lambert, wealthy landowners, Act received the Royal Assent on August
- ‘on the Establishment of a who felt that an inland route would 12, 1836, after a parliamentary battle
Northern Railroad’ which was as mor
be more beneficial to them which cost £30,000. It was however to
published on April 15, 1835. ‘There whil
while others such as John be eight years before the line appeared,
This pamphlet was re- are eight Ver
Vernon of Clontarf felt during which time work was halted many
ceived with great enthu- tha
that their estates would be times because of labour disputes, lack of
siasm and a well attended recorded deaths spoilt by a railway passing
sp funds, flooding and many other difficul-
meeting took place in but many were ov
over them. ties. It is interesting to note that of the
Dublin during August to T
This group held a public original £600,000 capital of the Dublin
hear their proposals in more unrecorded’ meeting in Navan chaired
mee and Drogheda Railway, £178,000 was
detail. by the Marquiss of Conyn- subscribed in Lancashire, whose cotton
This meeting was chaired by gham and attended by most of towns traded with the cotton manu-
George Hamilton of Balbriggan and a
gan the wealthy land
landowners. Their proposed facturers of Ireland’s east coast.
provisional committee of 27 members line was to be called ‘The Dublin, The contract for construc-
was elected, including Lord Talbot de Drogheda and Navan (Inland) tion between Malahide
Malahide and Randal Plunkett, Mem- Railway’. Meanwhile the ‘coastal and Baldungan was
ber of Parliament for Drogheda. An party’, supported mainly by trade awarded to William
argument developed as to whether the and industry, were also drumming Dargan for £46,000. The
railway should follow a coastal or an up support. They organised a peti- Skerries embankment
inland route. tion to be presented to Daniel was constructed
George Hamilton recommended that O’Connell, requesting him to from spoil from the
a competent engineer should be asked chair the parliamentary com- Baldungan cutting.
to examine both proposals and report mittee formed to examine ‘ The labourers were
his findings to the committee. This was The Coastal Bill’. O’Connell working in very
agreed and William Cubitt was engaged. agreed. The committee first poor conditions and
On October 11, 1935, at a crowded meet- sat on May 5 and reported were paid only half
ing Cubitt advocated the construction of in favour of the coastal route TO PAGE 17
Rail hel 15
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ROAD OF BONES When the railway came to town
FROM PAGE 15 knocked down. The railway thanked him Canal at 11.23am to the cheers of a huge
for his generous gift, which saved the crowd. At 12.12pm the train reached
that of their English counterparts. Ac- company £9,000, and offered to plant a Skerries ‘to a twelve gun salute and the
cidents were common, especially in the line of trees between the railway and the acclamation of thousands of the peasant-
use of explosives. estate. The work at Ardgillen involved ry’ according to the Drogheda Conserva-
Dr Thornhill of Skerries complained the construction of a new Skerries to tive Journal. At 1pm precisely the train
that between June 1842 and January Balbriggan road as track was laid on the reached Drogheda. Thomas Brodigan’s
1843 he had treated 93 cases. There are old one. dream had become reality.
eight recorded deaths but undoubtedly On March 18, 1944, a special train On May 24 1844 - Queen Victoria’s
many were unrecorded. made the ‘Dublin and Drogheda Railway birthday - the line was officially opened
In January 1842 the Rev. Edward Experimenta Trip’. The ‘Norah Cre- by Earl de Gray, the Lord Lieutenant.
Taylor of Ardgillan gave free passage inah’, with 565 passengers including the
through his estate provided that the com- band of the 34th Regiment, conveyed in Special thanks to the Irish
pany built two gate lodges and approach seven carriages decked out with bunting, Railway Record Society for their
roads and rebuilt any walls that were left the Clontarf bandk of the Royal kind assistance with this article
Wheels and the deals
THE follow- gheda Railway ballast pit at a fair price cited, accord-
Dublin and Dro
ing is the cor- ublin Terminus ing to my wishes, expressed by him,
Secs. Office D 65 as I have always considered that the
respondence August 21st 18
Dear Sir, u some month s ago about excess of mileage rates to Skerries is
between Ion ty of calling yo n which the unjust when compared with the rate
I took the liber Skerries Statio
Trant Hamilton a small pi ece of land near sires to purcha
se for charged to Malahide. I have been
ghed a Company de frequently urged, by my people resid-
and the Rail- Dublin and Dro
r the line. d I un- ing in the neighbourhood of Skerries
ballast fo for the land an
way Company to pay fair value let to remonstrate with the Board of The
We are willing be so good as to
as Ion attempted you that you would you a tracing of Dublin and Drogheda Railway as to
derstood from s, we then sent
to use a certain us have it on those term ructed our solic
itor to the great excess of mileage rate, I
re quired and inst rchase.
the piece of land bject of the pu ‘A reduction of fares
well-known piece ith yours on the su r the
communicate w that he refused
to negotiate fo
of land in his efforts I am sorry to fi
nd rees to reduce as a return for the sale
the company ag
to get the train fair sale of the land unless erries. of the ballast pit at a
n Dublin and Sk timate con-
lowered for all the fare betwee iders that there is no legi
Director cons
The they could not,
and that
fair price cited’
n these subjects reement
nection betwee enter into an ag
in question, e have always alluded to such.
as part of the la
nd erefore asked m
n of fares. He has th at I lately received a memorial
for the reductio note, hoping th
ain under your range
to brin g the matter ag your agent to ar
signed by upwards of 110 of the
go od as to instruct o acres of land leading inhabitants of the locality
you will be so pany of the tw
for the sale to the Com e.
pressing me to represent to the
fair market valu directors of the company, the high
required at its
Signed rate of fares upon the line with the
land exception of those charged to Mala-
James W. Mur
hide, and also the great inconvenience
occasioned by the small number of trains
Abbotstown stopping at Skerries.
August 31st 1865 I feel, therefore, that in bringing this
Dear Sir, subject to the Board that I am represent-
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your ing the unanimous feeling of the larger
communication of the 21st relative to community, who are fully justified in
the purchase of the ballast pit at Sker- bringing the injustice of their case before
ries Station on the Dublin and Drogheda the company.
Railway. Ion Trant Hamilton, M.P.
My agent when stipulating for a reduc-
tion of fares as a return for the sale of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
17
18
FROM PAGE 15 FAMILY OUTINGS OR THE FUSS EVERY ISSUE
DAYTRIPPERS
39 Lower Dominic Street
October 27th 1865 In the third in our series on fun, hassle-free
Re: Sale of Ballast Pit ways to spend a day with the kids without
My Dear Ion, the car or the backseat arguments, our
family take the train south down the coast
On the 8th Sep. last, I at-
tended before, the Dublin and on a day-return train trip to Bray
Drogheda Railway according
Gone
to appointment as to their mak-
ing some arrangement with
respect to times of trains, fares
e.t.c. and also to their proposal
for the purchase of the land ad-
joining the station at Skerries.
I placed before them a state-
ment as to the injurious effects
south
of the alterations of time and
the difference of mileage rate
between Dublin and Malahide
and Dublin and Skerries.
After a long discussion they
came to the conclusion that
they would alter their fares
to Skerries by reducing the
yearly subscription 1st Class
by £1 and 2nd Class by £2 and
allow the train leaving Dublin
at 2 o’clock to stop at Skerries
instead of Rush, but the mail Mum says: Afterwards we set off along the
trains they could not alter as promenade towards Bray head. It
the Post Office would not al- was such a nice day we found a
T
HE kids were very
low them to do so. excited on Sunday spot of grass to sit on above the
They also stated that if any morning as we got walk so we could just let the kids
money was laid out by land- ready for our big train play whilst we enjoyed the view.
lord or otherwise on Skerries trip to Bray. They had On our way to find some food
in building etc. they might be been talking about it all week and it was hard to avoid the amuse-
induced to meet such expen- the destination choice was a com- ments. Each of the kids got a pile
munal decision. We had actually of small coins to spend in the penny
diture by reduction of the fare
been to the Sea Life Centre before machines. They had never done it
or free tickets for certain class
but it was about four years before and were quickly en-
houses, but this was all ex- thralled. Though they had
pressly understood to be quite ago which is a very
long time to a child. been complaining of
free from any dealing as to the hunger before, they
sale or purchase of the land re- Bray has really
gone upmarket in decided they were
quired by the railway. no longer hungry
the last decade
Mr Hamilton was to enter and just wanted to
and it is always a
into such a sale or refusal as he pleasure to spend stay there. This is
thought proper, but one was not time there. It’s the reason I have
to be conditional on the other. a long way to go never taken them
on a daytrip but the to the amusements
Truly yours pretty scenery makes in Skerries! Eventu-
Nathaniel A. Hamilton up for it. Sunday is a good ally we dragged them
Solicitor day for train journeys as there is no off complaining and trying to
problem getting seats. extract promises of a return visit.
The foregoing letters were We spent a long time in the We had a late lunch that everyone
reproduced with the aquarium, the kids were definitely enjoyed but I wouldn’t go out of my
kind permission of the a better age for it this time. We saw way to eat there again.
trustees of the National some very bizarre fish and learnt a Walking back down the prom-
Library of Ireland lot of strange facts. The kids were enade we had to get ice creams be-
kept busy trying to be the first to cause they looked so good. There
- ELIZABETH BALCOMBE spot the weirdest looking creatures. TO PAGE 21
19
20
ON TRACK Fingal family’s fun
is a lovely seaside holiday town away on those machines where
atmosphere and we all decided you try and knock money off
it was well worth the long train moving shelves of precariously
journey. stacked coins.
We were getting hungry
so we dived into one of the
Dad says: first reasonable looking pub
grub spots we saw, called Jim
THE train journey there flew
Doyles and filled up on chips
by, even though we had to
and scampi and the like, before
change trains at Pearse. There
getting cones and sauntering
was a new cafe there and I
back for the train.
almost made the whole family
I guess the kids must have
miss the train when I sneaked
been pretty wrecked after their
off to grab a quick takeaway
day out, because at least two
coffee and chocolate.
fell asleep on the train home.
I thought Bray seemed a
little more frayed around the
edges than last time we were The Damage:
there, some years ago now. The
Family Day Return Ticket €13
aquarium seemed smaller to
National Sea Life Centre -
me too, though the kids were a family ticket €40
better age for it now and excit- Jim Doyles for lunch €70.95
edly ran from one weird fish to Coins for amusements €10
another. Our favourite were the Ice-cream cones €6
cow fish, waxy, yellow little
rectangular box-shaped fish
with four legs and horns. Mad!
Fishy Facts:
The poor old octupus was on its Male sea horses
last legs - or should I say ten- carry their
tacles - so we weren’t allowed young and
to torment him . . . much. give birth,
We walked a little ways up Manta rays
the road that winds around the can throw
lower bit of Bray Head. The at- themselves
mosphere was summery and two metres in
there was a busker the air
who we watched Octopuses have
for a while. blue blood, three
On the hearts and are
way to eat, as intelligent
we stopped as the average
in at the dog.
amusements Jellyfish have
and the kids no heart,
threw a bunch bones or
of money brain.
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Tales from You can write? And you’re from
around here? What are you
waiting for? Tell us a story.
a local Send us YOUR tales of
imagination - or local
adventures from a past
typewriter now vanished - address on
page three. We’re waiting . . .
Rides from Rush on
the brewery cart and
breaking bread with
lighthouse keepers
Betty Clarke is Church Street in Skerries, a whole) day off! we’d call to visit our aunts in
from a house where Superva- One of these free days is the family home in Church
90. Here she lu now stands and my mother etched on my memory for- Street and we’d always pay
recalls her early came from Rush. My ever. It was a glorious sum- a visit to Tommy Rooney’s
mother’s family mer’s day such as we don’t open-air fruit market which
years in were publicans seem to get anymore when a he held in Strand Street where
Skerries and initially long, horse-drawn cart full of the Health Centre is now.
my father Darcy’s Ale arrived from the Although, we grew up be-
and Rush, helped her Brewery in Skerries. hind and over a pub, we girls
back in out running were never allowed into it, for
the business. PUBS in those days, no women at
the days of Then when This ale was to be sold to all all ever went near a pub, apart
horses and they were the pubs in Rush and when from the old ladies who used
married, it was the sale was complete, the to call with their empty jugs
carts, back in that premises that dray headed back to Skerries to be filled up with porter.
when Rockabill they settled down and reared filled with half the delighted When these jugs were filled,
their family - all five of us: children from Rush, all seated they’d be taken home and the
was manned two girls and three boys. this way and that in the back porter drunk there.
We all went to the National of the cart. Our bedrooms were located
I
SUPPOSE you could School in Rush and I suppose All this was such a thrill to over the ‘shop’ and we usu-
say I am ‘half and half’ the highlight of our year was us - something that children ally had to wait until the pub
when we come to talk- the day Lady Palmer visited these days would find hard to ‘cleared’ before we could go
ing about ‘roots’ for our school, for on that day, understand. to bed for it could be very
my father came from we’d be given half (or maybe Once arrived in Skerries, TO PAGE 25
23
24
ISLAND CROSSINGS When the light was manned
FROM PAGE 23 we just rented a little cottage
opposite Glennon’s pub, on
noisy. At the age of 11, I was the corner of New Street and
sent to boarding school in Church Street.
Dublin to the Sisters of Char- Later on, we moved to
ity in Mountjoy Street. My live permanently in a bigger
sister joined me here. As for house. We really enjoyed the
the boys, one went to school sea and the sailing in Sker-
in Rockwell, one to O’Briens ries and I have many happy
Institute, Fairview and the memories of visiting all three
youngest refused to be inter- of the islands along with
ested in formal education. Lambay and even Rockabill
itself.
LOVEABLE I have to tell you that if
He was a most loveable fel- Rockabill looked clean, it was
low with a great personality because it really was clean! the Pier House Restaurant. LIVING ON THE ROCK:
but all he wanted when he When our boat pulled up, These keepers not only Vintage photograph, above,
was young was freedom to we’d step onto a flat rock and maintained and polished and of Rockabill lighthouse in
see the world. cared for the ‘light’ but they which the dwellings are
then we’d cross easily to the
clearly visible
Altogether, we were a very lighthouse itself. polished everything else in
happy, hard-working family There were always two sight, it seemed - the wood,
the brasses - and I think they
who got on well together both
among ourselves and with the
lighthouse keepers there who
might even have scrubbed the
‘There were
worked on a ‘month on month
commmunity. off’ basis while their families very rock itself, it looked so always two
In 1943, I came to Skerries lived in the ‘Dwellings’, fine clean.
with my husband. At first, houses still lived in and situ-
lighthouse
as a young married couple, ated around the corner from BREAD keepers there
One keeper was a Mr Polly
and he’d bring us into his who worked
house which stood beside
the ‘light’ and give us tea
on a ‘month on
and bread that he might have month off’ basis
baked himself.
At the back of the rock, while their
it was just so fascinating to families lived in
watch the terns nesting. It
was all another world really - the fine houses
so lovely and peaceful.
I have travelled and seen
still situated
many places, including the around the
sights in New York, but the
highlights of my life are the corner from the
rides on the Brewery cart and Pier House
the visits to the islands off
ROLL OUT THE BARRELS: The empty cart carried kids . . . Skerries. Restaurant’
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FROM PAGE 11 Such was his accuracy we
asked him if he played a lot of
barrel at the sight and give computer games. He admitted
the signal to release the clay that he did ‘quite a bit’. This
pigeon. The clay pigeon is a was obviously the answer -
bright orange disc shot out of next time we would have to
a machine next to you. The have a bit of practice on the
recoil from the gun almost kids’ PlayStation first!
knocked us over. We had a Back at the clubhouse we
good go but failed miserably. congratulated the Corrys on
The sound is so loud it was such a successful fundraiser.
hard not to yelp each time a Margaret told us there were
shot was fired. 17 teams in all with three
Local teen, Cia- people in each team.
ran Judd, really Every team member
put us to shame had paid €100
by hitting every to enter. THAT’S ONE BIG CHEQUE:
single clay pigeon. When ing, Margaret said it was
Margaret Corry, Jill Clark and
He was the young- asked why to have something for the Megan Corry with €6,300 for
est there by a couple of they had lads. “The men just weren’t the Irish Cancer Society
decades but was obviously organised that interested in coffee so it
in the lead. Then it emerged another seemed only fair to think of enjoying themselves.
that it was his very first fundraiser something that would appeal Irish Cancer Society’s Jill
time there and he had just so soon more to them and this was it,” Clark was there to receive the
come along with his Dad after the she laughed. She had a point. cheque. The final total from
to see what it was about. coffee morn- The men really seemed to be both events was €7,250.
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ROOFTOP WISDOM From a local Master Thatcher
As we round
up our pick of
the best known
thatched houses
in the area, one
of the last local
thatchers,
Christopher
Grimes, imparts
some of the
knowledge of
what is sadly a
dying trade
N
OWADAYS it
is rare to see
a house being
thatched. A
thatcher at work
will always draw people to
Drawing the long
straw
watch him ply his ancient
craft but as a retired thatcher
I can assure you that thatch-
ing is hard work. I served my
time in the 1930’s to Thomas
Dowdall, a master thatcher in
the Fingal area.
The first stage in thatching
was the purchase of the wheat
or oaten straw from a local
farmer. About half a ton of out over a wide square in the months to soften and allow and work upwards towards
straw was needed to cover yard, crossing the bundles mould to grow on it so that the ridge. I would take a
the roof of an average cottage hand over hand and letting it was semi-rotten. Thomas wangle, push it into the old
which measured about 30ft x it fall through your fingers Dowdall would come out to thatch and secure it with a
14ft. Good straw consisted to loosen it. Then it was check it. He would pull out steel tool called a slice. The
of long dry strands. The best weighted down with planks clumps or wangles as edge of the wangle
g
time to buy was in October and doused with buckets they were called too would be tailed in
after the harvest. of water to soften it. Then test for slime. If ‘Thatching neatl to make
neatly
it was left for about three he could detect
The straw was first shaken
scum between
room
is hard work. roo for the next
wangle. Sec-
wa
his thumb and I served my tions
tio of about
forefinger he 16inches were
16
would judge the time in the done
don at a time
straw ready as it 1930s’ to mmake up a row
had sticking power.r. thatch. Every
of that
If not he would leave
ave two rows were watered
it for another two or three down, combed to join them
weeks and test it again. with a rake and smoothed
When the straw was ready down by the back of the
the roof would be prepared rake. When the overhang
by raking to get rid of old was trimmed down it looked
straw and moss. The thatcher very neat. The advantages
would then start at the eave TO PAGE 33
31
32
HAY HO A Fingal thatcher’s lot
FROM PAGE 31 case I would rely on my flask
of tea. Some customers were
of a thatched roof were that very generous. I particularly
it was warm in winter when remember Mr Stafford from
the straw contracted due to Bettystown who sent a car for
the damp and cool in sum- me every day, gave me all my
mer when the straw dried and meals and a parcel of meat at
opened out to allow good the weekend.
ventilation. Weather permit- I had a thatched roof
ting, it would take about myself on my own house,
three and a half days to do a but like many others it has
complete roof. For this I was now been replaced by slates.
paid wages of £2 ten shillings It is difficult and expensive
which would be about three or nowadays to get insurance.
four euro. I was lucky to have In my day thatching was a
regular work as a painter and way of providing a good roof
decorator as it would have at reasonable cost. Now it is
been hard to make a living at the costly preserve of those
thatching. wealthy enough to maintain
I thatched a variety of listed buildings.
buildings in my time, houses A thatched roof was once
and pubs all over Fingal from simply a roof over one’s head.
Howth to Bettystown. Hos- Now it is a romantic part of
pitality in the various houses our heritage.
varied: a cup of tea and a
slice of brown bread were - CHRISTOPHER GRIMES
always welcome. However Christopher wrote this a few years ago.
Sadly he is now deceased.
sometimes I would not be The article is reproduced with the kind
offered anything in which permission of Rosie Grimes
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DANGER STRIKES A mother’s worst nightmare
O
NE morning, go anywhere with a stranger. out loud enough for everyone
Owen’s family His mum had told him this. to hear, “I don’t know where
went to the Pa- But then the stranger said, he is!”
vilions. They “I’m not a stranger. I know His mother got such a
went into a your parents.” fright. They looked every-
sweet shop and Owen saw his Meanwhile, at home, Ow- where around the house for
favourite type of candy bar. en’s family saw that his chair him, even the attic.
He thought that he could buy was empty. Then his mother But at the Pavilions, the
it because his parents seemed asked her husband where man in the detective suit
busy over at the far side of he was. The husband asked said for Owen to get in his
the shop. He saw that the line his son where he was. The car and he would drive him
was extremely long, but he son asked his brother home. Owen thought
thought the bar was extremely where he was. The really hard about this OUR AUTHOR: Sheila
nice so he went to the back of brother asked his and what his mother Loughnan (9)
the line anyway. sister where he had told him. But
was. The sister the man told him thought about this for a bit
HOME asked her sister again that he was then decided the man had a
His parents on the other side where he was. not a stranger. He point - and went downstairs
of the shop were busy looking Then the sister knew his parents. into the car park with him.
at magazines and stuff, but his shouted Owen Just as he was about to get
mother looked at her watch into the car, Owen’s parents
and just remembered that she
had left the kettle on at home.
So she told her husband to get
Owen and get back home fast.
The drove up so fast he didn’t
even see them coming. His
mother immediately saw
the man, grabbed Owen
Bad
So her husband told his son and asked him, “I thought I
and his son told his brother told you never to go in a car
and his brother told his sister with a stranger. Were you
and his sister told her sister, even listening to me when I
but she didn’t hear and they said that?”
all ran back to the car.
Owen didn’t realise that STRANGER
Man
his parents were gone. He “But the man said he knew
was the second person in the you,” said Owen. “I thought
line now. When he got to the he wasn’t a stranger.”
front, he bought the candy The his mother said in the
bar with €5, which was more loudest voice that everyone
than enough, so now he had to in the Pavilions could hear
get some change which took a (including the ones inside):
little longer. A tale of lessons learned “He is a man that has been
when a local boy almost wanted by the police for
WORRIED almost a year now!”
When he was done, it was a falls foul of a stranger, by Police on the other side
long time after his parents of the car park heard every
had left. He went to the back Sheila Loughnan, aged 9 word, rushed over and hand-
of the shop expecting to find cuffed the man. Owen said to
them there. But they weren’t. him, “I am never falling for
He went outside the shop. that one again!”
Now he was getting worried.
He walked a bit further on
SO, EVERY child knows
and looked around, but he still
not to get into a strang-
couldn’t find them.
er’s car - or do they?
Just then, a man in a big
A journalist was com-
detective coat saw him and
ing around to visit your
walked over. “I know where
favourite local magazine the
your parents are,” he said.
Owen thought that he was other day, WRITES EMILY
going to ask him to come DIEBOLD, and a curious
with him. He was right. Owen thing happened. Though
thought that he should never TO PAGE 37
35
36
Crilly & McGrath STRANGERS IN CARS
Opticians FROM PAGE 35
she knows me quite well she
doesn’t really know my chil-
Granted, my colleague is a
young woman and certainly
doesn’t look threatening.
5 Thomas Hand St 50 Laurence St dren as she has only been in She had mistaken the boy
Skerries Drogheda the house a couple of times. for my middle son who is
01 843 2166 041 983 7491 As she was nearing the es- also eleven and has the same
tate, she saw a boy walking colour hair.
If she had been a man
Crilly & McGrath by himself and thought he
maybe the boy wouldn’t
was one of mine.
Opticians “Hop in,” she said. “I’m have got in so eagerly. Even
so, it was an eyeopener as to
are the just on my way to see your
how trusting children are of
mother.” In he got and as
leaders in she drove on, turning up adults.
optical fashion. towards my house, he sud-
MISTAKE
denly said, “I don’t live up
We take care here!” My colleague realised The next time he called
around I asked him why
of all your they didn’t know each other
he’d got into the car. He just
and quickly turned around
optical needs and dropped him to where said he’d done it “because
he pointed to. When she she told me to.” So, had he
Skerries Opening Hours arrived at my house she was realised he’d made a mis-
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm quite shaken. take after he got out?
Now, this boy is 11 and “Yes,” he answered. “If
Saturday 9.30am to 1pm I’d stayed in the car I could
very smart. I was quite tak-
Late Opening on Tuesdays 6 to 8pm have got a lift all the way up
en aback that he, of all kids,
had got into a stranger’s car to your house!”
Parking facilities just around the corner so easily.
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A
H May. Summer
is on the way.
Will it be a hot
one this year or
will things be
dampened by rain clouds?
Only time will tell, but sure,
Now, THAT’S
even if it rains it’s a good
excuse to get to the cinema
and let’s face it, there are only
three movies worth looking at
this month. Now, where’s my
entertainment
whip and fedora gone to? And
that’s enough of a hint ... Your guide to the very
best in new movies
Löuis previewed by Löuis
Iron Man Courtney Jones
Out on May 2
IFCO Rating TBC a comic book fan, actually you’re pretty much there. This ‘20 years on and
plays Nick Fury in this film. looks good “Go Speed Racer
COMIC book adaptations can GO!!!” Harrison Ford looks
be hit or miss, but so far there great for his age’
have been good reports about Speed Racer
Out on May 16 DID YOU KNOW: Peter
this tale of Tony Stark, the Fernandez, the voice of Speed was reported to be so im-
billionaire playboy, industrial- IFCO Rating TBC Racer and Racer X in the pressed with Ford on set that
ist and genius inventor who is original cartoon series, plays he couldn’t see the difference
kidnapped and forced to build ANYONE over the age of the Race Announcer in this in him between the third and
a devastating weapon. about 30 may remember movie. fourth movies. As to the plot,
In true superhero style, us- the awesome cartoon Speed all we know is that Indy finds
ing his intelligence and inge- Racer from bygone years. If himself battling Soviet agents
nuity, Tony builds a high-tech not, get onto YouTube.com Indiana Jones for an artifact said to have
suit of armour and escapes and catch up! and the Kingdom secret powers from another
captivity. When he uncovers Advance previews of world.
a nefarious plot with global this movie reveal glimpses
of the Crystal
implications, he dons his of camp creativity and a Out on May 22 DID YOU KNOW: When
powerful armour and vows to tremendous cast including IFCO Rating TBC Shia LaBeouf signed on for
protect the world as Iron Man. Emile Hirsh as Speed Racer, the film he didn’t even read
Definitely one for the family, Christina Ricci as his girl- IT’S 20 years since Indiana the script. To prepare
grab that bucket of popcorn friend Trixie, John Goodman Jones last donned his for his role he
and Susan Sarandon as his trademark fedora and watched the
DID YOU KNOW In the parents - and Lost’s Matthew whip and finally, he’s previous three
Marvel comic book series Fox as Speed’s dreaded rival back, older and wiser Indiana Jones
of Iron Man, the character with whom he must team up but still the tough, films over and
of Nick Fury is portrayed as with in order to win the race kick-ass explorer we all over, and gained
African-American, with his of his life. know and love. 15 pounds of
look and personality tailored Think of the Star Wars pod And Ford looks muscle.
after actor Samuel L Jackson, racing scenes meets Days of great for his
all carried out with the actor’s Thunder and Lost in Space age. In fact
explicit permission. Jackson, meets Cars kind of thing and Spielberg
YOUR LOCAL CINEMA INFO:
Savoy Cinema Parking: Directly provide a small Movies@Swords Parking: In the Also: Kids’
Mill Street across the street area if you want Pavillions SC shopping centre club Saturday
Balbriggan Parties: They to bring a cake Swords Parties: Group and Sunday
Tel: 690 5377 do sweets and Also: Your name Tel: 895 6150 bookings call mornings with
Screens: 7 snack trays and lit up on marquee Screens: 11 870 3600 special rates
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Q: Is there an increase in charges
for public hospitals for 2008?
Answer: more hospitals in the course children up to six weeks HSE Regional Hospitals
of the year and your stay old and children suffering Voluntary and Joint Board
THE charge for attending in hospital exceeds 10 days from prescribed long-term Teaching Hospitals: Pri-
out-patient, emergency or overall, you should mention illnesses do not have to pay. vate- €758; Semi-private-
casualty departments of this to the last hospital you In cases of undue hardship, €594; Day-care- €546; HSE
public hospitals has in- attend. the Health Service Execu- County Hospitals Voluntary
creased from €60 to €66 for Everyone is entitled to tive (HSE) may provide the Non-Teaching Hospitals:
2008. If you have a medical public in-patient services service free of charge. Private- €506; Semi-Private-
card holder or a referral regardless of income but The charges for private €407; Day-care- €362; HSE
from your doctor you do subject to the above charg- and semi-private accom- District Hospitals: Private-
not have to pay this charge. es. Medical card holders, modation in public hospitals €217; Semi-private- €185;
If you have to return for women re- ceiv- have also increased by 10%. Day-care- €161.
further visits in relation to ing mater- The rates for 2008 are, These charges are in ad-
the same illness or accident, nity ser- dition to the public hospital
you do not have to pay the vices, statutory in-patient charge
charge again for the subse- given above.
quent visits.
This column is compiled by
The charge for in-patient Skerries Citizens’ Advice Centre,
services in a public ward
has also increased to €66 a
day (subject to a maximum
Know Your Rights providing free and confidential
service to the public and answer-
ing legal and civil rights questions
for free. Tel: 849 4443. Strand
of €660, or 10 days, in a with your local citizens’ advice centre House Clinic (opp. Pasta Pizza).
year). If you stay in two or LoCall 1890 777 121
Not just for the ‘gray brigade’
IN a first for Skerries Bowling the Department of Arts’ Sport
Club, a group of 22 members and Tourism.
took flight to Almeria in Spain The new facilities now
to play a match against a local enables the club to offer both
club in Garrucha. indoor and outdoor bowl-
The event was arranged by ing to all its members, and
two members of the Skerries we would like to extend an
club, who were also members invitation to any prospective
of the Spanish club, and was a players to come to the club
tremendous success. any morning and try a roll-up.
The game is no longer
GRACIOUS played by just the “grey-
In the match itself, Skerries haired” brigade, as most of
were narrowly beaten by La the best players of the game
Mata who were most gra- are now in their late twenties
cious in their victory, and or thirties. So don’t be afraid
entertained the travelers most house has just been com- of the club worked extremely to come along to have a go.
handsomely. This match was pleted, and a new synthetic hard to get the project finished The new league season for
also the first time that the green has been laid. The - which was supported by the club begins for the ladies
Skerries players were able to Development Sub committee Fingal County Council and on April 23rd. and for the
wear the new playing gear, men on April 26, so all are
and the consensus was that welcome to come and visit the
the new shirts were most club which is situated next to
becoming. Skerries Bowling Super Valu in Skerries.
club has just undertaken a ma-
jor development this year. OWEN MORRISSEY-
A new purpose built club- MURPHY, PRO
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HATS OFF Rush Youthreach Graduation
PROUD: Main picture - back row, left to right - are
Lyndsey Farrell, Kayleigh Whelan, Amy Higgins
and Pauline McGrath. Front row - Barbara Dunne,
Leanne McGee and Martina Brennan
FOR the first time ever, the gradua- 5 certificate and one student received improve their qualifications. Kayleigh
tion ceremony for Rush Youthreach a full Childcare Level 5 certificate. Whelan (pictured second left) works
Centre was held in Rush. Normally These students graduated in full caps in Fun Times in Balbriggan where
they join up with other programmes and gowns. Others received FETAC she is very happy. Now that she has
and have the graduation elsewhere but certificates for levels 3 and 4, ECDL both business and childcare qualifica-
this year it was held here as there were certficates and Equalskills certficates. tions she hopes to one day open her
so many graduating. Proud friends Rush Youthreach is open since 1991 own business. Pauline McGrath (back
and relatives turned out in force to and caters for early school leavers right) works for Bright Beginnings and
support the graduating students. Nine from 16 to 20. Many of the students will stay in childcare but also hopes to
students received a full Business Level already have jobs and are working to work for herself in the future.
LOCAL TIDE WATCH May forecast
Dublin (North Wall) - May 2008
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Caution: High/low water times will vary depending on location. Tides may change in certain weather conditions. Always
31 02:22
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3.8m check for updates before you go. The information here is published WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even implied
Sat 14:58 0.8m warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Both the author and the publisher as-
21:44 3.7m sume no liability for damages arising from use of these predictions. They are not certified to be correct and they do not
incorporate the effects of storms, seismic events, continental drift or changes in global sea level
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Don’t look behind
you, whatever you
do - you might
see one of the
most successful
children’s illustra-
tors, right here in
our town. If you
do, say ‘boo’ to
Niamh Sharkey
Y
OU never know who
you’re standing next
to in the supermar-
ket queue in Skerries
these days, there’s
so many talented and successful
people living here now.
Take local mother Niamh Shar-
key, an award-winning illustrator
of children’s picture books. Just
a few short years after graduat-
ing in 1994 she nabbed one of
the most prestigious gongs in the
world of children’s books - the
Mother Goose Award for the
most exciting newcomer for her
Skerries woman’s
first two books The Gigantic
Turnip and Tales of Wisdom and
monster
Wonder. Niamh now writes and
illustrates her own picture books
with Walker Books.
FETED
So how did she get from art
student to feted children’s illus-
trator and author in such a short
time? “A lot of hard work.” she
laughs.” After college I would
take my portfolio around to
success
newspapers and publishers workshops with children. She
and eventually got work doing has visited many of the younger
illustrations for the Times and school children in Skerries. She
Irish Independent and lots of will be taking part in the Cin-
different ad firms. ematic Film Festival in Dublin on
“I also did some book covers April 28 and Children’s Book-
for Wolfhound Press and Mer- week in October in Balbriggan
cier Press and some re-jacketing and Malahide Libraries. Her
of books. Then I went to Aus- book ‘I am a Hap-
tralia and while I was there an py Hugglewug’
English publisher saw one of my is currently being
book covers in a shop in Dingle developed into an
and looked me up. As a result I animation series.
illustrated the ‘Tales of Wisdom Her latest book
and Wonder’ for Barefoot Books ‘Cinderella’ is out
while I was in Tasmania. It really in September.
took off from there.” Many of her
Now Niamh is kept busy by other world, where anything can Niamh is busy with books are available
her agent in London as her work happen!” three small children in Skerries Book-
is very much in demand. Her studio is a converted attic to look after all under the shop. Indeed her
“A picture book format is a in her house in Martine Court and age of six. Luckily she has a lot books are available in 20 coun-
wonderful form. A child enters from her drawing table she has a of help from her husband. tries in 20 languages. They’re
through the title page into an wonderful view of the windmills. Niamh also does readings and even popular in Japan!
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ART ATTACK Local artists framed
WELL BRUSHED BEDROOM TALES:
UP: Artists Anne O’Shea,
Marie Fallon whose evocative
and Roddy oil of an unmade
Moynihan bed is just visible
behind her
ON a balmy night in April craned around the stairs to
a large crowd turned up for see accomplished local art-
YOU’VE BEEN the the launch of the Spring ists Marie Fallon, Michael
FRAMED: Exhibition at the intimate Killen, Gavan O’Kelly,
Children’s book and ever-friendly Village Hugh Fitzgerald Ryan,
illustrator Olwyn Art Gallery. You could still Olwyn Whelan and Anne
Whelan by her smell the oil paint from O’Shea’s vibrant, nostalgic
paintings
some exhibits as visitors and evocative works.
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46
MAY PLANNING SUMMARY Skerries
internal modifications. Data Protection No
Applications
F08B/0182 01-Apr-2008 Permission
F08A/0327 18-Mar-2008 Permission and Retention Applicant: Philip & Louise Brown Location: 14 The Weir, Kelly’s
Applicant: G & P McMeel Location: 27 & 28 Strand Street, Bay, Skerries
Skerries Proposed Development: The development consists of a two storey
Proposed Development: Retention of planning permission and pitched roof extension to the front/side of the existing house &
planning permission for the following: retention of planning new rooflight to front of existing roof. Data Protection No
permission for 1/ shop signage for ground floor units and office
signage for first floor unit no. 4. Planning permission for F08B/0185
F08B/018 03-Apr-2008 Permission
1/ change of use of existing ground floor unit no. 2
with office use to shop use. 2/ extended shop use to
Who’s pplicant: Mary Clinton Location: Margaretstown,
pplican
Skerries
Sker
front covered forecourt and enclose and relocate doing what Proposed Development: A two storey extension to
Pro
existing recessed shop front to front of shop units side of existing single storey cottage along with
sid
at ground floor. 3/ signage for office at first floor to their houses all associated site works. Data Protection No
al
on unit no. 3. At recently completed two storey
building on site facing onto and with access onto
and property F08B/0187 02-Apr-2008 Permission
F0
South Strand Road, Skerries, to the rear of NR 27 around the Applicant: Mr John O’Connor Location: 8 Quay
Ap
& 28 Strand Street. Data Protection Yes Street, Skerries. Proposed Development: To
Stre
town construct
constr a new two storey extension to the rear and
F08A/0334 18-Mar-2008 Permission existing render to front elevation to natural stone
change e
Applicant: Ms. Isla Plant Location: Balcunnin, Skerrieses cladding. Data Protection No
cladding
Proposed Development: A new two storey dwelling of (382sq.m.)
comprising no. 5 bedrooms, kitchen, dining, living and ancillary F08B/0188 04-Apr-2008 Permission. Applicant: Niamh O’Brien
areas together with a single storey detached garage of (45.4sq.m.), Location: 21 Sherlock Terrace, Skerries. Proposed Development:
alterations to existing entrance to main road, proprietary waste Demolition of existing single storey extension to rear of existing
water treatment system, landscaping and all associated site works. dwelling and construction of a single storey extension to rear of
Data Protection No existing dwelling. Data Protection No
F08A/0369 26-Mar-2008 Permission
Applicant: Mr & Mrs S. Russell Location: 9 Rush Road Decisions
Skerries. Proposed Development: A new detached bungalow, with
associated car parking and site landscaping. Data Protection No F08A/0117 GRANT PERMISSION Decision Date: 18-Mar-2008
Applicant: Antoinette & George Attley Location: 19 Sherlock
F08B/0160 25-Mar-2008 Permission Park, Skerries, Co Dublin
Applicant: Peter Burns Location: 37 Kellys Bay Pier, Proposed Development: To create new driveway entrance
Skerries. Proposed Development: Construction of new two for 2 no. on site parking spaces, modify fenestration
storey extension to side of existing dwelling, and conver- and door location on front elevation, replace flat roof
sion of existing attic to storage area to include on side of dwelling with pitched roof, remove existing
velux rooflights torear and associated site works. chimneys and construct a single storey extension to
Data Protection No rear.
F07B/0552 01-Apr-2008 Permission F08B/0028 GRANT PERMISSION Decision
Additional Information Date: 18-Mar-2008
Applicant: Michael and Clodagh Ryan Lo- Applicant: Karen & Tony Ferguson Location: 49
cation: 6 Holmpatrick Terrace, Skerries Kellys Bay Drive, Skerries, Co Dublin
Proposed Development: Refurbishment and Proposed Development: 2 storey extension to
extension, a protected structure, involving side of existing dwelling and single storey
rear extension of 20m² to lower ground extension to rear of existing dwelling.
floor, glazed rear extension of 20m² to
upper ground floor, with 12m² rear bal- F08A/0071 REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFOR-
cony adjacent (on location of original MATION Decision Date: 18-Mar-2008
rear balcony), and alterations to Applicant: Roughan Properties Ltd Location:
interior layout involving relo- O’Sheas Bar, Now Called Finnegans, 15-17 New
cated bathroom in lower ground Street, Skerries, Co Dublin
floor and new kitchen to upper Proposed Development: This is an architectural
ground floor with connecting door conservation are (This application applies to no
to dining room. Data Protection No 15 only). The development will consist of: the
change of use from pub to retail at no. 15 New
F08A/0403 02-Apr-2008 Permission Street to allow for no. 3 new separate shop units.
Applicant: T & N Callen Location: 3 College Court, Strand Shop A (area 38.12 sq.m.), Shop B (area 40.38
Street, Skerries. Proposed Development: Change of use from sq.m.), Shop C (area 28.61 sq.m.), and alteration
residential to commercial (all floors to dental surgery) with TO PAGE 49
47
48
MAY PLANNING SUMMARY Skerries
FROM PAGE 47 primary entrance to the estate; minor changes to the alignment of
to existing doorway to incorporate into new facade whilst retain- the existing permitted internal access road from the Balcunnin to
ing ground floor fire escape to the pub. The construction of a new Blackhills Road; modification of the car park layout adjoining the
first floor at no. 15 over the proposed retail shops with new double hotel to provide for 506 no. car parking and 6 no. coach parking
pitched slate roof to allow for no. 2 new 2 bedroom apartments Apt spaces in lieu of the 617 no. car parking spaces and 6 no. coach
1 (area 75 sq.m.), apt 2 (area 74 sq.m.), and modification to the parking spaces permitted; the relocation of the existing permitted
side elevation to allow for no 2 hardwood windows with balconies maintenance area to a new site along the eastern boundary; minor
which are set back (area 9.34 sq.m.) over the proposed shop fronts modifications to the siting of permitted houses to facilitate new
on ground floor. Removal of the existing three side windows roads layout; modification to the form of the new lakes located to
and existing door to side elevation to allow for two newew the east of the hotel; the provision of a reservoir of 750
shop fronts to the side lane each comprising central Who’s m
cubic metres located at the north east boundary of the
site; and the relocation of the club house within
door with two adjacent hardwood windows with
curved detail with new shop sign above and new doing what Mi
Milverton Demesne to a new position 80 metres
no
north-east of its permitted location and the reloca-
door incorporated in the centre of the shop front to their houses tio
tion of the practice range to a new position within
to allow for new access stairs to the new proposed
apartments on the first floor. The alterations to and property th
the estate.
the double doors and two single windows of the
front facade of New Street to allow for new shop around the F0
F07B/0447 GRANT PERMISSION Decision
Date
Date: 1-Apr-2008 Applicant: Mr & Mrs B Keogh
entrance comprising central door with two adjacent
hardwood windows with curved detail with new shop
town Locat
Location: 4 Holmpatrick Terrace, Skerries. Proposed
sign above and two new hardwood windows to the pro- o- Developm
Development: Development on this site at 4 Holmpatrick
posed apartments on new first floor to New Street. The removal Terrace prote
Terrace, a protected structure. The development will consist of
of the timber gate to the lane to allow for access to shops and new demolition of a two storey structure to rear consisting of a kitchen,
lighting to lane. store and bathroom and for the construction of a two storey exten-
sion over basement to rear consisting of a store/utility room in
F08B/0054 GRANT PERMISSION FOR RETENTION Decision basement, a two bedroom extension on ground floor and a first
Date: 26-Mar-2008 Applicant: Linda McGirl Location: Skerries floor extension consisting of a new sunroom, balcony and internal
Road, Ballykea, Loughshinny, Skerries, Co Dublin alterations. The works will also involve the complete restoration
Proposed Development: Retention of single story extension to rear of the Victorian fenestration fascade to front and restoration of
of single storey bungalow at above. internal works in order to restore the house for family accommoda-
tion.
F07A/0919 GRANT PERMISSION Decision Date: 31-Mar-2008
Applicant: Tamorbrick Ltd. Location: Milverton Demesne And F08B/0073 GRANT PERMISSION Decision Date: 03-Apr-2008
Home Farm, Skerries, Co. Dublin. Applicant: Mr & Mrs C Birney Location: 15 The Promenade,
Proposed Development: Modifications to the previously approved Kellys Bay, Skerries, Co Dublin
development of an integrated tourism/recreational facility on a site Proposed Development: Demolition of existing single storey
measuring 177.05 hectares (437.5 acres) at Milverton Demesne kitchen at rear and for a two storey part single storey extension to
and Home Farm, Skerries within the townlands of Grange (Hol- rear consisting of a kitchen/dining room extension on the ground
mpatrick), Balcunnin, Ardla, Milverton Demesne and Killalane floor and for an extension to an existing bedroom to first floor with
(Planning Register Refs: F04A/1477, F05A/1108 and F06A/1427). internal alterations all to rear of existing house.
Milverton Demesne and Home Farm include a number of pro-
tected structures (Record of Protected Structures nos. 234 to 242 F08A/0369 INVALID PLANNING APPLICATION Decision
inclusive of the Fingal County Development Plan 2005-2011). Date: 02-Apr-2008. Applicant: Mr & Mrs S. Russell Location: 9
The modifications will provide for a revised internal roads layout Rush Road, Skerries, Co. Dublin .
within Milverton Demesne to include modification of the exist- Proposed Development: A new detached bungalow, with associ-
ing East Avenue to provide a two lane boulevard to be used as the ated car parking and site landscaping.
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SHUTTERBUG Skerries News camera
What a
racquet
There was much rummaging in
sheds and attics as St Patrick’s
school children prepared for
their historic artefacts week . . .
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ST Patrick’s Junior School’s
recently held an ‘Artefacts
Week’ in which kids brought
in old irons, kettles, bellows,
bed warmers, washboards,
spinning wheels, photographs
- even a porcelain chamber-
2 pot - in order to enhance their
learning experience in history.
A huge effort was made to 5
retrieve precious items from
attics and the dark recesses of
garden shed. Pictured: 1 Mark
Drumm, Oran Creagh, Abbie
Beggs, 2 Sam Lowndes, Ali
Toft, Lochlainn Joyce, 3 Luke
Kavanagh, Sarah Coleman,
Caroline Lynehan, Michael
Coady, 4 Anyone for tennis?;
5 Adam O’Rourke, 6 Peter
1 Lacey, Fionn O’Leary, Luke
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