OUR UPCOMING TALKS AND OUTINGS

SHORT OUTING – (Date & Time in August next to be allocated) A visit to Lis na Carrig house, Brighton Road, Foxrock

ALL DAY OUTING WEDNESDAY 14th June Johnstown Castle, Wexford -Taking the train to Wexford and a coach/taxi to the castle. Cost EUR40.00 for Taxi, lunch and entrance fee.

See OUR PUBLICATIONS page for a list of our booklets. Our latest publications are:-

No. 87 Fell Down, Knocked Down, Slipped in, Four Fatal Mishaps in Dalkey 1890-1913 by James Scannell. No. 88 Christ Church Lands in and around Deansgrange by Martin McCarthy. No. 89 St. Michaels’s Hospital & Dun Laoghaire County Hall – Conjoined Beginnings by Donal O’Sullivan.

THIRD TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER (SEPT 19th 2023 – in the Parish Hall only at 20:00)

DUBLIN 18 SCENERY APPRECIATION.

SPEAKER: ALAN TOUHY

Our landmark symbol of the area, the Ballycorus Leadmine Chimney looks amazing just after sunset. The chimney site on top of Shankill Hill is a hugely popular place to visit.The woods beside the chimney are owned by Coillte and are fully open to the public.

Another famous local landmark enjoying a sprinkling of snow, our 5000-year-old Glendruid Dolmen.

New places to someday explore – the brand new multi-sport campus (Dundrum South Dublin Athletics) along the local Tibradden road not far from the top end of Marley park has an incredibly beautiful hidden river walk with some of the finest old beech trees and great mountain views. The whole facility looks amazing but wow if they could extend that river walk a little further….

See our new VIDEOS OF LOCAL INTEREST section for tours around Deansgrange Cemetery -Killiney & Dalkey – Carriglea Industrial School

Our annual membership fee from September 2023 to July 2024 is €20. Please renew this as soon as possible to help us manage the club’s running expenses. See the “Annual Membership Subscription” page for details on how to pay.

MEMBERS WILL BE SENT AN EMAIl with the ZOOM invite password.

Non-Members please send an email to: info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie for a password to this meeting.

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TALKS – OUTINGS PLANNED FROM MAY 2023 to MAY 2024

( The talks are on the third Tuesdays of the month in the Foxrock Parish Pastoral Centre Hall )

DATES	TOPIC	SPEAKER
August	Date and time to be decided	Lis na Carrig House, Brighton Road, Foxrock.
June 14^th	All Day Outing – Johnstown Castle Wexford – Train from Dun Laoghaire @ 9.30	Taxi from Train in Wexford, Lunch in Johnstown Castle and entrance fees. TOTAL circa €40
Oct 17^th	The Irish Artist – Margaret Allen (1832-1914)	Speaker – Derville Murphy
Nov 21st	AGM Followed by a talk on:- Leopardstown Racecourse Origins.	Speaker – Prof. Fergus D’arcy
Jan 16^th2024	The accidental diplomat: my years in the Irish Foreign Service, 1987-1995	Speaker – Eamonn Delaney
Feb 20^th	With the 6th Battalion – South County Dublin and the War of Independence 1916-1921	Speaker – James Brady
Mar 19^th	A Forgotten Irish Author: Cornelius Ryan, ‘The longest Day’ and ‘A Bridge Too Far’	Speaker – Philip Lecane
Apr 16^th	To be announced
^{May 21st}	A Night of Artifacts	All Members to give a short synopsis of an artifact of interest they have.

All our meetings are held in the Foxrock Pastoral Centre, which is at the junction of the N11 and Kill Lane. We meet on the third Tuesday of every month between September and May. The meetings start at 20:00 with an introduction, this is then followed by the main talk. After the talk there is an opportunity for questions and answers. Then after, the vote of thanks, tea and biscuits are served and you can get a chance to meet the speakers and ask questions you may have.

Admission for members is Free.

Admission for Non- Members is EUR 5.00

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