OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS (Meetings always the 3rd Tuesdays of the month in the Parish Hall – Occasional talks on Mondays in Deansgrange Library via bookings to library- see below)

  

THE HISTORY CLUB’S 2025-2026 SERIES OF TALKS RETURNS ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16th 2025– IN THE FOXROCK PARISH PAROCIAL CENTRE AT 20:00  

TALK: – SHANKILL IN 1837- PEOPLE, HOUSES AND EVENTS

Speaker – Rob Goodbody

In 1837, Shankill, was a rural village. It was part of a larger estate owned by Sir Charles Compton William Domvile, who later sought to develop it into a more attractive area for Dublin city residents. At this time, Shankill was primarily characterized by smallholdings and a more rural lifestyle. Domvile aimed to transform Shankill by building grand Georgian-style housing, squares, and streets to attract Dublin’s wealthier professionals.  Rob has spent many years researching this area of Dublin and his wealth of knowledge of this subject will be very informative.

Admission for Non- Members is EUR 5.00

NEW PUBLICATION – 2025

Holy Year Oratory, Cornelscourt 1975-2025 – Fifty Years of Service

by Tommy Lyons (R.I.P.), Tony Keane.

In 1974, before the Holy Year of 1975, Archbishop Dermot Ryan set up a Commission of Laity to look at the church’s organisation in the Diocese. One suggestion was setting up a caravan in a shopping centre to have a priest attend for counselling and confessions. The elder Ben Dunne was enthusiastic about this project and firstly two mobile homes were set up in the car park of Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt called Holy Year Oratory and mass and services commenced in 1975. With various building, road widening for the N11, etc. The Dunne family had the present purpose built Oratory constructed in 1992. Now 50 years since the first Oratory started, the services are still going strong.

Annual Membership Fee

The annual membership covers from September 2024 to July 2025 and is €20. This entitles you to 8 talks, free to our two short summer outings and preference for places on our full day summer outings.  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.

  Our email is: info@foxrocklocalhistory.ie  

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TALKS – OUTINGS PLANNED FROM  SEPTEMBER 2025 to MAY 2026

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

 

2025-26 Season

TALK

SPEAKER

 Monday Oct 20th

IN DEANSGRANGE LIBRARY BOOKING ESSENTIAL AT (01)2047218

Local history sources on a local theme

 

 

SPEAKERMartin McCarthy 

 Tuesday Oct 21st

Cottage Industries in the Rural Economy

SPEAKER –Prof. Liam Downey

 Tuesday 

Nov 18th 

 A.G.M. Followed by:-  

 Digging up the Raj in the Attic.

 

 

SPEAKER –Shabnam Vasisht

  Monday

Nov 24th 

IN DEANSGRANGE LIBRARY BOOKING ESSENTIAL AT (01)2047218

Carriglea – From Country House to the College of Art and Design

 

 

SPEAKER –Moira Laffan

  Tuesday 

DEC 16th

A Xmas item

 

 Tuesday Jan 20th 2026  

 The Shooting of Alan Bell who went looking for Michael Collins’ Funds

SPEAKER –  Jim Scannell

  Tuesday Feb 17th

 A History of Lifeboats in Dublin Bay

SPEAKERCormac Lowth

  Monday Feb 23rd

IN DEANSGRANGE LIBRARY BOOKING ESSENTIAL AT (01)2047218

To be announced

 

 Tuesday Mar 10th 

To be announced

 

  Tuesday APR 21st  

A People’s History of Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown

SPEAKER Deirdre Nuttall 

  Monday APR 27th  

IN DEANSGRANGE LIBRARY BOOKING ESSENTIAL AT (01)2047218

Windsor House

 

 

SPEAKERPhilip Lecane 

  Tuesday May 19th  

 To be announced

 

  May

 Short Outing

 

    May

 Short Outing

 

   June  

Full Day  Outing

 

  Tuesday  

 

 


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.

 

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