Welcome to the Malahide Historical Society's site where you can learn about the Society, about Malahide and it's environs and find pointers for further research.

The Illustrated Historical Guide provides information about places and buildings of historical interest
there are also articles on the Talbots and Malahide Castle,
Lambay Island,
the Grand Hotel,
St. Sylvester's Well,
Tom Kettle,
20th Century Malahide Shops, etc
and Maritime Malahide including regattas in the 1870's.

We welcome material for possible posting on this site but the final decision on what to publish must rest with the Society.

Suggestions for additional items, site improvements, etc are welcome. We would also appreciate hearing about any difficulties experienced in navigating through the pages or external links.

A shop selling vinyl records traded opposite Duffy's in the Seventies - Can anyone supply more information such as owner's name, exact location, shop name and period during which it traded?

The images below are of wartime voluntary service groups that participated in a St. Patrick's Day parade in Malahide in 1942. They are taken from a poor quality copy of The Standard weekly paper. Does anyone have a copy in good condition?

Can you identify any of the people pictured?

The Local Defence Force at attention.

Female Red Cross unit.
Male Red Cross unit (top) and Red Cross nurses

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Winter 2012/Spring 2013 Talks Programme

10 October: The Poor Harvest of 1946 and the Snow of 1947
by Padraic Laffan, Former ships radio officer and member of RTE outside broadcasting service Padraic will talk about the desperate fight to save the harvest of 1946 and the severe winter of 1947.
14 November: Malahide Castle - recent developments and discoveries
by Fionnuala May, Fingal County Architect. Learn about the recent major conservation works and interesting discoveries.
12 December: A Christmas Ghost of old Dublin
Nora Connolly thoroughly researches characters, fictional and actual, and tells their stories, dressed in the appropriate costume. A Christmas theme on this occasion. And of course the usual seasonal fare.

9 January: Smuggling in Ireland in the 18th Century with references to North County Dublin
by Joe Varley. Our Society chairman has recently completed an M.A. In Naval History at the University of Exeter.

13 February: The Pleasing Hours -Visitors to the Casino, Marino, past and present
by Pauline Kennedy. Our speaker has worked at the Casino as Administrator and guide on behalf of the OPW.

13 March: Medieval Ville at Portmarnock
by Colm Moriarty. Major archaeological excavations prior to site development works have revealed fascinating evidence of a substantial ancient community.

10 April: Ireland’s Neutrality during the Emergency ?
by Dr. Peter Rigney. Our speaker, who holds a PhD in history, will have some interesting comments on Anglo-Irish relations and trade during WW II.

Note new date
15 May: Tower Houses of North County Dublin including Robbs Walls
by Professor Terry Barry, Associate Professor of Medieval History at TCD.

The Society would particularly like to hear from persons willing to give a talk. Topics of local interest are most popular.
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Also visit www.enjoymalahide.com The Community Website of Malahide
and http://www.malahideforum.ie The Malahide Community Forum - current community concerns & information.

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

The Society does not maintain genealogical records and does not have facilities for dealing with family history enquiries.

The Links page offers some pointers that may be of help with such enquiries.

We are seeking images of Malahide over the last century to build an archive which can be preserved for the future.

Do you have any old photographs, postcards, paintings or drawings to donate or that we could borrow, carefully copy and promptly return?

Boat slip at Malahide Shipyard about1953 :
From left: Paddy Coyne, Tim Leonard, Frank Coyne, Freddie Malcolm, Tom Skinner.

Do you have photograps of other parts of the Malahide Shipyard?

A recently acquired view of Hick's Tower before conversion. The man in the foreground is drawing sand from the beach to enrich farmland, a practice that was made illegal in 1913.

20th Century Malahide

We have added a page in the "About Malahide" section titled as above. Please take time to glance through the information - we believe all Malahide residents will find it fascinating and it also emphasises how much our village has changed. We plan to continue to gather stories, facts, reminiscences, etc. about Malahide in the last century i.e. 1900 -1999.

We are especially looking for help in recording the various shops and businesses that operated in Malahide - can you add anything to the information on the 20th Century Malahide page?

Museum

The museum will remain closed whilst maintenance works proceed at Malahide Castle.

The Society holds a wide ranging collection of artefacts from the local area including:

A large collection of stone axe heads, arrowheads, flint scrapers and other implements from the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age period many of them recovered in the course of an archaeological dig conducted by the Society at Paddy's Hill between Malahide and Portmarnock.
Old local maps and photographs
Personal and households objects of by-gone days
Memorabilia and ephemera

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Winter 2012/Spring 2013 Talks Programme

Museum