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.
Additional material will be added from time to time.
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.
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Arts Seminar
Saturday November 14 - 10 am - 1 pm.
Venue: Malahide Yacht Club, St. James' Terrace
Fee €25 (€20 for Society members)
Speakers :
Cormac Louth - Marine paintings of Dublin Bay
Jessica O'Donnell, Curator, Hugh Lane Gallery - Francis Bacon and John Deakin
Senator David Norris - Some literary thoughts with glancing references to North County Dublin.
To book or for further information email:
mailroger@eircom.net
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Cotton Mill at Barrack Bridge
Col. Richard Talbot set up a substantial water driven mill in 1783. Does anyone have any information about this enterprise or can they point to possible sources for research? If so we would very much like to hear from you at
Photographic Archive
Members of Belvedere College Cycling Club at St. Sylvester's Well.
Do you recognise anyone in this photo taken about 1948?
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?
20th Century Malahide
We have added a new 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?
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Society Diary
Winter 2009/Spring 2010
Talks Programme
| Oct.14 |
Sea Scouting in Ireland & Malahide by Kevin Rowan |
Malahide Sea Scouts number in excess of 500 making it the largest Sea Scout Group in Europe.Kevin will speak on sea scouting internationally, nationally and locally since its inception in 1910. |
| Nov.11 |
Malahide: Thoughts from the census by Gerry Kingston.
One view of Malahide Village circa 1900 contrasting Old Street and St. James’s Terrace. |
| Nov.14 |
Annual Arts Seminar Eighteenth in the series. See details on left. |
| Dec.9 |
Malahide Customs by Dr. Mairead Ni Mhurchadha
An authority on Customs, our speaker will deal with the impact of the Customs & Excise on Malahide and the area during the height of the smuggling era in the 18 th Century. |
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| Jan.13 |
A.G.M. followed by: The Widows Mite – the widows of 1916by Dr. Anne Mathews.
Doctor Matthew's presentation discusses the fortunes and lives of the widows and dependants of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising. |
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| Feb.10 |
A Malahide Prelate and his Turbulent Times by Sinead Collins
The life of Peter Talbot, of the Talbot family, who lived through times of war and persecution and was Archbishop of Dublin from 1670 to 1679. |
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| The Townland of Burrow, Portmarnock by Garry Ahern . |
The tide-mill of St Mary’s Abbey milled corn while the rabbit colony attracted an annual 'franchise' fee. Over the years the ‘Velvet Strand’ saw shipwrecks, historic aviation feats, military manoeuvres and high-powered car-racing. Burrow became home to a renowned distiller family, three golf-clubs, three churches, and the first National School in the parish. |
| Apr.14 |
Ireland and the First World War - Curing Amnesia |
by Sean Connolly.
The past twenty years have seen a change in official attitudes towards Irish volunteers in the British Army leading to the full recognition of a significant chapter in modern Irish history. The lecture will cover the period leading to the outbreak of the war, the key battles in which the Royal Dublin Fusiliers fought, the disbandment, the period of amnesia and the subsequent rediscovery and restoration. |
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| May.12 |
Farm Diary of Lowther Lodge by Betty Balcome
In his farm diary, T. P. Filgate, lawyer and landowner, gives a fascinating insight into how a gentleman farmer managed to balance the needs of family, tenants, neighbours, friends and business associates in north Dublin, Louth and Wicklow during the period of the Napoleonic Wars. |
All talks take place in the Presbyterian Church Hall on Dublin Road at 8 pm. A €4 admission charge applies. Non members most welcome. Limited parking available.
Speakers wanted.
The Society would particularly like to hear from persons willing to give a talk. Topics of local interest are most popular with members.
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Also visit www.malahide.ie The Community Website of Malahide
and http://malahide.muintir.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.
Museum
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
Open 2 pm - 4.30 pm Saturdays and Sundays until mid October in the Craft Courtyard, Malahide Castle. Free admission.
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