For our next talk on October 26th in the Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan and District Historical Society are delighted welcome Cllr Grainne Maguire who will speak about the fascinating history of Balbriggan Dramatic Society and we will also have short presentations from the local history students from Lorreto Secondary school who were winners in a competition the Society is proud to sponsor.In August Colm Timmins gave a very interesting and informative talk on Genealogy and Balbriggan How to trace your own family and advised on the records to check.Some sites of interest are registers.nli.ie buriedinfingal.ie .genealogy.irelandcemetaryrecords.com or the Thoms Directories. We also joined with other Historical Societies to celebrate Heritage Week with the Heritage Network event in Malahide where Anne Collins spoke about the fantastic source that is the 1930s Schools Collection which can be searched on duchas.ie. In September we commemorated the centenary of An Garda Síochána with an event in the Bracken Court hotel which included a talk by Jim Herlihy. For further information see balbrigganhistory.com.