We, staff and students at St Marys Baldoyle were absolutely delighted with our Leaving Cert results this year. Although the results were available online at 10 am on the day, most students and some parents chose to drop down to the school to collect their results. All were met by Dr. Edel Greene, Principal and Mr. John Moore, Deputy Principal. They were all given an envelope with their results to open in school or elsewhere. Envelopes were opened with great anxiety and trepidation. However, once opened, there was great excitement. All were delighted with their results and shouts and tears of joy were common. The customary photograph was then taken. We have dedicated webpages for photos of each Leaving Certificate year. Many had to go around the school to meet their teachers, discuss their results and talk about the next stage of the career – college, plc, work, apprenticeships and travel. The teachers were all as equally happy as there is nothing better than when a student calls to your classroom and displays great delight with their results. It is also a great incentive for those in the classroom as they experience and can actually see the joys of doing well and the rewards that it can bring. It is a great time to re-iterate to your class the need to work hard, study and revise, particularly if you have Fifth or Sixth Years, so that they can end up getting results that they will be proud of. The point calculators later came out as they worked out their CAO point totals and looked at last year’s point requirements for the various courses. Some met or made appointments with the Guidance Counsellor to examine options now on offer and now that CAO preferences were being realised and anew focus was emerging. The newly crowned Sixth Years were given plenty of food for thought as they begin their journey towards the Leaving Cert of 2024. The Class of 2023 had certainly left their mark and as all former students they will always be welcome back to St. Mary’s.

What a wonderful organisation Malahide Lions Club truly is with their presentations and fundraising of monies to help other local charities, sporting groups and community organisations. Our pic show the recent presentation of a cheque to CASA from Malahide Lions, which was the proceeds from their recent Quiz. A great night was had by all. Let’s do it all again next year! Well done to all involved.

Get ready for an unforgettable weekend at the many ParkRun Ireland locations in Fingal County Council! Lace up your running shoes or take a leisurely stroll with our amazing Walk at Parkrun participants. No matter your pace, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Register now at //parkrun.ie and be part of the action-packed fitness event supported by Sport Ireland. Join our vibrant community and connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for an active lifestyle. Get inspired, make new friends, and conquer personal milestones together. Don’t miss out on the excitement!

Champions of All Ireland! Wow!!!!! Congratulations to Syl’s Kate, Sinéad and Dannielle, with Mick and the Dublin_Ladies Gaelic Football squad on a their recent All-Ireland win! Congratulations also to Sinéad Aherne who now holds the Ladies Gaelic Football record with 6 All-Ireland titles. The Dublin Double is complete in 2023 so well done once again and enjoy the party ladies!

Congratulations to our u9 Boys who won the Claremont Cup in Navan recently Beating a really strong st Kevin’s side in the final. Congratulations also to their coaches, their team management, mentors and their parents, Surely this is a sign of even greater things to come.

Meanwhile the club hosted the Coastal Cup competition in recent weeks and all the competing teams had a fantastic day of football today in Gannon Park, well done to Shelbourne who beat a very good Shamrock Eovers team in the final.

There are still supplies of ‘My Little Library Book Bags’ available in Malahide Library. To help children to navigate starting school, libraries have put together a bag of books just for them that can be collected at any library. If you would like to have one, just ask at the Lending Desk. Further details about the contents of the bags are given below. Each My Little Library Book Bag contains: (1) Three books on starting school, making friends and being comfortable to be yourself (2) A story card on going to the library (3) A postcard the child can write or draw on and send to their new teacher, or bring to give to the teacher on their first day at school (4) Their very own library card and special ‘My Little Library’ cardholder. Malahide Library can’t wait to welcome all the 4 and 5 year old children in to collect their book bags and begin their library membership journey. We hope that once they visit the library to pick up their book bag, our new library members and their families will come back regularly to keep their bag filled up with borrowed books and to take part in story times, classes and all the other events we have to offer at the library.

Malahide Sea Scouter Edward O’Donnell will be running a beginners Hillwalking Skills Course over several evenings commencing on 19th September 2023. The evening course venue is Malahide Community School , The Grange , Malahide on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9.30pm and it includes two evening/weekend walks and it lasts over 10 weeks. Enrolment opened recently and booking soon is advised to secure a place. Edward has extensive experience over many years climbing some of the Worlds highest peaks. Bookings by malahidecsadulted.ie/hill-walking-beginners/ . Ed has been a member of Scouting Ireland for 41 years and in 1986 – he did, what is known as part of the Anglo-Irish agreement Explorer Belt (Training for a year) carried food, tent, cooking equipment etc with emergency equipment and with one change of clothing and two pairs of socks for over 2 weeks. He continued with the Mountaineering and has been on loads of expeditions including celebrity climbs to base camp Everest. The Last expedition he was on, was in Nepal Langtang valley, and Mount Baden Powell to celebrate 100 years of scouting. He is a REC First aid instructor and teaches emergency Care to Mountaineers and Hillwalkers and anyone who works and plays in the outdoors. He is with Mountaineering Ireland, and holds M1 , M2, and MS Assessment. In Scouts he holds Level 9 in the hill skill training, and he is on the training team for training scout leadership in the hills. Over the years Ed has hiked in places including : Iceland, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Everest base Camp, Nepal, Island Peak, Nepal, Kala Patthar, Nepal, Alps, Saas Grund, Switzerland, Langtang Valley, Nepal, Micheal Muircheartaigh with the Sam Cup in Kerry, 16 May 2014. With Alan Kerins from the GAA, Tatra Mountains, Poland. Monte Perdido, Spain. Mount Toubkal, Morocco, Africa. Howth Head, Ireland and All over Ireland , Wales, and Scotland.

What a night Tidy Towns Malahide had recently at the annual Quiz/Fundraiser! Well done to Brian Dooley and team for scooping the top prize – The Malahide Tidy Towns Quiz Champions for 2023! The turnout on the night was absolutely magnificent. The Committee wish to thank so much all their volunteers for their hard work, to Alan Johns and his team including Malahide Sea Scouts, to the amazing Malahide Businesses for their spectacular prizes and to the magnificent public support of all of you who turned up on the night. Tidy Towns Malahide thanks you all! Remember Tidy Towns Malahide meet every Saturday at 10.30am at the front entrance to the Malahide Train Station. Newcomers are always welcome!

On Saturday 15th July Malahide Lions Club was delighted to welcome many friends, beneficiaries and sponsors to celebrate 50 years of service to the community. We are very grateful to Fingal County Council for supporting and fully funding the celebrations and to Malahide Castle & Gardens for providing the venue. The event was a great big thank you to the community and supporters who have helped Malahide Lions raise so much funds for so many charities over the past 50 years. Representatives included local schools, businesses, and sporting clubs. The MC was Joe Duffy and we enjoyed entertainment from Al Foran and the Mary Grimes School of Irish Dancing. We enjoyed addresses from the Mayor of Fingal, Adrian Henchy, the US Ambassador Claire D. Cronin, Minister Darragh O’Brien and vice District Governor of Lions James O’Loughlin. We are indebted to the generosity of our sponsors and the people of Malahide!

There have been TV and radio programmes recently featuring the late Dr. Noel Browne. As Minister for Health, Browne is credited with waging a successful total war on Tuberculosis. However, his attempt to implement the Mother and Child Scheme in effect brought down the First Inter-Party Government of Taoiseach John A. Costello in 1951 and remains one of the greatest political controversies in modern Irish political history. One radio programme included Liveline on RTE Radio 1, Wednesday August 2nd., featuring artist Robert Ballagh, whose portrait painting of Noel Browne is hidden away in storage. Among other details mentioned in that broadcast was that Dr. Noel Browne lived in Malahide for 6 months each year! Does anyone know or have any more details/information on where in Malahide he lived or any details of his life here? If you have you can contact Malahide Historical Society on their email at: malahidehistoricalsociety2@gmail.com (courtesy of Malahide Historical Society)