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)
The Aer Lingus Social and Athletic Association was originally founded in 1966 by employees in Dublin Airport and is still going strong today, ALSAA Tennis Club is now open to everybody. Membership in the first year was £1.00, which was more expensive than it sounds as the club had no courts. Although no longer at £1.00 the membership is still great value particularly if you are interested in any of the many other sports ALSAA has to offer. In ALSAA Tennis Club, we pride ourselves in having a welcoming and intimate club where everybody is on first name terms. We cater to all levels, from the player who just wants some fun, social tennis to those who want to pit themselves against the very best in other clubs around Leinster. We are an extremely active club, hosting a range of club tournaments and events throughout the year. We’re always open to new membership so come check us out. Our club is located on the grounds of the ALSAA Sports Complex (.alsaa.ie), Swords Road, Swords, Co. Dublin – Eircode: K67 YV06.
So why don’t you join a vibrant Tennis Club? We take pride in having an active social tennis club for all our members, whatever your level. Enjoy club tournaments, social tennis, and our annual club championship. Something for everyone. You can check us out on our website (), on Facebook (https://facebook.com/alsaatennisclub) and our email address is alsaatennisclub@gmail.com.
We would love to have you as a member and all levels are welcome. ALSAA membership is €200 (which you spread out over 12 months), with membership to our tennis club being an additional €110. Please ring John on 087-6526378 if you have any questions or would like to join.
Malahide United u12 premier Sat 2023/24 season are looking to add players to there premier squad for upcoming season. We will be holding open training sessions over the coming weeks. We offer top quality playing facilities along with UEFA A licence coaching. If you would like to attend the open sessions, please get in touch with Shane 0872990123.
As well as that we wish to remind you that all new players are welcome to the club and you can check out the poster here to find out who to contact regarding your age group.
Joseph Foley from Malahide cycled the Irish coastline to raise funds in memory of his dad Peter, for St Francis Hospice in June/July. Joseph’s dad Peter sadly died in August 2017 at St Francis’ Hospice in Blanchardstown. Joseph is soon heading to South America to teach English but decided to raise money for the hospice with his “Timpeall na Tire” fundraiser before he goes. “This charity is important to my family and others who were close to my dad as he spent his final weeks at St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown,” he said. “I’ve seen first hand how kind, attentive and hard working the staff are. I know how much the residents and their families appreciate them.”
Joseph is aiming to cycle as much of the Irish coastline as he can in 28 days. He left his home in Malahide and brought his tent and was mainly camping, but he is also staying with some family and friends along the way. He continued: “This is something that I’ve wanted to do for the last few years and now that I have the opportunity, I’m going for it. While there’s no guarantee I’ll finish it, those who know me know how stubborn I am and that I will do all I can to get through it.”St Francis Hospice does not charge for use of its services. The organisation is partially funded by the HSE but the charity also relies on donations to maintain their high quality services. Currently, they are improving facilities at the centre in Raheny, the area Joseph’s father grew up in.Joseph has raised over €6,000.
The wedding took place recent;y of a local Fianna Fail representative and the Tanaiste Micheál Martin and his wife were amongst the guests . Cathal and Róisín Haughey (née Bradley) got married on the 1st July in St Mary’s Church, Buncrana, Co. Donegal. The wedding was attended by their families, friends and colleagues in the world of law and politics, including Tánaiste Micheál Martin and his wife Mary. Róisin is from Buncrana and Cathal is from Malahide, where the couple are living. Róisín is a barrister while Cathal is a Parliamentary Assistant and also a candidate in the 2024 Local Elections in Howth-Malahide. The couple met during the 2016 General Election while canvassing for Darragh O’Brien. More than 200 guests attended the wedding and reception afterwards in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel.
