For more than a year the Parish Hall has been undergoing some much needed refurbishment & repairs. The works included repairs to the roof & ceilings, painting of the entire inside of the hall, walls doors and ceilings, painting of the outside doors, the sanding and varnishing of the Main Hall floor, new floors in the Green Room, Meeting Room and the two lobbies, repairs to toilets, windows and radiators, upgrading of electrics including the addition of a number of new sockets, a new fire alarm system, new fold up tables, new trolleys, new screens, new black out blinds and new Irish Dance mats etc.The Parish Hall Committer wishes to sincerely thank Fingal County Council Community Dept. especially Rafe Costigan, Senior Community Officer & Janette Scott, Community Officer for help with the process of seeking grant aid and for support of this project. Also, Fingal LCDC and the Dept. Of Rural & Community Development for the grant aid towards the works. In addition, local councillors and public representatives also actively sought and helped secure this funding from FCC and we are very grateful.The programme for the Parish Hall is divided into weekly activities such as (Irish Dancing, Cards, meetings, clubs, music nights) and cultural blocks. In February/ March from Friday February 18th - Sunday 13th March, it will again do a “Cultural Blocks of Time” of about 3 weeks - where all weekly activities will be suspended - and hopefully Plays, Films, Exhibitions and Culture Camps etc can take place during this period.If you missed applying before Christmas to Bernie & Fr Pat Reilly to be part of the 3 week “Cultural Block” please contact them before Friday 7th January. This will all be subject to Covid guidelines and regulations that apply at the time.We wish everyone in our Community a Happy & Healthy New Year and if you have any queries re the use of the Parish Hall, please contact us, Bernie can be contacted at & any queries to:stpatricksrcdonabate@gmail.com or 01 8434574.