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Maria Daly, who lives in Marino, has been shortlisted for an Eircom Spiders Award, Big Mouth 2011  for her blog, Science Calling.
This award is for the most influential voice online in Ireland. Maria says that  she is absolutely delighted to be shortlisted as her blog is a labour of love (with no monetary reward!).
The Big [...]

Fairview Residents’ Association are keeping a close eye on the proposal by Dublin City Council to construct an up to eight foot flood defence barrier from Fairview along Clontarf promenade to the wooden bridge. We will keep our members informed of all developments.
We have been in contact with the Community Garda with a view to [...]

In 1926 the Archbishop of Dublin laid the foundation stone for the then new church in Marino. British Pathé News have a very interesting, silent newsreel of this old event.
You can see the following in the newsreel:

The Archbishop of Dublin with his entourage of attendants and altar boys walking through the building site of the half-built [...]

Marino Local History Society have put together this charming compilation of memories of the 1970s in Marino.
Marino memories

The Society can be contacted by e-mail at marino-history@hotmail.com
You can see the Society’s video of the “Big Snow” of 2010 here.
You can read more about the history of the area starting here.

Heritage Day 2011 (March 25th) was hosted by St. Joseph’s CBS Primary School, Fairview, St. Mary’s Primary School, Fairview and the Marino Local History Society.
The day consisted of a living history pageant, speeches, four specially commissioned videos celebrating the heritage of the area from 1014 -1916, the unveiling of three plaques in various historical points [...]

Maria Philomena Potter (1925 - 7 April 2004), known as Maureen Potter, was an acclaimed Irish singer, actor, comedian and performer.
The daughter of a commercial traveller, born in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland and educated at St. Mary’s, Fairview, on Dublin’s Northside, she had a long career in the Irish theatre, mainly as a comedian, but also [...]