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This selection of images from the Irish Photo Archive depict the flooding of Fairview, North Strand and East Wall, Dublin in December 1954.

Severe storms during this December week in 1954 brought some of the worst flooding ever seen on the streets of Dublin. Many areas of the city suffered. The north inner city was particularly badly hit.

December 7 and 8, 1954, were described in the Irish Press as “the worst day following the worst night in memory”. Not surprising, since this was one of the worst storms to hit Dublin in the 20th century.

On the night of December 7, Ireland was battered by gale-force winds, blizzards, heavy rain and sleet, bringing much of the country to a standstill. Dublin’s road and rail network were closed, and air traffic at Dublin airport was grounded by 60mph winds.

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The North Strand was under so much water that the Dublin Evening Mail described it as being “more like Venice than Dublin”. The Strand Cinema was flooded, and the nearby Cusack’s Bar was under six feet of water.

One local resident - 70-year-old Mrs Bridget O’Brien, who lived at 5 St Brigid’s Cottages off the North Strand Road - was trapped in her home by the rising waters and died.

The most serious incident in the area occurred at East Wall Road where the GNR metal railway bridge collapsed and fell into the Tolka. Army engineers dynamited the mouth of the river in a bid to clear it of debris from the fallen railway bridge.

Hundreds of evacuees were given temporary accommodation in a shelter run by the Saint John’s Ambulance at North Strand. Others rendered homeless by the floods were given food and shelter at the Sisters of Charity convent in North William Street.

Author Benedict Kiely was a first-hand witness to the devastation caused by the floods at Drumcondra and he described the water rushing past Lemon’s sweet factory on the Tolka as an “Andean Flood”.

Cottage-dwellers living beside the river erected a statue of the Madonna in front of their flooded houses and christened her Our Lady of the Floods.

One Fairview woman told Kiely that she never thought she’d live to see “a boat moored to the pillar box at Fairview corner”.

The Irish Red Cross in Dublin said that over 5,000 people living in the city had been affected by the floods.

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An estimated 500 to 1,000 homes had suffered water damage and 700 had been evacuated.

Lord Mayor of Dublin Alfie Byrne initiated a flood-relief fund for the victims of the disaster.

And writer Brendan Behan urged his fellow countrymen to give generously to the fund in an amusing if serious article written in the Irish Press on December 13 under the heading: “The Northside can take it. But now it has need of all it can get.”

Behan urged his country cousins to forget any “little jackeen sneers” that they may have associated with the north inner city and to put their hands in their pockets for the victims of the flood.

Behan also praised the emergency services and - unusually for Behan - even had a good word for the police.

He actually warned any readers who might have a weak heart that he, “Brendan Behan, aged 31, described as a journalist,” was about to “talk well about the Garda Siochana”.

To see similar images and more visit http://irishphotoarchive.ie

Many thanks to LensmenPhotography for putting the video together.

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Fairview Residents Association is very pleased that the owners of the CY have adjourned their application for a full pub license, at least for the moment.

This is thought to be a direct result of the public information meeting on the proposed changes to the CY - the pub application being the major issue discussed by the 250-300 people present. Click here to see some responses to the CY info evening.

The public bar licensing application was to be before the courts on Thursday 16 May 2013. A new hearing date may be set at that time.

A social and community facility has been on this site since 1919 and celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2009. The new clubhouse opened in 1983, replacing the old CYMS building on the same site. The CYMC/LC ceased to exist as a club at the end of March 2013, following an EGM arising from financial difficulties.

It is to be hoped that the owners of 80 Philipsburgh Avenue will now enter into a process of consultation and engagement with the local community including sports and social clubs.

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Click here to see the documents and plans submitted to the court regarding the proposed public house at the former CY site.

The following is one local’s response to last night’s information meeting about the proposed changes to the CY. Approximately 300 people were in attendance. Feel free to leave your own response as a comment below.

Dear residents’ association,

I am as local a resident to the former CYMCLC as possible, living directly opposite its main entrance. Like many local residents my concerns lie with the numerous, possible side-effects that may arise with the opening of a public bar premises in our locality.

I was also a member and frequent user of the bar at the CY and throughout my four years living directly opposite the premises I have developed friendships and made welcomed acquaintances with both fellow members and former staff of the CY.

Over the years I have also come to recognise the importance of the club to the Fairview / Marino community particularly in relation to the more elderly among us. I have discussed many times with these particular associates how the Sunday sing/dance represents the pinnacle of their social calendar (often their only chance to socialise with friends in a safe and friendly environment) the loss of which will worsen the quality of life they enjoy in a wonderful but changing community.

I was impressed by the active and engaging meeting of 13/05/2013 held in the CYMCLC hall. I have not witnessed such an imposing and arresting case of civil society engagement in many years and it was at this meeting that I think we observed a neo- Tocquevillian resurgence in the ‘sense of community’ and voluntary association we so often lament the loss of in contemporary society.

Whereas it is not difficult to argue that the owners of the premises at 80 Philipsburgh Avenue were at least naïve and at most underhanded in the manner in which the acted unilaterally in their endeavours to modernise and commercialise the premises, I believe they did show some remorse in relation to the groundswell of opposition.

With this mind I would like to offer a suggestion:

The rationale of the current owners, it would appear, lies with the clubs inability to accumulate enough income to justify its existence and thus, the only plausible and viable response in the eyes the owners was to disband the club and seek a public bar license.

The owners claims that ‘the bar will operate as the club always did’ seems to me disingenuous as in order to transform the fortunes of 80 Philipsburgh Avenue they will need to increase their customer base, attract a new clientele, set higher sales targets and extend opening hours whilst no longer attracting membership fees. This, as made apparent by the visible and vocal majority present at the meeting of the 15th May, is unacceptable.

It is obvious that the lack of consultation with residents, community organisations and local clubs has aroused a sense of impassioned distrust directed at the CY’s current administrators to the point that any license or planning application will be fervently opposed and this I welcome.

I would argue the best course of action for all concerned must begin with the immediate withdrawal of the license request for the former CYMCLC as a gesture of good will to concerned residents. Then, I believe, it is imperative that the proprietors reach out to local community organisations and residents to allay their fears. This I believe will not result in the acceptance of a public licence at the premises it will however, improve the reputation of the owners within the community and offer them the best opportunity that I believe can arise from this conflict of interests.

By now it is obvious to many local residents that the CYMCLC represented an important beacon of community spirit and its demise is unwelcome. It has also been heavily publicised that the club became financially unviable due to a lack of local support. The burden of responsibility now lies with the owners and the residents to come together to form a rescue plan that will suit both parties and I believe this plan must contain a concerted and protracted membership drive.

A club license offers numerous advantages over its public counterpart, one being the ability to control the client base. By offering a membership card and an electronic swipe system on the door the current proprietors can instil a sense of belonging and ownership with current and new members along with the much vaunted comfort and safety the club has always offered.

Another advantage for a club license and a very obvious draw for potential members are reduced price alcohol and soft drinks. As part of the membership drive this needs to be emphasised outlining prices and savings in relation to membership fees which should also be made more competitive.

A business plan will need to be drafted by the current administrators outlining the rental costs, staffing costs and general overheads that need to be met and the number of members it estimates can cover these costs. It is imperative that the residents association get behind this initiative and encourage its base to engage where possible.

The membership drive should be steered by word of mouth and a leaflet drop should be adopted by the owners outlining the benefits of club membership (as mentioned above) along with the issues that led to the clubs expiration, its importance as a community hub, and its need to greatly improve its membership base, its bar custom and ultimately, its finances in order for it to return to viability.

The impressive turnout at the meeting on 13/05/2013 I believe represented a practical campaign base for new members. There is a need for Messers Giffney and Manning to rethink the future of the CYMCLC and there is a need for concerned residents to transform their considered resistance to a more participatory and active engagement with the club and their fellow complainants. It is not enough to complain.

Aesthetically, 80 Philipsburgh Avenue is not easy on the eye and will become less handsome if left idle. The onus is on the entire Fairview/Marino populace to ensure it remains active and flourishes for another hundred years lest it be bulldozed to the ground.

Yours sincerely,

Stephen McGrath

99 Philipsburgh Avenue.

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SPILL who are performing FREE in Fairview Park on Sunday next as part of the Dublin Dance Festival.

Fairview Park Playground

Sun 19th May 1.30pm & 3.30pm

This is a Family Event.

Playful and full of fun, SPILL is a cheeky dance celebration of the child within – and it’s coming to a playground near you!

Combining quirky dance with high energy street gymnastics, the dancers blaze a colourful trail across the structures and landscapes of the playground.

Choreographed by celebrated Australian artist Shaun Parker, each performance is unique as the dancers scramble over, under and through swings, slides and roundabouts. Kids will love it, grown-ups will love it too!

SPILL – A PLAYGROUND OF DANCE

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From April 2013, the Marino / Fairview Knitting and Crochet Circle will be meeting in St. Joseph’s Primary School, Fairview instead of the CY Hall on Phillipsburgh Avenue.

It’s all very handy to find. The school is just opposite Fairview Park and accessed via Marino Mart - just opposite the Post Office. There’s plenty of off-street parking and..biscuits!

Some of the crafters who come along are seasoned knitters, others are just beginning but everyone gets something out of the evening.

So come along. It’ll still be the second Wednesday of every month from 8pm.

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This map shows the Fairview and Marino areas 100 years ago in 1913.

(Click on it to show a bigger version.)

Some points of interest worth noting include:

• Fairview Strand and Philipsburgh Avenue can be clearly seen along with the “RC church” at their junction.
• Fairview Park is not there: it is simply the sea.
• The River Tolka enters Dublin Bay at the “Vitriol Works”.
• Both a school on the site of “Joey’s” and Mount Temple are clearly visible.
• The main entrance to Lord Charlemont’s Marino House (now demolished) was located near today’s Marino Mart. The original gates that were located there are now located at the entrance of Marino Institute (just off Griffith Avenue).
• Griffith Avenue is not there as it was only laid down in the mid 1920s.
• Marino House was at the south end of the townland in the area of the Marino modern housing estate, built in the late 1920s. Kavanagh’s pub is now called Marino House.
• At the north end were the Casino as well as the enclosed gardens and ornamental lakes. Some of the garden brick walls can still be seen, surrounding the grounds of St. Vincent’s GAA Club.
• The grounds north of the present Marino Institute consisted of open fields as recently as the mid 1980’s - before the construction of the modern Charlemont housing estate and St. Vincent’s clubhouse and grounds, as well as the Casino modern housing estate. The lakes are long gone, but some older people still remember them.
• There are also lakes around the site of today’s An Post sorting office on Lomond Avenue.
• Two other big houses can be seen off Philipsburgh Avenue: “Annadale Ho” and “Croydon Ho”. Further north, to the west of the Malahide Road you can see the “O’Brien Institute“, a “Gothic Room” and “Temple” as well as Marino Villa.
• In the lead-up to the 1916 Rising, the Irish Citizens Army trained in “Croydon Park House”,  this was their official training ground. The original name of the house was PennyVille. The house was demolished in 1926 to make way  for the Marino housing scheme. The entrance to the Croydon Estate was at the top of Fairview Avenue, and a side entrance at the top of Philipsburgh Avenue.
• The CYMC is not on the map as it was built in 1919.

Feel free to point out any other curiosities by leaving a comment below.

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Click here to download Fairview Residents Association’s newsletter for November 2012.

It includes articles on the proposed changes to the “CY”, the upcoming Fairview Fun Day & Festival and various snippets. It also lists the FRA Committee members.

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Fairview Residents’ Association in cooperation with the owners of 80 Philipsburgh Ave, formerly the CYMC Club, are holding a Public Information Meeting about the changes the new owners propose to make to the premises.

There has been a huge amount of concern lately about proposed changes to 80 Philipsburgh Avenue (formerly the CYMC Club until the start of April 2013).

This public information meeting aims to clarify exactly what changes are proposed by the owners and to let them know what the local residents think about these changes.

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When: Monday 13 May 2013 at 8pm

Where: The “CY Hall”, 80 Philipsburgh Avenue.

The FRA understands that the owners have plans to carry out major works to the existing premises; including (but not limited to):

• Changing the existing club bar to a full public bar;
• Re-orientating the internal layout to provide access to this bar from the front of the building (currently access is from the rear);
• The provision of additional car-parking spaces to the front to the building (silver birch trees to the front of the building have already been cut down to facilitate this additional car-parking);
• Removal of the “trench” at the front of the building;
• Possible changes to the pitch and putt club at the rear of the premises.

The FRA understands that while the building & car parks are in private ownership, the pitch & putt land is owned by Dublin City Council & leased to the former CY.

As far as we are aware, planning permission has not yet been applied for these changes.

The owners of the building went to court on Thursday 18 April 2013 to seek permission to change the old CY club to a public house. They have apparently bought a pub licence in the west of Ireland and they want to use this to change from a yearly club certificate and instead make the former CY into a public house on Philipsburgh Ave. The FRA and a number of residents objected in court to this application.

The public bar application is next before the Court on 16 May 2013.

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Kevin Dolan and Bláithín de Burca played in Smyth’s of Fairview at the Forest Friends Charity gig in April 2013.

Bláithín’s background in traditional Irish singing and Kevin’s raw, Dylan-esque talent work well together to form a singer-songwriter duo with roots and influences on all ends of the musical spectrum.

Below is one of their covers: “Dancing in the Dark”. They hope you enjoy it.

If you’d like to see them at the free Fairview Family Fun Day, leave a comment below.

Fairview Residents Association are asking for your assistance to help prevent a ‘Full Public Bar’ (and all the possible consequences including late night drinking / events and anti-social behaviour etc.) being opened in the middle of our neighbourhood at 80

Philipsburgh Ave, formerly the CYMC Club. The CYMC, which has recently been dissolved, only had a ‘club’ alcohol licence.

We are respectfully asking you to support your community by doing the following:

1. Attend our meeting on Wednesday 8 May 2013, Our Lady’s Hall (Fairview Church) at 8.15pm and sign an objection form. Alternatively if you can’t make it, drop into Our Lady’s Hall this Saturday (11 May) between 10.30am and 2.30pm OR between 6.00pm and 8.00pm to sign an objection form if you haven’t already done so.
2. Attend a Public Information meeting in the CYMC Hall next Monday 13th May at 8.00pm. The ‘full pub licence’ applicants will be in attendance and will provide information on the proposed developments.

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Willow Tree Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre was founded in 2010 to offer a comprehensive range of professional psychological and therapeutic services by practitioners with over 25 years experience working with individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents.

Phone: 01 853 5779 . . . Email: info@willowtreetherapy.ie

Our choice of the willow tree represents our centre as a safe and welcoming haven where life’s burdens and difficulties can be laid down and worked through -discovering ways of doing things differently in an ongoing life-cycle of growth change and development like the trees that overlook our centre.

At Willow Tree we specialise in working with families and children and we offer  shelter from the emotional storms and burdens of everyday life. Family Therapy may involve all family members, including young children, adolescents and parents. Or it may involve some family members or couples. Sibling groups may attend with or without their parents. Clients can attend for individual sessions separately from their families if this is their request and need.

We have the only purpose built children’s therapy room on Dublin’s northside. The room is bright and spacious, fully equipped with toys, art, paints, clay and drawing materials, sand trays, puppets, dolls houses, soldiers and other specialist play based interventions. The materials are openly displayed on shelves that are on the child’s level where he/she can choose the medium for expression. The position of this room was specially chosen as it creates a magical space for the child that is separate and different from the other rooms in the Centre.

You can find us at 80 Malahide Road (over Corrigan’s Pharmacy), Dublin 3.

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Visit Willow Tree Child and Family Centre’s website for further information.

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Fairview Residents Association and Fairview Business Association are proud to help Dublin City Council with the second Fairview Fun Day & Festival.

It will take place in Fairview Park on Saturday 25 May 2013, from 2pm. to 5pm.

More details will be posted here as they become available, but we already have some great music and fun lined up.

Last year’s Fun Day was a great success - let’s hope the weather will be as good in 2013.

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Re 80 Philipsburgh Ave. (formerly the CYMC Club)

Fairview Residents Association (FRA) have become aware that the owners of 80 Philipsburgh Avenue (formerly the CYMC Club until the start of April 2013) have plans to carry out major work to the existing premises; including (but not limited to):

• changing the existing club bar to a full public bar,
• re-orientating the internal layout to provide access to this bar from the front of the building (currently access is from the rear), and
• the provision of additional car-parking spaces to the front to the building (silver birch trees to the front of the building have already been cut down to facilitate this additional car-parking).

As far as we are aware, planning permission has not yet been applied for, for these changes.

Trees felled at the CY

The new owners of the Fairview CY went to court on Thursday 18 April 2013 to seek permission to change the old CY club to a public house. They have apparently bought a pub licence in the west of Ireland and they want to change from a yearly club certificate and instead make the former CY into a public house on Philipsburgh Ave. The FRA and a number of residents (12 present, representing many more) objected in court to this application.

The next application is next before the Court on 16 May 2013.

Many people feel that a pub operating from the large building at No. 80. Philipsburgh Ave poses a real threat to the quality of life of the residents of the surrounding area - e.g. noise pollution (loud music late into the night), increased traffic to the area and the risk of anti-social behaviour etc.

If you wish to object to or comment on this please leave a comment public below or privately contact the Secretary of Fairview Residents Association, John Phelan  ( e-mail: john.phelo@gmail.com )     phone:  086-0280909

There is apparently some discussion about the future of the pitch & putt club at the rear of the CY. If anyone has any information, please e-mail news@fairview-marino.com and let us know.

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The Five Lamps festival presents An Urban Fleadh in association with Ceoltóirí Chluain Tarbh. Enjoy the atmosphere of a mini fleadh in the heart of Fairview.

Traditional music sessions will take place on the bandstand in Fairview Park. The sessions will run from 2.00pm.

The Revenue Commissioners have started to issue letters to the owners of properties around the country providing guidance for the new Local Property Tax (LPT). This includes information about the tax, how to pay it and an estimate of the LPT due.

Local Property Tax is a tax payable on the market value of residential properties in the State. A half-year charge applies for 2013. From 2014 on, LPT will apply on a full-year basis.

As can be seen from the map, Revenue have provided a general estimate for the value of the properties in Fairview and Marino. This seems to indicate that terraced houses west of Philipsburgh Avenue are valued in the €250k-€300k range, while similar properties to the east of Philipsburgh Avenue and south of Fairview Strand are valued in the €200k-€250k range.

Again, this seems to indicate that terraced houses west of Philipsburgh Avenue will pay LPT of €247 this year and €495 next year, while those to the east of Philipsburgh Avenue and south of Fairview Strand will pay LPT of €202 this year and €405 next year.

Click here to see Revenue’s estimating map for more information.

Leave a comment below if you want your say on the LPT in Fairview & Marino.

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Forest Friends Ireland will hold a fundraising event in Fairview to support local tree planting and the Rainforest Conservation Project in Ghana.

• Venue: Smyths of Fairview
• Date: Wednesday April 17th - doors open at 7:30pm
• Donation: €5

This is a great opportunity to listen to a wide selection of talented local artists …

Tickets can be bought from Smyths or any shop in Fairview, the Forest Friends office (call 01 54 64 107), or at the door on the night.

Pat Farrell and Susan Tomelty - Blues and Jazz.

Pat Farrell is from the Business Blues Band. The Business played support to B.B. King in the National Stadium, and, in 2009, Pat Farrell launched his first solo album, Riff It Avenue.

Susan Tomelty hails from Portaferry, Co. Down from a well known theatrical and musical family. She has been performing with Pat and her band for the last 4 years in Dublin and has supported Van Morrison and Mary Coughlan.

Shadata Acapella Singers

Sean O’Neill, acoustic folk guitarist with singer Shirley Clarke

Sean began a singing career when he went busking on his 47th birthday “to feel the fear and do it anyway”. His work focuses on the universal themes of Life, Faith and Hope.

Shirley as a studio vocalist for several celebrity artists in the famous Capricorn Studio in Macon, and a native of Georgia, Shirley’s been living in Dublin for almost 15 years.

Latin American music from Jayro Gonzalez

Jayro is a Nicaraguan guitarist and singer playing Brazilian Bossa Nova’s to Cuban Cha Cha Cha’s and lots more in between.

Kevin Dolan and Bláithín de Burca

Bláithín’s background in traditional Irish singing and Kevin’s raw, Dylan-esque talent work well together to form a singer-songwriter duo with roots and influences on all ends of the musical spectrum.

Paul Loughran singer and guitarist.

Paul Loughran is a singer, guitarist & songwriter from Dublin writing in the traditional and folk style and has released two EP’s including Pawtucket Blues (2008) and Hometies (2011).

The trees being felled in Fairview Park at the moment are to make way for a gas pipeline. It is part of the East Wall to Coolock gas pipeline project being carried out by Bord Gais Éireann.

The full agreement between Bord Gais and Dublin City Council involving the Fairview Park & Alfie Byrne Road area can be downloaded here. It is dated 4 December 2012 and includes detailed maps of the works involved. Some highlights from the agreement include:

• Bord Gais shall carry out the work “with extreme care in order to protect the existing trees” and “hand digging shall be carried out if necessary to ensure structure roots are protected”.
• The gas pipeline will cross a proposed water main pipeline in Fairview Park.
• DCC shall dispose of land near Clasach “for the purpose of constructing an Above Ground Installation (AGI).

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March 2013: Trees are being felled in Fairview Park soon after its new playground & performance area opened and Fairview’s iconic metal footbridge was renewed.

As Fairview-Marino.com ’s “man on the ground”, Roger Bejenaru reports:

I am a resident in Dublin 3 and go very often (every day walking my puppy Labrador) to Fairview Park and I noticed lately that some work is been done in the park.  As far as I understood from the workmen they are bringing a gas pipe through the park.

I don’t know what planning permission they have as I could not find anywhere online but I am sure to some extent that Dublin City Council will not give permission to pull out of the ground fully grown trees especially in a big city park as Fairview. I hope you can do some more to save the remaining trees as there are not far away from being taken out.

I don’t know what planning permission they have but today I witnessed how they pulled  a grown tree out of the ground because, as per a workman’s comments “the tree is in the way and has to come out“. There are also few more trees on “the way” including a very big tree decades old perhaps. Will they have to come out too?

UPDATE: Cllr. Jane Horgan Jones has today (13 March) informed Fairview-Marino.com that the works do indeed involve a gas pipe and have full permission from Dublin City Council’s Parks Division. The permission involves felling only trees in poor condition and relocating other juvenile trees within the park.

Please keep us informed of any further developments on the trees.

2013 seems to be a bad time for trees in the Fairview & Marino area as along with the Fairview Park situation, trees were recently felled at the derelict site on Fairview Avenue / Fairview Terrace and trees are soon to be felled at the CY on Philipsburgh Avenue.

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A new pedestrian bridge across the R105 at Fairview, Dublin was erected in 2012. The new structure replaces an old pedestrian bridge which has been in place since the 1960’s.

It crosses a busy 6-lane highway and was lifted into place overnight so as to minimise disruption to this busy thoroughfare.

Removal of old deck

Installation of new deck

Dublin City Council are considering how to name the footbridge. The new structure is a welcome addition to the local Fairview skyline and has been warmly welcomed by locals and commuters alike.

Local District Fire Officer Dave Kavanagh will give a talk aimed at older people on safety at home and ‘the message in a bottle campaign’

Venue: Carleton Hall, 53a Shelmartin Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3

Date: Wednesday the 13th February

Time: 2:00pm

The “Message in a Bottle” campaign advises people to keep all medical details in a bottle in a designated place in their home in case of emergencies. Bottles will be provided at the talks.

For any more information please contact Ciaran Mahony, Senior Community Officer on 086 8150799

Are you interested in knitting or crochet? Would you like to learn or improve your skills?

Whatever your ability we would be delighted to have you join our monthly crafting circle. Organised by volunteers from the Marino / Fairview area, we want to create a relaxed space where people can learn from each other and create nice things. We want this to be informal, affordable and easy for people of all ages to join.

The idea is simple: Just bring along something you are working on or would like to make, and, over a cuppa, meet up and create! The cost is €4 per person.

This is a drop-in group so there is no need to book. But, if you do have any questions please feel free to e-mail: northsideknittingandcrochet@gmail.com

Click on the image below to download full details on a flyer.

You will find us at:

The CY (CYMC/LC), 80 Phillipsburgh Avenue, Fairview

on Wednesday 13th February, from 8pm

and on the 2nd Wednesday of every month thereafter

Price: €4 per person

Free parking available to the rear of the building.

Click here to download Fairview Residents Association’s newsletter for November 2012.

It includes articles on the proposed Fairview Residents’ AGM,  planning issues and various snippets. It also lists the FRA Committee members.

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Featuring Marino, Fairview & Drumcondra

Transmission: RTE 1 - 3rd December 2012 @ 9:35PM

A new RTE Documentary will take viewers on a journey back in time to revisit some of the “horrendous crimes” of the Irish Civil War 1922 -1923. Revealing lost facts and showing the “human cost” of the Irish Civil War.

Presented by Eddie Hobbs, who meets three people as they discover the truth about their relative’s role during the Irish Civil War. The documentary follows their journey as they search archives and retrace steps to find out what happened to each of their relative’s during the Civil War. “My Civil War” reveals the personal tragedy at the heart of the conflict and throws new light on events which have almost vanished from memory.

Two stories featured in this program are based in our local community. This was the only documentary made this year to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Irish Civil War, a great honour for our local community.

At its 2011 AGM, Fairview Residents Association decided to help develop a Community Garden in our neighbourhood. Our aim is to grow fresh organic food while working with neighbours & friends in making Fairview a better place to live and work.

Plans got underway in early 2012, and so far we have:

• Convened a ‘working group’ - we meet on a monthly basis.
• Joined ‘Dublin Community Growers’ and made contact with other Community Gardens across Dublin. Promoted our plans with the local business community, who have committed to supporting us in making the dream a reality!
• Identified and are pursuing a number of potential Community Garden sites within the area: we hope to negotiate either medium or long term use of at least one of these over the coming year.

We continue to lobby Local Councillors and Dublin City Council for assistance in finding a suitable site, either private or public.

We also plan, in the absence of a permanent site, to develop a ‘pop up’ garden within the area this summer - keep an eye on the Fairview-Marino website for updates!

If you’d like to join us, or think you could help in any way - maybe you know of a derelict piece of ground that might be suitable - please contact us at fairviewgi@gmail.com

Join the Lord Mayor Naoise O’Muiri in switching on the Christmas Lights  at the Fairview/ Malahide Road. Junction (in front of City Cycles) next Friday 30 November at 6pm.

Get in the Christmas spirit with Music and Song.

The following summarizes planning issues in Fairview in 2012 addressed by Fairview Residents Association:

1.         Site at 21, 27-29 and 31 Richmond Avenue. Reg Ref: 2575/03/x2:

Application considered WITHDRAWN. Statutory consents for planning permissions, including those previously granted, have now WITHERED AND NO LONGER APPLY to the site, nor the part-constructed structure standing on it. Dublin City Council has made arrangements to enter the site onto the Derelict Sites Register. This will come into force in January 2013. In addition, a separate notice has been served requiring the removal of scaffolding and hoarding at 21 Richmond Avenue.  FRA will continue to pursue both the current dumping problem and plans for the future of the site with the Statutory Authorities and Agencies (Dublin City Council, Local Councillors / T.D.’s., the Environmental Protection Agency etc).

2.         Site at 247-255 Richmond Road and 1-3 Richmond Ave. Reg Ref: 2119/11:

(aka the Ergo site) In September 2012, An Bord Pleanála upheld Dublin City Council’s decision to grant Planning Permission for the Nursing Home development on the site, despite objections from the FRA and others. Development may now proceed.

3.            Site at Mount Auburn, 151 Richmond Road and 149 Richmond Road.

2200/12: Application for Planning Permission which proposed alterations to a previously permitted development.  FRA made an objection to the proposal on the grounds of insufficient parking and provision of bin storage, inadequate access for disabled people etc. This application was Refused Permission.

3086/12: Current Planning Permission Application for 6 two-bedroom 3-storey townhouses with roof terraces etc. FRA made an objection to the proposal on the grounds of lack of residential and design quality, inconsistencies in the planning application documents and insufficient parking. DCC has requested additional information.

4.         ‘An Post’ Sorting Office, Lomond Avenue. Reg Ref: 2627/12 Application for Permission to widen the entrance gates to the Sorting Office.

FRA made a submission seeking clarification on the issue of increased traffic volume in the area. Permission was granted with an attached condition that should An Post wish to intensify the use of the postal sorting office in regard to significant additional vehicle movements or use of larger postal delivery vehicles this use shall be the subject of a prior planning application.

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Make your voice heard!

Fairview Residents’ Association’s Annual General Meeting is where all Fairview’s residents get a chance to meet and discuss anything they think is important. New officers are also elected & we take a look back on the year.

Where: The CYMC/LC, Philipsburgh Avenue

When: Monday 19 November 2012 at 8.00pm

Agenda / Clár:

1. Minutes of 2011 AGM & matters arising / Miontuairiscí
2. Chair’s report on 2011/12 / Tuairisc an chathaoirligh
3. Treasurer’s report / Tuairisc an chisteora
4. Planning issues / Cúrsaí pleanála
5. Community Garden / Gáirdín na nDaoine
6. Motions & Proposals / Rúin
7. Election of officers / Toghacháin
8. Any other Business / Aon ghnó eile

We will, as usual, be inviting all our public representatives to the AGM, both councillors & TDs.

If you have a motion to propose about the area, please contact the Secretary by November 1 at latest.

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Singing the Blues Away!

Classes Wednesdays 8pm - 9.30pm

Starting 26th September 2012

Calling All Budding Singers

€10 - The Annesley House (upstairs)

The Susan Tomelty Band perform in Ireland and abroad in the Rock, Soul and Blues genre. This engaging, dynamic and confident singer has tremendous range and power in her vocal performance.

Susan went to Leila Webster in Belfast for voice lessons, obtained a certificate in training and education from Galway University and gets great satisfaction passing on her knowledge and encouraging everyone to sing!

The classes will explore vocal warm-ups and exercises to enhance the strength and tone of the voice, the songs are suitable for acapella singing, harmonies will be explored.

Susan applies a very ‘hands on’ approach: the group is small so you will get focused attention, yet feel at ease.

You can hear Susan singing at the Fairview variety concert in October 2011.

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Marino and Fairview featured in Sky Atlantic TV Series “Urban Secrets”

Transmission: Sky Atlantic: Thursday 16 August 2012 @ 8PM

Emmy-nominee and OBE, Alan Cumming will host Urban Secrets, an eight-part TV series (every Thursday @ 8pm on Sky Atlantic) that will take viewers on a journey visiting influential urban areas including Dublin.

The Marino / Fairview sequence was filmed in April 2012 and forms part of Episode 7 featuring; Casino & Tunnels, Marino Crescent and the Bram Stoker connection, the Jewish Cemetery in Fairview, James Joyce connection, and Many more Urban Secrets!

Cumming is perhaps best known for his role as Eli Gold in the US TV Series ”The Good Wife”.

The Dublin episode will be repeated many times over the coming week.

Gaffney’s pub in Fairview occasionally has some fantastic traditional music on Sunday evenings. Here is a half minute example from July 2012. Enjoy!

Fairview Park’s new playground & performance area opened today (Saturday 14 July 2012).

In addition to a lovely new wooden children’s playground, the new area, near Fairview’s iconic metal footbridge, also contains a skatepark and a performance area to replace the old bandstand. This is as a result of the long awaited (consultations & construction have been ongoing for over two years) improvements to Fairview Park as the old playground and floral display were destroyed by the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel.

As of yet, the area still awaits planting of the seasonal bedding areas and there is none of the promised seating at the performance area. It is hoped that the new area will be completed soon.

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The launch of Transition Marino / Fairview will take place on Tuesday 10 July at 8 p.m. in The Goose Tavern, Sion Hill Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

Transition initiatives are when a locality tries to set itself up to cope with the challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change.

Marino resident Colm O’Leary will give a presentation and there will be some other speakers too.

Contact Colm at 0857254066 for more information.

Click here for the Transition Marino / Fairview page on Facebook.

Marino Library / Dublin UNESCO City of Literature will host the following event in July 2012:

“The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker”

a talk by Dacre Stoker, great-grand nephew of Bram Stoker.

Date: Tuesday 10 July 2012 at 11am.

Admission Free - Booking Advised.

Bram Stoker was born in 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent. Stoker was bed-ridden until he started school at the age of seven, when he made a complete recovery. Stoker supplemented his income by writing novels; the best known being the vampire tale Dracula which was published in 1897. Stoker died 100 years ago in 1912, and was cremated. His ashes were placed in a display urn at Golders Green Crematorium.

This event is part of the Bram Stoker Centenary. Please see www.dublincityofliterature.ie for other events taking place.

Contact Marino Library (Phone: 8336297 or email: marinolibrary@dublincity.ie ).