Tag: 1916
Changing Face of Fairview - Radio show
The Changing Face of Fairview is a five part documentary radio series produced by NearFM volunteer John Haughton.
The series began on Thursday March 15th @ 6pm and explores the history, heritage and local organisations & amenities that make up the area of Fairview & Marino.
Join John as he talks to senior citizens to find out [...]
Posted: 06:05 PM under Community.
Tags: 1916, audio, bandstand, Bram Stoker, Changing Face of Fairview, Clasach, Comhaltas, Easter Rising, history, James Joyce, Near fm, podcadt, radio show
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Heritage Day 2011
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 [...]
Posted: 08:05 PM under Community, People.
Tags: 1916, history, Joeys, Marino Local History Society, St Marys
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History of Fairview from “5618 and all that”
The little village of Fairview which until the end of the 18th Century was known as Ballybough, has down the years seen the coming and going of many varied groups, sects, landowners, scholars, farmers, industrialists, law enforcers, wayfarers and colourful characters.
Croydon Park House at the top of Fairview Avenue (now Richmond Avenue) was once the [...]
Posted: 08:18 PM under Community.
Tags: 1916, 5618, bombing, Bram Stoker, Clontarf Island, Cromwell, Dean Swift, dracula, Esmonde, floods, glass, history, James Joyce, jews, Joyce, Suicides Plot, Thomas Clarke
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