Skerries Historical Society

Skerries Historical Society

The 'Old Skerries Society' was founded in 1948 to promote awareness of and conservation of local history, heritage and artifacts . . . It is now 'Skerries Historical Society' . . . We keep the past for pride.

The Society holds public lectures at 8.15 pm on the second Tuesday of each month from September to June. All are welcome to attend.

Our Society is about community endeavour; people coming together to create a certain type of community; to share ideas; to offer mutual friendship; to provide a support system and a set of standards. Our shared beliefs revolve around a respect for the past and for the place - the space we have inherited - at local level and beyond. That respect brings with it a wish to hand something on. ( Stephanie Bourke, AGM 2002.)

Skerries Historical Society

The Society holds public lectures in the centre of Skerries
Skerries Historical Society Archive - thanks to the co-operation of Fingal County Council
Snow fell in Skerries August 2000
the history of Skerries Lifeboat.
Skerries, History and Heritage"
Two Skerries Volunteers
Skerries genealogies
the tambour and worked muslin industry in Skerries in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Skerries Historical Society Annual General Meeting of 2002
a collection of Skerries folklore and folk-ways
Names of fields, lanes and paths around Skerries
Skerries based schooners and smacks A Skerries Regatta Of Long Ago
Why Local History
The archive at Ardgillan contains many other items of local historical interest
Skerries past and present
Skerries Development and Visitors' Association
The Islands of Fingal
Folklore Selection from Macroom and Skerries
Community life in Skerries from about 1912 - 1920
Some notes on the maritime history of Skerries
Historical outline of Holmpatrick Parish
Old Skerries Societies
A harbour of refuge for Skerries