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The Skerries/Guichen Link (Events, 1994 - 1995)
April 1994
The return visit was made to Skerries by the students from College St. Joseph.
May 1994 Twelve primary school children, aged 8 - 10 years, from the town of
Laille, came on a week-long stay to Skerries. They visited the local primary
schools, Milverton, Realt na Mara and St. Patrick’s and went on a number of
outings to Dublin, Malahide Castle and the Animal Farm in the Naul.
August 1994
The planning of the previous three years reached its climax with the Twinning Ceremony, which took place Sunday, August 14th. Over 100 people travelled from Guichen for the four-day programme of events. Municipal representatives from all eight communes were present, the Conseiller General of
the Canton, the Cultural Attache of the French Embassy, the Cathaoirleach of
Fingal County Council, local representatives and councillors, as well as
hundreds of local Skerries people gathered at Red Island to witness the signing
of the Charter of Friendship between our two communities. A squadron from the
Army Flying Corps flew over head and to the accompaniment of the national anthems, flags were raised in a very colourful ceremony.
Brendan Friel & Michel Bachelot, Twinning Presidents.
July 1995
Almost 120 people from Skerries made the return trip to Guichen for the second
part of the signing of the Charter of Friendship. Travelling by boat, train,
bus, car and plane the group spent three very busy days in Guichen, enjoying the
fine weather and festivities.
Summer 1995
A young student of architecture, Catherine Dowling, spent time, alongside
students from Guichen on an architectural project in Milevsko, (Czech Republic)
an area with which the french Canton are now in contact. This was
under the aegis of a EU programme CAMPUS.
November 1995
Skerries Town Twinning Association, along with the Canton of Guichen and its
other European partners was awarded the Etoile d’Or du Jumelage for their work
in bringing together the peoples of two communities. This very impressive
ceremony was held in Dublin Castle and delegates from all over Europe came for
the event.
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