Evening sunlight illuminates the 100 year old St. Patrick’s Church in Ringsend. (Right)

TELL US A STORY

Storyteller Susie Minto hosted a storytelling session and workshop on story-making for local children in Ringsend Library. This was part of a programme of children’s events with an environmental theme, entitled ‘Green Summer’, and was organised by Dublin City Public Libraries and Waste Management Services Division, Dublin City Council.

STAR OF THE SEA SCHOOL, SANDYMOUNT 1945

Peter Sheerin provided this photograph of a First Holy Communion Class from 20 May 1945 in Star of the Sea. He has provided us with some of the names of the boys as follows:
Back row, left to Right: Peter Carr, Colm Keating, Leo Whelan, John Ryan.

Second row: Arthur Westby, Frank Green, Noel Saunders, Peter Doherty, Peter Sheerin.
Third row: Christy Mullen, Brian Redmond, Jack Mooney, Eamon Morley.

Front row: Brian Scanlon, Seamus Skinner, Liam Joyce.

Despite those wet-sack people who tell us August is the start of Autumn, we fully intend to soak up every available ray of sun until late September! Like these kids and their elders (right) on Sandymount Greeen, enjoy the rest of the Summer!

MEET ASMUND THE VIKING

Viking Åsmund Olason from Norway on his longship ‘Gaia’, recently in Dublin to celebrate the centenary of independence from Sweden. The ‘Gaia’ was welcomed by Lord Mayor Catherine Byrne and is an exact replica of an excavated ship which contained the skeleton of Olav Geirstadalr, who reputedly founded Dublin.

DUBLIN PORT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
Dublin Port Company, in conjunction with the Dublin Port Community Liaison Committee, has initiated a scholarship scheme in order to provide opportunities for individuals living in the Port area of Dublin to fulfil their potential through education.

To be eligible to apply for a scholarship, candidates must be living in the port area of Dublin and experiencing significant financial difficulty in undertaking a third-level course of study.

Candidates will include school leavers, mature students as well as repeat Leaving Certificate students. The scholarships do not include post graduates. Applicants will be assessed by an independent panel. Application forms are available from the local Credit Unions, Ringsend Library, St Andrew’ s Resource Centre and Ringsend Technical College.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 26th August 2005.