MAKING A SPLASH

Pictured during the Liffey Splash Week, left to right, Alison Rooney (Youth leader), Community Garda Kevin Byrne, Brenda Murphy (Youth Leader. Middle: Vivian Boylan, Laura Crombie, Ashley Ann dunne. Front: George Murray.

MAKING A HIT!

Deirdre Kane from Serpertine Avenue, Ballsbridge, who won third prize in the Ladies' Day competition at the horse Show

SPORTING SPIRITS

Some of the participants who took part in Multi Sports day at Ringsend Park

AT ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, IRISHTOWN

Rev. Ted Ardis is pictured with members of the congregation. Rev. Ardis recently celebrated 25 years ordination as a priest in the Church of Ireland by singing plainsong 150 psalms

100 YEARS OF CRICKET IN PARK AVENUE

A Cricket Week took place recenly at Railway Union, celebrating 100 years of cricket in Park Avanue. Show above is popular Railway Bar Manager, Brendan Bowland (second right) getting some last minute advice on the finer points of the game

YOUTH AWARD WINNERS

At the Youth Recognition Awards n Ringsend Community Centre, left to right, Sarah Mullen, Alison Rooney (Youth Leader), Carly Mitchell, Aisling Wickes, Brenda Murphy, Nikita Nulty, Cllr kevin Humphries, Stephanie Mitchell, Natasha Moylan and Wesley Mcgrath (Youth Leader)

RINGSEND REGATTA ROWERS RELAX

At St. Patrick's Rowing Club: Ken Cunningham, Damien Jenkins, Philip Murphy and Brian Dunphy took part in the Regatta dedicated to Thomas Murphy RIP

BACK TO SCHOOL1941

In our february issue we published a school photo from 1941. We received a call from John O’Reilly, pictured here as a nipper. He says he was being restrained by teacher Mr. Roy as he wanted to join his friends at the front of the group!

John also won a CYMS competition to sing on Radio Éireann about this time. He wondered if a recording of his singing existed. It may seem a long shot, but you never know what our readers can come up with!

RINGSEND MISSION HALLPHOTO (C. 1955)

Our thanks to the many people who identified the photo we published in our June issue. The group was based in Ringsend Mission Hall and the photo may have been taken on an outing to Greystones.

Some of the people included in the photo are:
Joyce and Evelyn O’Byrne, Susan, Ruth and Mary Kenny, Sylvia Wilson, David Archer, Betty Turner, Billy Ellis, Celeste Smith, Bella Turner, Randal Elliot, Jean Elliot, Hazel Elliot, Amy Stewart, Grace Esbey, Dorothy Mullin, Teddy Bradfield, Monty Blay, Hazel Archer, Victor Esbey, Dorothy Turner also Eric, Amy, Moira and Donald Boardman. A special thanks to Joyce Byrne and Alex Colvin, who rang us with more information.

THE DUNNE'S FOOTBALLING TRADITION CONTINUES

Congratulations to the Dublin District Schoolboys’ League Under-13 representative side, who won the Kennedy Cup Final, when they defeated the Cork Schoolboys League 5-4 on penalties at the University of Limerick campus.

Local boy, Simon Dunne, captained the Dublin District Schoolboys League team in their bid to win the prestigious Kennedy Cup.
Simon is following in the footsteps of distant relation Jimmy Dunne from Ringsend. Jimmy died in 1949 at the early age of 44. He played for Shamrock Rovers before he moved on to the English Third Division club, New Brighton and then he was noticed by Sheffield and moved on to Bramall Lane in 1926.

He ended his career as a full-time coach for Shamrock Rovers. Jimmy’s nickname was ‘Snowy’ because of his very fair hair. There is a definite resemblance between him and young Simon.

BILL'S CELEBRATION

Bill (Jock) McBryan with great grandchildren David, Nathan and Shaun. Bill is from St Patrick’s Villas, Ringsend. He celebrated Celtic FC’s League and Scottish Cup win with his great grandchildren. Bill’s great grandchildren are following in their great granddad’s footsteps and are proud supporters of Celtic FC, even little Nathan who is only 6 months old.

FUN DAY OUT ON THE BOUNCY CASTLE
Sunday 15 August 2004
By Derek Buckley

Our fun day out has been going on now for 10 years. What once started out as a bunch of lads from Murray’s Bar and the Lansdowne Bar coming together to play a knockout five-a-side competition has grown immensely over the years. This year our beneficiaries are St. Michael’s House and previous years we’ve helped football teams and some seven years ago we donated all our income to help the cause of a major operation in the USA for an individual in the area.

Nowadays, children are our target and the ‘Bouncy Castle Day’, as the event is now nicknamed, has plenty to offer. There is a Bonny Baby competition as well as face painting, football matches for all ages, penalty shootouts, D.J and much more.

I would like to thank all those people who helped to make this event so successful. Pato Walsh, our programme designer and printer, deserves special thanks. In the future we could do with a lot of help in the build up to the event to keep this special day successful. Thanks to everyone who has agreed to help out and I hope you will all enjoy the day.