June Presentation
‘Isaac Varian (1888-1956), Dublin brush manufacturer & his seaside idyll “Cloghmore” at North Strand, Skerries’ by Frank Whearity
Isaac Stephen Varian was descendent of the well-known brush-making family whose business began in Talbot Street but is now situated in Walkinstown. The Varian company has been in business for over two centuries. Isaac Varian was born in South Dublin but moved, with his wife Gladys and five children, to ‘Cloghmore’ overlooking the North Strand, Skerries, in 1930.Time and Tide
Volumes of papers from the society’s archive will be on sale before the talk.
Time and Tide is available for online purchase by clicking here.
Annual Membership fee for season 2024/ 25
The Annual Membership fee, due from October, remains €10 for 2024/25. Many thanks to those who have already paid. You can renew at the the next meeting or renew online here.
Images from the archive: Monsignor Casey
Monsignor Richard Casey was Parish Priest in Skerries from 1949 to 1960. In this photograph, taken outside the Carnegie Library in Strand Street, he is opening An Tostal, the festival created in the early 1950s to celebrate Irish Life.
Committee Members 2024/25
Chair – Oona Roycroft
Vice Chair – Seamus Murray
Hon Secretary – Stephanie Bourke
Hon Treasurer – Brendan Grimes
Hon Librarian – Maree Baker
Hon Archivist – Jean Harrison
PRO – Bernadette McKenna
with Maura Duggan, Bill Kee and Carmel Power.
