Ahenre & O'Connor - "Fingal Sporting Heroes Publication"
- May 14,2012
Congrats to Sinead Aherne & Cliodhna O'Connor who are featured in a book launched last week "Fingal Sporting Heroes"
the girls are featured along with GAA greats like Barney Rock, The Foley Brothers, Mick Kennedy, Paddy O'Reilly ,
Brian Cullen, Ciaran Duff and other like Ollie Campbell, Eoin Morgan and Philip Walton.
* Fingal
Sporting Heroes is available now
from all libraries in the Fingal region for €10. Fingal Local Studies
and Archives Department is situated in Clonmel House, Forster Way in
Swords, County Dublin .The department houses an impressive collection of
materials relating to the history and heritage of the county including:
books, maps, newspapers, directories, estate papers, photographs,
parish registers etc.
It
also contains records of the former Dublin County Council and of the
Council's predecessor bodies including Grand Juries, Boards of Guardians
and other collections dealing with the development of County Dublin .Investment in the service is ongoing and the continued expansion of the collections is a central priority.Another priority is investment in other initiatives including local history publications i.e. Fingal Sporting heroes
(l-r) Sinead Aherne, Mayor Gerry McGuire, Kathleen Colreavy (Secretary of Dublin Ladies Gaelic Football Association) pictured at Fingal Sporting Heroes Book Launch 10th May 2012. Book Written by Paul Harris. - Commissioned by Fingal Local Studies & Archive Department. Photos copyright of GAApics.com
(l-r) GAA Fingal Heroes - Mick Kennedy(Dublin All Ireland Winner '83 & St Margarets). Sinead Aherne (All Ireland Winner '10, St Sylvesters) Mayor Gerry McGuire, Barney Rock (Dublin All Ireland Winner '83, Garristown) pictured at Fingal Sporting Heroes Book Launch 10th May 2012. Book Written by Paul Harris. - Commissioned by Fingal Local Studies & Archive Department. Photos copyright of GAApics.com