Ballsbridge

Oktoberfeis

Oktoberfeis

It’s time to dust off your lederhosen and tune up your fiddle, because this year Oktoberfest will be a little different, with somewhat of a Gaelic twist. One of the most well-known beer festivals in the world, Oktoberfest, originating in Munich, Germany, is celebrated each year

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Thank You Mr Tilly

Thank You Mr Tilly

The Bath Pub hosted a very special celebration for our local legend, Mr Liam Tilly on July 1st last. Organised by Bath Avenue District Residents Association (BADRA), and on behalf of the people of Bath Avenue, they put together a night to remember for an extraordinary man

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Festina Lente is this year’s Positive Strides equine charity at the RDS Dublin Horse Show

Festina Lente is this year’s Positive Strides equine charity at the RDS Dublin Horse Show

It’s August and that means the Dublin Horse Show is back at the RDS from 9 – 13th August. In celebrating the positive impact that equestrianism has had on society in general, the RDS is once again bringing back ‘Positive Strides’ to the 2023 Longines FEI Jumping Nations

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Game, Set and a Perfect Match

Game, Set and a Perfect Match

Lansdowne Lawn Tennis Club played matchmaker on Saturday May 13th with a very unique and different fun event – Speed Dating Tennis. The only rule was you had to be single and ready to mingle. Tickets flew out for this because it was new and exciting

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Bloomsday in Dublin 4

Bloomsday in Dublin 4

Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team have been working closely with Ballsbridge Living Tidy Towns, Ringsend & District Historical Society, Ringsend & Irishtown Community Centre and Sandymount Community Centre,

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Ballsbridge and Donnybrook Pictorial

Ballsbridge and Donnybrook Pictorial

Photography by Keith Brennan

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The Local Wonder Women @100 club Centenary Celebration

Louise Whelan Imagine being 10 decades on this earth. That’s quite a big milestone. Turning 100 is the benchmark for an elite club of senior citizens and we are so lucky in this area as we have not one, but […]

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2021 Christmas Gift Guide

2021 Christmas  Gift Guide

Tis’ the season for giving and sharing kindness with one another. However, Brexit has made aspects of online shopping unnecessarily  complex and ultimately, more costly than one would hope with extra import duties and customs fees. We don’t need that kind of stress during Christmas!

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Dublin 4 lights up with the True Meaning of Christmas

Dublin 4 lights up with the True Meaning of Christmas

Continuing a tradition since 2005 Mr Tilly’s Christmas Lights will once more illuminate the skies over Bath Avenue this festive season. Hope forged in loss, Liam Tilly’s altruistic act was inspired following the passing of his beloved wife Rita at only 58 years.

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DCC Notes for June / July 2021

Compiled by David Prendeville June Councillor Dermot Lacey put forward a motion, agreed, that requests a working group be established to review future use of the former School of Music building now vacated by the CDETB which could include cultural […]

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