To help showcase the wonderful town of Balbriggan, Fingal County Council have continued with the Our Balbriggan Placemaking Fund this year, with over €42,000 being awarded to 16 projects! The aim of the Our Balbriggan Placemaking Fund is to help inspire people to recreate and reinvent some of the public spaces throughout the town, with
With the start of a new year, brings the opportunity for a revamp of the Our Balbriggan hub windows! As always, we try to take this opportunity to highlight local talent from around Balbriggan and are pleased to bring you a little background on each of the photographers featured.
Two years on from the launch of the Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation Plan 2019-2025, the transformation of Ireland’s youngest town is taking shape, with substantial progress made across a range of objectives in all five of the Plan’s pillars. A new leaflet is currently being delivered to homes and businesses across Balbriggan, outlining 12 areas of
For the second year in a row, the Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation Office of Fingal County Council is inviting applications for its Placemaking Fund. The fund was established to make Balbriggan an even better place to live, work and play by exploring the town’s creative side and showing Balbriggan in its best light. The 2022 placemaking
About Alison O’Grady I am multi-disciplinary visual artist and my main passion is drawing and illustration. Art was always my first choice subject at school and when I graduated from Balbriggan Community College in 1989, I continued my studies in Art College for five more years. Qualifying in Design Communications and Graphic Design Technology, I
This Friday, September 17th is Culture Night and to mark the occasion, the Our Balbriggan hub will be open from 4.00pm to 7.00pm with a special photographic exhibition featuring thirteen beautiful images captured by local photographers. Local artist and Illustrator Alison O’Grady will be painting a specially commissioned illustration live in the hub – titled ‘Balbriggan is Class!’
Register Now Smart Balbriggan is delighted to announce the ‘The Changing Face of Balbriggan Hackathon’. This free, day-long event will be held on Saturday 16th October from 9am-6pm and is open to everyone over the age of 18. This is a hybrid event, taking place both in-person at the Bracken Court Hotel, or on-line. You
Lea Forsterling Lea is originally from Bavaria, Germany and moved to Ireland in 2012. She is the Music Academy Manager and piano teacher at the Irish Institute of Music & Song (IIMS) on Church Street in Balbriggan. Lea loves the beautiful scenery around Balbriggan beach and harbour and how Every day the landscape looks a
The people of Balbriggan identified areas of the town which were important to them for rejuvenation as part of the Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation Plan. The Council are progressing the identified public realm projects in the plan and are now seeking more detailed input from the people of Balbriggan on the town’s streets, squares and parks
With the construction of a new concert hall in Balbriggan, the town is set to become the music hub of Ireland. However, world-class artists are already gravitating to Balbriggan as a place for developing and producing new musical works. In January 2021, the Irish Institute of Music and Song welcomed two talented musicians to its
