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National Heritage Week 2022 will celebrate all things heritage from Saturday, 13th August to Sunday, 21st August 2022 and there will be plenty happening in Fingal.

The weekend saw another successful Let’s Play Rush gathering, the fifth event in the series under the EU URBACT project called Playful Paradigm. Many families gathered at Tayleur’s Point for a glorious day filled with sporting games and activities.

Building on the success of previous seasons of community excavation Fingal’s Heritage Officer and archaeologist Christine Baker is undertaking another excavation at Drumanagh promontory fort.

Fingal County Council has welcomed new funding announced by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD that will help develop outdoor amenities in the County.

The Volleyball Ireland Beach Tour took to Fingal’s Balbriggan beach last weekend with a King/Queen of the Court event.

Please be advised that a temporary Do Not Swim prohibition notice has been issued for Velvet Strand Portmarnock for 6 days.

We are pleased to announce that all ten Fingal Library branches, and our Local Studies department, are now FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries. This means that researchers will be able to access digitized images from FamilySearch collections, that would otherwise be restricted. This service is available for free, while onsite at your local Fingal Library.

Please be advised that a temporary Do Not Swim prohibition notice has been extended for Front Strand Balbriggan for 72hrs.

There was great fanfare in Millennium Park as the fully inclusive “We-Go-Swing” was officially opened by Mayor of Fingal Cllr Howard Mahony on Wednesday July 27th in the company of Chief Executive AnnMarie Farrelly.

There have been sightings of Lions Mane jellyfish at some of our beaches. These jellyfish may also be spotted at our other beaches over the coming weeks.