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Fingal County Council recently held a competition for all Fingal based soccer and rugby clubs to identify and commit to introducing three environmentally sustainable actions.

Finance, restarting the Fingal economy and housing supply among topics in online discussions.

Fingal has about 50 holy wells. The veneration of water had its origins in prehistory, when people threw offerings into sacred springs, rivers and lakes-a tradition we mirror when we throw coins into a fountain

Ireland is home to 28 species of land mammal, over 400 species of birds, more than 4,000 plant species and over 12,000 species of insect.

Aerial Photography provides us with a fascinating record of the changes to Fingal’s landscape over the years.

Every field in Fingal, and across Ireland, has a name or had one in the past.

Find out more about the architectural heritage of Fingal from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

A great resource for old photos of places in Fingal is www.digital.libraries.dublincity.ie 

May Day or  Bealtaine is an important festival with its origins in the ancient past. 

As part of Healthy Ireland At Your Library, Enda from Fingal Libraries shares a Kundalini yoga meditation for calm emotions. Enda recently trained as a Kundalini yoga and meditation teacher, and she hopes this video will help calm your mind in these stressful times.