April 16th 2021

NEWS
Anne Watson’s Book 3,6
News briefs 4,5,6
Permission granted for Rowing Club boathouse at the harbour 7
Tommy Coleman, RIP 10
Skerries Taster Food Trail 12

COVER STORY
Skerries Community College 9665km fundraiser 8,9

FEATURES
Skerries ponds wake up 13
PULL-OUT POSTER: Pond Life in Skerries 14,15
Denis Hogan – mind coach 16
French language buddies 17
Chapel Lane in the 60s 18,19
Poetry – Dean Monaghan 20
Orla and Jeff Hopkins join Sonica 20
Skerries Tennis Club 21

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
Quiz 5,25
Karen Power 22
Tides 22
Skerries dogs – Gucci and Prada 23
Planning 23
Classified ads 25
Tom Reilly 25
Dave Diebold 26

EDITORS
David and Emily Diebold – [email protected]

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Writers: Dr Richard Collins, Brendan Friel, George Hand, Denis Hogan, Paul Hopkins, Dean Monaghan, Sabine McKenna, Karen Power, Tom Reilly, Sheila Ryder, Ray Tobin
Photographers: Mark Broderick, Michael Burke, Tommy Coleman, Anita Dice, Conor McCabe, Karen Power, Sanda Semeika

COVER PHOTO:
Seán Byrne cycling for the Skerries Community College fundraiser – Olympic Torch walk/run/cycle from Athens to Tokyo