Historical society
Bray’s maritime history will be the subject of a meeting of Bray Cualann Historical Society on Thursday, February 21.
The meeting will take place at the Royal Hotel. Historian and author Brian White will present an illustrated talk on ‘The Maritime History of Bray’. Admission is €5. joy Prison for over 22 years and Governor of the top security prison at Portlaoise for almost four years.
He retired in June 2010 and later that year his autobiography ‘The Governor’ was published.
In 2013 John wrote a book on parenting with the title ‘Parenting – raising your child in Ireland today’ with all royalties going to Barnardos, the children’s charity.
Tickets are €5 each or €7 per couple, available at ti.to/cuidiu/ JohnLonergan
Cuidiu North WIcklow run monthly parent to Parent meetings in Bray and Greystones. Facilitated by trained supporters, a safe space is provided to listen to parents when feeling low, depressed or challenged by parenting. munity Centre, Wednesday evenings in St Peter’s Parish Centre in Bray, and Thursday mornings in St Kilian’s Community School in Bray. You must be living in Bray, Greystones, Kilcoole, Kilmacanogue and Delgany to take part.
Fáilte Isteach is part of a national Third Age Ireland initiative – the idea is that people volunteer their time to teach practical conversational English to people from other countries who live and work in their community.
Improving their English helps students to participate more fully in society, take part in further education and gain employment. The word Fáilte describes the spirit of the project – welcome to our community. There are also regular talks from different services that provide supports in the local community.
To register contact Lorna Lafferty or Jennifer Jones at 01 286 8266. day afternoon from 4 p.m. till 6 p.m.
For further information, contact Mary at 089 4132070. tact Ciara at 087 0961312. There is a fee of €2 and there will be tea and coffee available. skills or get ready to return to college.
Reading, Writing and Basic IT Skills allows students to work at their own pace as they build their confidence with basic skills; QQI Level 4 Preparation for college covers study skills, writing assignments and word processing; and QQI Level 3 English Language covers reading, writing, speaking and listening skills for improvers.
For more information on any of these courses, contact Bray Adult Learning Centre at 01 2761350 or abebray@kwetb.ie.
Classes are available morning and evenings at the centre, which is located at one Brennan’s Parade in Bray.