Jacob’s Biscuit Factory – an Assorted History Many parishioners have had an association with Jacob’s Biscuits over the years and perhaps this accounted for the large attendance at Wendy Williams‘ fascinating talk on Jacob’s – once the third-largest biscuit producer in the British Commonwealth. The company was founded in Waterford…
Trip to Burtown House & Gardens, Athy, Co. Kildare On Wednesday 10 May, a beautiful blue-sky day, twelve Sandmillers set off to Burtown to visit the gardens. On arrival we enjoyed coffee in the Gallery Café where painter Lesley Fennell, mother of the present owner and daughter of artist, the…
We had planned to kick off the New Year with a timely talk on re-using and recycling but unfortunately our guest speaker, like many others, succumbed to the flu. So at very short notice Claire Devlin, Lecturer at the Dublin School of Business, filled in with a very interesting and…
Dáil Visit The SandMillers’ outing on 9 November was to the Dáil, by kind invitation of Eamon Ryan, Green Party. After a lovely lunch in the members’ restaurant and a pleasant chat, Eamon took us on an informative tour of the building, telling of its history and use today. Leinster…
The annual luncheon in the newly refurbished Royal St George Yacht Club was very popular and thanks are due to Ian Roberts who, as a club member, vouched for us and thanks also to Ralph Mc Guckin for his annual social engineering with his carefully devised seating plan! In March…
Tour of RDS In December last the Sandmillers met at the RDS for a guided tour led by John Holohan. Once again he amazed us with his wealth of knowledge as well as his genuine passion for all things to do with Dublin. Founded in Dublin in 1731, the RDS…
At our October meeting we learned all we ever wanted to know about the early life and influences of W.B. Yeats. 2015 is the 150th anniversary of his birth. The guest speaker, Dr Billy O’Brien, spoke to us in his mellifluent Cork tones, of the impact of the occult and…