GARRISTOWN MARKET DAY.

This bank holiday Monday 5th/may/2008 sees the Garristown market day held outside Gormley's Pub . There will be plenty of stalls on the day featuring lots of local produce . Come along and support the market . Market starts at 11am and runs until 1pm . Proceeds go to Hisorical Society . Hopefully the rain will stay away unlike last year . Have a look at the two pictures from last year .


"WHO WANTS TO BE A THOUSANDAIRE??"

On the 4th April 2008 St.Mary's National School in Garristown brings the hugely popular "Who wants to be a Thousandaire" to the Marriot Hotel in Ashbourne.The show is fully computerised and provides the 50/50 option ,ask the audience and a video linked phone a friend !! The shows main sponsor is Briscoe Expert Megastore along with associated sponsorship from Springhill Equestrian,Sam Dennigan,Kelly Brothers and Blackstone Motors.The end of the nights fun will see some great items being auctioned off.ALL PROCEEDS will go to our local school .Last year the hugely sucessfull CASINO NIGHT held in Gormleys was a great event and now this event needs all the support it can get so everyone dig deep!! Tickets for the night can be still had so contact---FIONA JONES on 087-9700947 .TICKETS PRICED AT ONLY 10 EURO.



Sunday 10/02/2008 sees the Community Council hold a cross country run, make sure you bring a horse or a pony !!The event at the moment appears to have about one hundred entries !! The fun kicks off at one p. m. and all are to meet outside Gormley's pub in the village. Proceeds from the day, will go to The Community Council and the local school , both deserving causes so dig deep. Pray now that the weather does not throw a spanner in the works!! Click on a photo below to see a few pics from last years event which was a great success.

---- CROSS COUNTRY ----
Cross country 2008 went ahead today Sunday 09/02/08 on a nice dry day . A huge crowd turned out and what took part in which turned out to be a great run lasting for about 2 hrs . The cross country started at Gormleys and finished at Carrberrys Bottoms . The total count brought us up to approx 130 horses and ponies !!!!! A big thank you to all the riders and a special thank you to all who helped out behind the scenes with sandwiches cakes etc. And of course not forgetting all who sponsored or donated spot prizes .
Go to the bottom of the page to see pics from the day.

New Pics from Dickie.

1996 saw the local school celebrate a school reunion on its Golden Jubilee ! The event was held in Fairyhouse and we have some great photos taken on the night. Cheers as always to Dickie murray.

GO down to picture galleries then click on Garristown Re -visited.

Snow 2008 !!!!!
Garristown got a nice helping of snow thursday evening 3/1/2008 on into friday 4/1/2008 . The council were out gritting and clearing the main roads and tractors pulling lorries who were stuck on the hills leading up to the windmill.

Garristown Gaa Race Day 2007.

Sat 15/12/2007 saw the club hold its race day at Fairyhouse races. A huge crowd was on hand to support the club at this great event. The famous RTE sports presenter Colm Murray was compere for the event and he did a great job getting a real race meeting atmosphere going. The day was a huge sucess and goes from strength to strength. See thumbnails below to catch a few photos of the day. Remember to sign our guest book before you leave the Garristown.com site.

Garristown GAA Dinner Dance 2007.
Friday the 16/11/07 saw the Garristown GAA hold their Annual Dinner Dance in the Ashbourne House Hotel.Prizegiving on the night was followed by a presentation to the 1982 Intermediate Cup winning team. All the team members received a framed photograph of the team . A great night was had by all . Click on thumbnails below for a few photos from the night.



PIC FROM DICKIE MURRAY.
Dickie sent this photo showing his brother Johnny standing beside a palm tree which was planted in memory of their late brother Jodie who passed away December 7th 2006. A nice tribute to Jodie who worked in the Botanic gardens for a long time. Dickie also sent me in another photo last week, its a great one from yesteryear.The Garristown running club from the 1950's no less !! Thanks as always to Dickie. See photos below.As and when I get more from Dickie I will put them up so keep an eye on thumbnails below for new photos.



GARRISTOWN REVISITED - WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Following some very interesting pictures supplied by Dickie Murray we have decided to develop a picture gallery of 'OLDER' Garristown pictures that reflect the environment and people of previous years. If anyone has any pictures they would like put on the gallery that will be accessd on this website pls contact Malcolm Lewis (086-2464617) or Paul Connell (086-8122502). We can scan the pictures and return the originals or you can supply jpeg files to us on CD's or email to info@garristown.com.Click on thumbnail below to see one of the photos received from Dickie Murray. Cheers Dickie !! See anyone you know? Click on Picture Galleries then on Garristown re-visited for some more. Have a look at the Scouts on the day by clicking on the thumbnails below.