Dear members,

We would like to sincerely thank you for your membership over the past year. Your contribution helps us to fund events, maintain our website, contribute to the insurance costs and the printing of leaflets for the DTRA. 

This year we are holding our AGM in the Skylon Hotel on Thursday 10th April at 8pm.

As always it is a chance for you as residents to get involved and have your say in shaping the Triangle Community, running with an idea you may have had for an event in the area or becoming a member of our DTRA committee!

This year we have a number of long standing volunteers stepping down from their roles so we will be putting a big call out for new recruits to help us maintain our vibrant Triangle community atmosphere. 

Hope to see you there!

We hope you will renew your membership for 2025/2026.

​'In our Triangle
Stories are waiting to be told
Come listen and write'

The DTRA along with DCU Arts and Culture are inviting our creative community to join Poetry Ireland's Anne Tannam on a morning stroll in May to find poetic inspiration from some of the stories dotted throughout the Drumcondra Triangle.

The walk will take in 8 stops over the short distance between Home Farm Road and Griffith Park. At each stop we will enjoy a short local history to help prompt interactive discussion and poetic inspiration. We expect to take approximately 15 minutes per stop and along this leisurely route we will also allow time for refreshments. 

Starting at the entrance to the Corpus Christi Parish Hall - the heart of the community, our search for creativity will take us down Ferguson Road stopping for poetic inspiration at the former home of a true 1916 renegade. After that we take a turn towards O'Daly Road to consider our own hidden gifts where once lived an engineer, inventor, photographer and magician! Then we follow the boundary of Drumcondra and Glasnevin down Walsh Road to explore the cul-de-sac of O'Brien's Place with a keen eye, looking for those memories that are right under our nose (or feet!). On Fleming Road we will recall the 'sad and mystic sounds' of 'That Little Blue Eye'd Baby of Mine' before wondering at a familiar story of glory and rivalry at O'Neachtain. All the while we are drawn to Griffith Park by the beacon of Ferguson Road's own lighthouse keepers, before finally resting on the banks of the Tolka to share the morning's poetry amongst new friends.

Registration for this event is required as numbers are limited. Register here:

​https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1296820337539?aff=oddtdtcreator

☘️☘️☘️St. Patrick's Day Alert!☘️☘️☘️

With the support of the DTRA, our neighbours celebrated St. Patrick's Day again this year in record numbers!

Our community used their imagination, brought along their inner musician and jesters and made our 5th(!!) parade together the noisiest, greenest and best little parade so far!

Thank you to everyone who got involved!

We celebrated the (windy!) Christmas season with our friends and neighbours from the DTRA last Saturday 21st between 2.30 and 4pm with some festive neighbourhood cheer! Thanks to everyone who came out to join us!

Wishing everyone in our wonderful community a Happy Christmas from everyone in the DTRA committee! Looking forward to more wonderful events  and get togethers in 2025!

The DTRA enjoyed another Spook-tackular Halloween with our brilliantly attended annual Spooky Scary Story Walk! And just take a look at the amazing entries in our Pumpkin carving competition!

Thanks to all who joined in the fun and contributed to a spooky story! 

Antoni & Consuelo were in full swing upstairs in the Cat & Cage to kick off Antoni’s Autumn/Winter tour with a Culture Night teaser last week 15/09/2024. 

The internationally acclaimed composer and musician, Antoni O’Breskey, along with his daughter, Consuelo Nerea, joined the DTRA to kick off Culture Night Week with an intimate Sunday evening trad session of fiddle, percussion, story and song.

Another terrific afternoon of local story sharing hosted in the Drumcondra Library last Saturday as part of our DTRA 100 Centenary project.

Huge thanks to all of our neighbours who joined us and shared their memories of people, events, local rituals and routines. From Opera out of Lemon's Sweet Factory, Coal and Bread at New Years and much loved characters around the neighbourhood we had a wonderful session of reminiscing.

The Child of Prague never worked so hard as last Saturday when, for not a moment more or a moment less, the sun scorched the fields of the Griffith Park for revellers of the annual DTRA Picnic in the Park!

Neighbours came together to enjoy the sunshine, music, food and dance at the residents assocations marquee affair. 

A massive thank you to everyone involved in putting the event on and to all those who came to support, donate and sign up. It was the perfect end to our summer schedule!

All photos courtesy of Paul Reardon Photography who is a stalwart supporter of DTRA events and always captures the spirit of the events. Thanks as always to Dublin City Council, the staff at Griffith Park, Order of Malta and all our our suppliers.

We had a terrific turnout for our first DTRA100 Story Sharing Session last Saturday 17th August in St Patricks N.S. Hall.

Neighbours young and old, past and present gathered to share their memories, stories and treasure of life in the Drumcondra Triangle, creating the community that we continue to enjoy today. 

A huge thanks to St Patricks N.S. for facilitating us in their school Hall, to the Heritage Council and Abarta Heritage for their resources, expertise and support and to the many people who came and contributed to the success of the day.

The DTRA100 team look forward to sharing our findings with the community soon!

The Drumcondra Triangle Residents Association are looking ahead to the upcoming centenary of our neighbourhood. With the support of the Heritage Council and Abarta Heritage we are looking to capture stories, photos, memorabilia and curiosities from residents past and present.

We would love our fantastic members and neighbours to get in touch and share their memories of the Drumcondra Triangle. To get involved reach out to us by using our contact form here:  https://www.drumcondratriangle.com/dtra100-contact.html

​Or register your interest by completing one of our flyers. They'll be coming in your door soon or you can find them in the Drumcondra Library. The team would love to reach out and have a chat.

So get hunting in those family albums, climb into the attic, and watch out for details of our story sharing workshops in August and September!

The Annual DTRA pub quiz was a massive success last night. Thanks to the Cat & Cage for hosting us and as always to all of our sponsors and local businesses for their support and wonderful prizes! Another great event to share with our neighbours with funds raised going towards the DTRA Summer Picnic in the Park!

Come join your neighbours for the Drumcondra Triangle Residents Association Pub Quiz 2024! Fun and Prizes Galore!

We're proud to say that according to CSO statistics, the Drumcondra Triangle ranks 3rd highest in 3.5k electoral districts & 5th highest in 19k other small areas for bike commuters!

Wow!

To celebrate, the DTRA got together with our very own MAMILS (Millbourne And Millmount In Lycra) for Bike Week 2024 for fun, repairs, swaps and slow racing! With thanks for Dublin City Council for their support.

A terrific way to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Millmount Avenue with a fascinating talk by Louis O'Flaherty, last Thursday in the Heaney Theatre,St Patrick's Campus DCU. Fascinating and hilarious in equal measure! Looking forward to more events in our history series later this year.. watch this space!

Thank you to all of our members who joined us at the DTRA AGM last night, it was wonderful to see so many bums on seats! 😊 Congratulations to our new Chairperson and Secretary. Thank you also to our guest speakers, Dr. Mary Muldowny (Historian in Residence - Dublin North-West) and Nathalie Povone (The Sustainable Life School) , for their lively and inspiring presentations. And a big thank you to the Skylon for being such generous hosts as always ☕️

Minutes and slides available here

The wildly popular DTRA Easter Egg Hunt is back again this year in Griffith Park thanks to Dublin City Council. Working with our friends in Embrace Autism we have a sensory friendly egg hunt for the little ones before beginning the Hunger Games hunt for the under 5s and over 6s. Donations can be made to Drumcondra Autism Friendly Village on the day. Come join in the fun and show your support!

A fantastic St Patrick's Day had by all. The sun came out and with it did the whole neighbourhood!
Such a wonderful show of noise and colour!

The DTRA are delighted to announce the date has been set for the 2023-24 AGM, with a big thanks to the Skylon Hotel for hosting us once again.

The AGM will take place on Wednesday 20th March from 7:30 to 9 pm, in the Ulster Room in the Skylon.
​Our guest speakers on the night are:

Mary Muldowny, new DCC Historian in Residence working with Drumcondra Library, who will give us a flavour of the exciting local history projects she is working on; 
and...
Nathalie Povone, one of the founders of The Sustainable Life School, who along with her business partner Diane O'Connor (of Ferguson Rd.) runs wonderful initiatives to help people live more sustainably, including Sustainable Social Club evenings at the Cat and Cage.

We do hope you will join us for what should be a very interesting evening, and a social beverage in the Skylon bar for whoever would like to stay on afterwards.

 Do you feel that you might want to be more active in your community? Are you curious about the different roles DTRA volunteers take on? This is your chance to find out more! The DTRA will hold a hybrid information evening next Weds 28th Feb @ 7:30 pm in the Skylon & on Zoom for anyone who would like to find out more about becoming a volunteer. 


The DTRA AGM will be soon upon us in March (watch this space for date & venue) and there will be several spots available on the management committee as a few hard working officers step back from their roles  So we are holding an information event in advance of the AGM for those who are volunteer-curious! As well as this, our subcommittees always welcome new members to help them put together some wonderful projects, initiatives & events. Come along (absolutely obligation free!) and hear more about our work and ask any questions that you have. 

For info, the DTRA is set up as follows: 

• Management Committee 
• Road Reps 
• Social Committee  
• History & Culture Committee 
• Environmental & Safety Committee 
• Lemon’s Square Project Committee 

We will see you in person at the Skylon, or if planning to attend online we will email the zoom link to this mailing list in advance of the date.

Hope to see you there! 

Join us at the Rosmini Club House (Opposite Fagans) next Saturday 17 February at 1pm for our Pop-up Repair Cafe event. Bring along your items of clothing and small furniture that are in need of repair, and while you wait, enjoy a cuppa and a slice of lemon cake.

​If we can't fix it on the day, we can advise you of other options. You'll also have the opportunity to learn about the history of the Old Lemon's Square Factory and share your memories.

Our focus is on promoting sustainability by repairing and mending items rather than discarding them unnecessarily. Additionally, we're excited to get more volunteers involved in the Lemon Square Community Garden project. 

A heartfelt thank you to Rosmini Gaels for their invaluable support in making this event possible.

We look forward to a day of community, sustainability, and the joy of giving new purposes to old items. 

Our Wine Tasting Winners had a fantastic evening with Roger in Pinto Wines recently. A wonderful way for neighbours to get together and support local business. Here's to more neighbourly get togethers in 2024! 

The DTRA was joined by our friends in the Griffith Avenue Residents Association, All Hallows, Grace Park and Prospect Residents Associations in a tree planting and community growing ceremony in Griffith Park this 1st February. With poetry and words of thanks expressed to the management of Griffith Park the occasion was marked by the planting of a Yew tree. We look forward to seeing it grow with our communities in the years to come.

A reminder that the the Garda clinic occurs on Mondays from 10am to 12 noon at the Skylon Hotel.  An opportunity to provide feedback and get updates with regard to community policing in Drumcondra.