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This strand of funding allows professional artists to avail of up to €5,000 of an award towards travel and professional development opportunities, a residency, or towards the development of work.

Fingal residents who were cast for a major artwork by John Byrne, joined the renowned artist and his production team at the Fingal Liam Rodgers Community Centre in Swords to pose for a photo shoot for an iconic new artwork.

The life and legacy of Frank Lawless will be commemorated by Fingal County Council as part of their Commemorations Programme with an exhibition and Commemorative film Peace to the Ashes.

Fingal County Council is delighted to announce news  of a new public artwork for Balbriggan. The work titled “Wish you Were Here” is by local artist Dave West and will be located at the prominent Banks site at Balbriggan Harbour.This work has been made possible through our ongoing partnership with Iarnród Éireann, Balbriggan and the Our Balbriggan Regeneration Programme

Fingal County Council is delighted to announce the completion of a new public artwork for Balbriggan. The work titled “The Banks” is by Fingal artist Sean Molloy and is located at this prominent coastal site of the same name in the town.

The third video from the Fingal Heritage from Above series. We explore the history, aerial views and beautiful surroundings of Newbridge Demesne at Donabate.

Fingal has about 50 holy wells. The veneration of water had its origins in prehistory, when people threw offerings into sacred springs, rivers and lakes-a tradition we mirror when we throw coins into a fountain

A great resource for old photos of places in Fingal is www.digital.libraries.dublincity.ie 

Aerial Photography provides us with a fascinating record of the changes to Fingal’s landscape over the years.

Fingal County Council has released a new vacant and derelict homes strategy which outlines how it aims to take a more proactive approach to bring vacant homes back into use.

Fingal County Council have gritted over 600 km of roads overnight during the current cold weather. This represents half of our total road network.  Approximately 4,600 Tonnes of road salt is available for Winter 2022/2023 and this is stored at our two facilities at Coolmine (Dublin 15) and Watery Lane (Swords).

Dog owners are being encouraged to be responsible by bagging and binning  their pets poo when using the county’s many beaches. Failure to do so could see access stopped.