David Evans from the Clontarf Historical Society recently contacted us and offered to us copies of some scanned documents that had been given to him by a contact in Kilmacanogue. Most of these documents were programmes from the fundraising concerts which the Club ran at the turn of the 1900s (more of this in a later post). However, also included was a booklet from a fundraiser held in 1911 in the grounds of Mount Temple (now Mount Temple Comprehensive School). The extensive booklet included all the events of the fete, a huge number of advertisements and a short history of the club to that date. It is the earliest written history that we have found and includes some interesting details of which we were previously unaware:
