Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre.
Naul,
Co. Dublin
Culturlann Mhic Aonghusa,
an Aill, Fine Gall,
Contae Atha Cliath..
Starting with what had been a local Post Office & Shop in the centre of the village of Naul in Fingal, north Co. Dublin, a small group of very dedicated visionaries created The Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre and after a few years of struggle have now an established and living testimony to the memory of musician & music collector Seamus Ennis.
The building itself is several hundred years old and had a straw thatched roof. Following reconstruction and modernising (1999/2001) it is used daily as coffee dock, restaurant, learning centre for musicians, archive of cultural information & locals' meeting place.
Then on 18th July 2006 disaster struck at just after 08,30 hrs when fire broke out right in the heart of the building.
Locals & workers from a nearby building site worked heroically to contain the fire until the arrival of the Fire Service from Balbriggan.
A water tanker being used locally was quickly on the scene and helped enormously to limit the spread of the fire.
The Fire Service must have broken all records as they arrived from Balbriggan in 'Formula 1' time and took control of events.
You can see the time sequence in the photographs.

Although most of the valuable database was destroyed by the fire, the fighting spirit that brought the Seamus Ennis Centre into being is again to the fore. I'm reliably informed that plans are at an advanced stage for the reconstruction & repair of the Centre and it will be back ' flat out again' at the earliest possible date.
They can be contacted at info@seamusenniscentre.com

We at www.Balbriggan.net wish the Seamus Ennis Centre , Sean MacPhillibin & his team at Naul our best wishes and we hope our friends will be supportive to their efforts.
Photographs courtesy of Benton/Curtis Collection © 2006
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