Local Gifts
Being a big fan of Raheny and neighboring areas and doing a lot of photography in different seasons, I started a "local gifts" line of business. We design and print seasonal greeting and birthday cards, sometimes tote bags and other gifts, but also bigger projects like local wall calendars and Community Notebooks.
Check them out in our online shop (we deliver locally for free, and post everywhere else) or read more about them here:
Check them out in our online shop (we deliver locally for free, and post everywhere else) or read more about them here:
Local Activity Books
Raheny Activity books is aimed for kids 4-10 years old and Clontarf Activity books - for slightly older age 6-12 y.o.
They were inspired by my own family and their friends who would love Raheny and Clontarf but mostly know it's schools, pizza places and - thankfully - a library. I wanted to bring more Raheny and then Clontarf knowledge to the primary school kids in a fun way.
Raheny Activity books has lots of puzzles and colour-in pages - a wordsearch, a crosswords, some fun facts about foxes and local birds - and couple of pages on Raheny milestones, that are one of the oldest things we have in Raheny.
Clontarf Activity books was more of a collaborative project. One very talented young Clontarf person - Tsatsral Gantulga - made illustrations, and several brilliant artists of Vernon Art Group - Maria Brooks, Aidan O'Reilly, Karen O'Farrell and Anna Brooks - gave permission to use their paintings on the book, and helped with writing couple of pages on Clontarf art scene. And againn Clontarf book is full of puzzles, colouring pages, fun facts about history of Clontarf trams, Bull Island map challenge and much much more!
And - we might be working on the new one with illustrations of somebody very young and very talented in Raheny!
Books are available at several local shops around Clontarf and Raheny, and in this online shop.If you're a school, after-school, summer camp or any other local kids' club please contact us for a special offer for children's organisations!
They were inspired by my own family and their friends who would love Raheny and Clontarf but mostly know it's schools, pizza places and - thankfully - a library. I wanted to bring more Raheny and then Clontarf knowledge to the primary school kids in a fun way.
Raheny Activity books has lots of puzzles and colour-in pages - a wordsearch, a crosswords, some fun facts about foxes and local birds - and couple of pages on Raheny milestones, that are one of the oldest things we have in Raheny.
Clontarf Activity books was more of a collaborative project. One very talented young Clontarf person - Tsatsral Gantulga - made illustrations, and several brilliant artists of Vernon Art Group - Maria Brooks, Aidan O'Reilly, Karen O'Farrell and Anna Brooks - gave permission to use their paintings on the book, and helped with writing couple of pages on Clontarf art scene. And againn Clontarf book is full of puzzles, colouring pages, fun facts about history of Clontarf trams, Bull Island map challenge and much much more!
And - we might be working on the new one with illustrations of somebody very young and very talented in Raheny!
Books are available at several local shops around Clontarf and Raheny, and in this online shop.If you're a school, after-school, summer camp or any other local kids' club please contact us for a special offer for children's organisations!
Raheny and Clontarf Greeting Cards
I only use my own photos, and try to bring an unusual angle to the greeting cards photography - night pictures, close-ups, faded images inside, unusual frames all make my cards different and very modern.
Some examples of my cards:
Some examples of my cards:
Postcards
Do you like to send old-fashioned postcards? Write couple of sentences to someone you love, to share with them where you are now. Attach a stamp.
Drop into the real physical postbox?
I love that! If you do too, Raheny now has 2 own postcards, and Clontarf one!
So far just in one little shop in Clontarf (Spar on Stiles Road) and in my online shop.
Drop into the real physical postbox?
I love that! If you do too, Raheny now has 2 own postcards, and Clontarf one!
So far just in one little shop in Clontarf (Spar on Stiles Road) and in my online shop.
Local Calendars 2025
Raheny 2025 calendar and Clontarf 2025 calendar will be available since October 2024. They are A3 folding to A4, with my best photography over the year - and key local events of 2025.
You'll have reminders on 5-Mile AXA race in January, Rose Festival in July, Christmas Tree lighting on November - and (for Raheny one) the days of Raheny Country Market. They also have Irish bank holidays, Halloween, Mother's Day, Fathers Day and other key dates.
You'll have reminders on 5-Mile AXA race in January, Rose Festival in July, Christmas Tree lighting on November - and (for Raheny one) the days of Raheny Country Market. They also have Irish bank holidays, Halloween, Mother's Day, Fathers Day and other key dates.
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Raheny Community Notebook
Raheny Community Notebook was published in 2024 to bring all of Raheny's voluntary groups "under the same roof".
Community Notebook is a beautiful hardback well-illustrated edition with few pages on Raheny history and Raheny today, and then each of our active groups wrote a little article about themselves. You'll get a quick intro to Raheny Tidy Village, Raheny Business Association, Raheny News, Country Market, Men's Shed, Sisters' Shed, GAA club, Raheny United, Raheny Shamrocks, our Heritage Society - but then it's also a notebook!
Community Notebook is a beautiful hardback well-illustrated edition with few pages on Raheny history and Raheny today, and then each of our active groups wrote a little article about themselves. You'll get a quick intro to Raheny Tidy Village, Raheny Business Association, Raheny News, Country Market, Men's Shed, Sisters' Shed, GAA club, Raheny United, Raheny Shamrocks, our Heritage Society - but then it's also a notebook!
Past Project
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