It was Christmas eve and as I busied myself in the kitchen preparing for Christmas day the smells from the oven suddenly returned me to a time when I used to watch my granny humming Christmas songs in her messy apron surrounded by flour, eggs, fruit and a bottle of Guinness baking her famous Christmas cake...

Fingal County Council’s Older Peoples Council is going to publish a memory maker book of old recipes and stories from the residents of Fingal. The publication which will be free, will be delivered to over 25K senior citizens living in the Fingal area. The aim of the book is to capture recipes, stories, poems and photographs of days gone by in a beautifully produced book that can be passed down to future generations for many years to come.

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