Winter Talk – The Sailing Trawlers of Ringsend
This Thursday, March 5th, Cormac Lowth will be talking to us about the sailing trawlers of Ringsend. From 1819 to the immediate aftermath of the First World War, a large fleet…
Winter Talk – Cappoquin House
This Thursday, February 26th, Glascott Symes will be presenting a case study of the Civil War burning of Cappoquin House, Co Waterford the home of an Independent member of the first…
Cruising in Company in 2015
With the sailing season fast approaching, Liam and Joe have been working to build a schedule for cruising in company this year. Club members should have received an email with…
Winter Talk – Salvaging the Costa Concordia
Our Winter Talk for February 19th is on the subject of the Costa Concordia. This talk will be presented by Brian McAllister, who has been involved in the diving and…
Stena HSS service is no more
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company (DLHC) confirms that Stena will not resume its ferry service on the Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead route Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company (DLHC) has today confirmed that…
Winter Talk – Recently Rediscovered Early Photographs of Dun Laoghaire
Our talk for January 29th sees the return of Tom Conlon to the DMYC, talking about recently rediscovered early photographs of Dun Laoghaire. This years collection (The “Breen Collection”) has…
Winter Talk – Oared Warships
Our talk for January 22nd is all about oared warships. Garry Owens, Skerries Sailing Club, describes the evolution and deployment of oared warships – biremes, triremes, galleys, galleasses and the…
Winter Talk – Impressions from Ireland’s deep wreck diving
Our talk for January 15th is all about diving. Stewie Andrews has been fortunate to dive deep wrecks off Donegal, the South coast, the Irish Sea, the North Channel, Greece and…
New Year’s Newsletter
The New Year Firstly let me wish all members and families a very happy peaceful and prosperous new year. We have plenty of plans for 2015 in particular because it…
New Year’s Eve Dinner
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, we kicked off the year by saying goodbye to 2014. We’d like to thank John Mac Aree for his hard work organising the event; Karin, Stephen and other committee members for their support; Fiona for the good food; everyone who donated spot prizes for our table quiz; Duncan for MCing the table quiz so John could eat his dinner; and everyone who attended.