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 like – from Ancient Greece and Rome and the Byzantine Empire, up to the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. More details on the event page.…
DetailsOur 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 Norway. His talk covers the exploration of many of Ireland’s finest deep wrecks and matters relating to doing this type of diving, with a little…
DetailsThe 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 celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the DMYC. Those brave souls 50 years ago put a mark in the sand (so to speak) of…
DetailsAs 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.
DetailsNotice 1 for 2015 All Dun Laoghaire Notices to Mariners are automatically cancelled at 2359 hours on the 31st December 2014. At that time 2015 Notices to Mariners will come to in to force until specifically cancelled or until 2359 hours on the 31st December 2015. Previous Notice: No 8 (2014) Notice 2 for 2015:…
DetailsThis Thursday, December 18th, the Club will be hosting a night that can be summed up as “cocktail sausages and conversation”. All members are invited to come down to the club to socialize, and talk about memories of days gone by. Our 50th Anniversary Year Book editors will be on hand, so that we can…
DetailsSanta will be paying his annual visit to the DMYC with help from his friends from the Lifeboat. He is due at about 2.00pm, so come early to make sure you get a good viewing spot! To make sure Santa has a present for everybody on the day please let us know age/gender of Children…
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