#EVENTS – The annual commemoration for those who have no grave but the sea, will be held in Belfast next Sunday 13th May. The event is to be hosted by the Merchant Navy Association of Northern Ireland and where members of the Maritime Institute of Ireland based in Dun Laoghaire's…

A great mix of sailing regattas and maritime festivals  means 2012 will be a bumper year on Irish waters. Here’s 12 for starters....   April 13- Youth Nationals - Dun Laoghaire Dublin 2012 opens with one of the biggest sailing events of the year, the Mitsubishi Youth National Championships on…

#LECTURES – The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association (DBOGA) last talk of the winter series is 'Madcap, Me and Other Mad Wans' which takes place next Thursday 22nd March (8pm) in Poolbeg YBC, Ringsend. Adrian Spence, owner skipper of 'Madcap' will present an entertaining talk about his voyage to Greenland.…

#LECTURES – Pádraig Laffan will present his lecture on 'Dublin Bay and the Kish Light' next Tuesday (20th March) starting at 8pm in the Foxrock Parish Centre. The Co. Dublin venue is located at the rear of the R.C. Church. All are welcome to the lecture (admission €3) which is…

#LECTURE - This month's lecture organised by the Maritime Institute of Ireland (M.I.I.) is about 'The East India Company in Kinsale', presented by Paddy O'Sullivan. The lecture will be held next Thursday (15th March) starting at 8pm and as usual takes place in the Stella Maris Seafarers Club on Beresford…

#LECTURES – The next lecture organised by the Ballybrack and Killiney Historical Society is tilted The Real Story of the Kerlogue, which was a small Irish coaster built in 1939. She was owned by the Wexford Steamship Company and she rescued sailors during WWII (for more about the vessel click…