Coastival
The countdown is on to the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025, which sets sail on Thursday, 10th July, with the firing of two historic guns by the Irish Defence Forces to mark the start of a brand-new Bay Race at…
Superyachts and Tall Ship Dock at Dun Laoghaire as Coastival Festival Begins
27th June 2025 Superyachts
Superyachts and Tall Ship visitors have sailed into Dublin Bay as Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Coastival summer festival opens this weekend ahead of Ireland's biggest sailing event, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta that starts on July 10. The first of the…
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Unique Character is the Making of Coastival and VDLR 25
17th May 2025 Volvo Regatta
"Artificial" is one of the last words that spring to mind when you've spent many years in and around Dun Laoghaire Harbour. It's all on such a scale, and constructed with so much locally-quarried material in a project begun 207…
An Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, County Council, Jim O' Leary was on hand to make this week's joint launch of the 10th Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Ireland’s largest sailing event and the town's Coastival Festival, which runs in July.…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta – Ireland's Largest Sailing Event Ensures 'Something for Everyone' in its 10th Edition
15th May 2025 Volvo Regatta
Volvo Ambassadors Rachael Blackmore, horse-racing legend and winner of both the Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup, who this week announced her retirement, alongside James Ryan, newly announced Lions squad member, three time six Nations Champion and Grand Slam winner,…
Dun Laoghaire's Coastival Festival Saw 2,000 People Board Naval Vessel During Emergency Services Open Day
10th July 2024 Coastival
Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Coastival Festival has been hailed as a success by organisers after a ten-day run that concluded with the Emergency Services and Naval Vessel Open Day on Sunday (7th July). The event featured over twenty services, comprising both…
Restored Dublin Bay 21 Keelboats Are Centre Stage at Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Coastival 2024
1st July 2024 Coastival
The restored Dublin Bay 21s keelboats were centre stage in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Sunday afternoon in the Grand Parade of Classic Sail, part of the town's nautical Coastival 2024 festival, running until next Saturday. One-design yachts and dinghies sailed past…
Emergency Services Open Day Part of "Coastival" Festival in Dun Laoghaire Harbour
28th June 2024 Coastival
Blue light and voluntary rescue services will participate in an “emergency services open day” which is being held as part of the “Coastival” festival in Dun Laoghaire. Free guided tours of the Naval Service patrol ship LÉ George Bernard Shaw…
Dun Laoghaire's 'Coastival' Maritime Festival Includes Grand Parade of Classic Sail
14th June 2024 Coastival
On Sunday, June 30th, from 12-2pm, the East Pier at Dun Laoghaire Harbour will provide quite the nautical spectacle with The Grand Parade of Classic Sail as part of Coastival 2024. The "synchronised sailing" format for the event is simple…
O’Connell Centenary Cup Presented to St. Michael’s Rowing Club by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Cathaoirleach
8th September 2023 Coastal Rowing
On September 7th, the O’Connell Centenary Cup was presented to the winning crew from St. Michael’s Rowing Club by Denis O’Callaghan, the Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The presentation ceremony was held at the County Hall and attended by councillors, members…
Met Éireann is forecasting southerly to south-easterly winds for Dublin Bay during the Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta this week. However, it cautions that the forecast is “more uncertain than usual for later this week, so the probability for change is…
As part of this week's Dun Laoghaire Harbour Coastival Festival, the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School team is hosting a free public talk in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Lexicon this Monday evening, the 3rd of July, from 6.30 pm. “Getting…
Classic Yacht Parade at Dun Laoghaire Harbour Cancelled Due to Blustery Conditions
2nd July 2023 Coastival
Due to strong winds, Sunday's (July 2) classic boat/yacht parade at Dun Laoghaire Harbour was cancelled this afternoon. This event was arranged in association with Dun Laoghaire's Coastival Festival, a week-long series of events and activities that culminates in the…
Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta Events Director Paddy Boyd On a Harbour Transformed (Podcast)
2nd July 2023 Wavelength Podcast
If it’s July, it must be the return of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, along with Coastival, the new festival celebrating the rich maritime heritage of the south Dublin waterfront. Over 370 boats have registered for the regatta, opening on…
In July, a new classic boat/yacht parade is planned for Dun Laoghaire Harbour. This event is being arranged in association with Dun Laoghaire's Coastival Festival, a week-long series of events and activities that culminates in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.…
Dun Laoghaire Launches Programme for Inaugural 'Coastival' Maritime Festival
14th June 2023 Coastival
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has launched a digital event brochure for its inaugural Coastival Festival that coincides with Ireland's largest sailing regatta, the VDLR, from July 6th. The flipbook contains the full programme for the eight-day event and is…
