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18th January 2013

Grand Canal Walk: Five Locks & Five Bridges

#GrandCanalWalk – A guided walking tour along the Grand Canal (Circular Line) tomorrow, will be led by Mick Kinahan of the Dublin Branch of the IWAI, as part of the Corrib Branch Dublin Weekend.

The walk titled ""Five Bridges & Five Locks" will start at the Mespil Hotel, Mespil Road, Dublin 4 at 11 a.m. and will take approx. 90 minutes to complete. The walk finishes at the Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre in the Grand Canal Dock.

Waterways Ireland are kindly providing refreshments and all are welcome to the walk which is admission free. For further inquiries contact: 087 23 71 719 or [email protected] In addition for details about the Corrib branch of the IWAI visit: http://corrib2.iwai.ie/

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Fun for the Kids: Construct a Cardboard Castle!

#BUILD YOUR OWN CASTLE- This weekend (7-8 July) there is to be an arts and craft morning workshop for children held in the Waterways Visitor Centre located in Dublin's Grand Canal Dock.

The theme for this weekend's activity is 'Construct a Cardboard Castle' which is part an on-going Children's Summer Workshop Programme, held every weekend until late August. On each of the weekends (both mornings), the theme of the art & craft workshop will change.

Art & craft workshops are to cater for two age groups with the first workshop starting at 11:00 (5 – 7 year olds) and the second session begins at 12 noon (8 – 10 year olds).

Admission is €3.00 per child, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Places are limited so booking is advisable. For further details contact: (01) 6777510, Wed – Sun 10.00am – 6.00pm and by visiting www.waterwaysirelandvisitorcentre.org/events.aspx

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Waterside Setting for Jazz on the Jetty

#JUNE JAZZ JETTY – The Waterways Visitor Centre in the heart of the Grand Canal Dock, Dublin is the place to be with the venue buzzing to the sounds of the 'Jazz on the Jetty in June'. The free event this Wednesday (27th) is between 12.30 - 2.00pm.

Gavin Kerins will be entertaining those on the jetty in the inner basin which is close to the DART station at Grand Canal Dock. Also on the quayside there will be an Irish Village Market with a wide variety of food stalls, giving an option to buy your lunch during the musical event.

For further information and about the visitor centre click HERE.

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Competitions

The most significant events for the Half Ton Class has been the annual Half Ton Cup which was sailed under the IOR rules until 1993. More recently this has been replaced with the Half Ton Classics Cup. The venue of the event moved from continent to continent with over-representation on French or British ports. In later years the event is held biennially. Initially, it was proposed to hold events in Ireland, Britain and France by rotation. However, it was the Belgians who took the ball and ran with it. The Class is now managed from Belgium.