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Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Winter Lectures Now Available Online
31st May 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Talks by maritime historian David Carroll and artist, author, historian and conservationist Peter Pearson for the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association (DBOGA) are now available online. The lectures in aid of the RNLI were recorded on YouTube, where previous DBOGA…
Admiral Sir Henry Coey Kane Subject of Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Talk
12th March 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Maritime historian David Carroll will give a talk on Admiral Sir Henry Coey Kane as part of the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association programme next week. Admiral Kane (1843-1917) lived in Blackrock, Co Dublin and attended Castleknock College in Dublin…
Grimsby's Arctic Trawlers Theme of Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Talk
10th February 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
“Grimsby’s Arctic trawlers” is the title of a talk by former Maritime Institute president Richard McCormick in Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club, Dublin, on February 19th. The illustrated talk will be hosted by the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association in…
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Hosts The Flight of Fantasy - An Aerial View of the 1986 Round Ireland Yacht Race
8th January 2026 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The story of how a pilot and yachtsman chartered a jet to view the Round Ireland yacht race is the theme of the next talk hosted by the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association. John Leahy decided to charter a British…
Cormac Lowth To Give Talk on Roman Wrecks of Lake Nemi for Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association
19th November 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The Roman Wrecks of Lake Nemi is the title of maritime historian Cormac Lowth’s talk this week for the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association. Lowth’s illustrated lecture will outline how two enormous ships built for the Roman emperor Caligula were…
Did you know that, when the Dublin-manufactured light in Galley Head lighthouse in West Cork began sending out its signal in 1878, it was at that time the brightest light of its kind ever made? All this and more will…
It could be argued that some of the sailing of the Old Gaffers Association is the nautical equivalent of the Slow Food Movement, but there's no doubting the accelerating countdown towards the annual Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association Regatta at…
Joshua Slocum's "Elemental" Global Circumnavigation Provides Fascinating Conclusion For DBOGA Winter Series
9th April 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
There's an elemental quality to the pioneering single-handed global circumnavigation in 1895-1898 by Canadian/American skipper Joshua Slocum (1844-1909), which continues to resonate down the ages. His 38ft ultra-beamy vessel Spray was his own rebuild of a sailing oysterboat that was…
The "Rocky" Road to Mongolia Theme of Talk by Paddy Barry in Poolbeg YBC, March 20th
11th March 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The adventures of sailor Paddy Barry and musician Breanndán O Beaglaoich on their “tiny car” journey from Ireland to Mongolia is the theme of an illustrated talk hosted by the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association on March 20th. As Afloat…
Lord Mayor Marks Her Role as Honorary Admiral of Dublin Port by Casting a Spear, Continuing a Tradition Since 1488
7th March 2025 Dublin Bay
Lord Mayor of Dublin Emma Blain performed the annual ‘Casting of the Spear’ into Dublin Bay to become the ceremonial Lord Admiral of Dublin Port, alongside Barry O’Connell, Dublin Port Chief Executive. The tradition dates to 1488 when Lord Mayor…
Mark Sweetnam's Voyage from Kilrush to Tromso Revealed in Dublin Bay Old Gaffer Talk
11th February 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' enthusiast Mark Sweetnam is into traditional wooden gaff-rigged boats, and where better to see the best of them than along the coast of Norway? There, some of the finest are into active retirement, beautifully maintained and…
Marconi's Contribution to World Radio Theme of Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association Talk
8th January 2025 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The contribution made by Italian electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi to world radio is the theme of a Dublin Bay Old Gaffers’ Association (DBOGA) talk this month. The talk will be given by Maritime Institute of Ireland president Dr Joe Varley.…
Everyone in Ringsend now knows, thanks to the indefatigable research of maritime historian Cormac Lowth, that the state-of-the-art trawlers of Brixham in Devon in England established an out-station at the mouth of the Liffey in Dublin as their fishing areas…
Lambay's Wreck Of The Sailing Ship Tayleur Continues To Fascinate
10th November 2024 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The wrecking of the large new iron passenger sailing ship Tayleur on Lambay in 1854, while she was on passage from Liverpool to Australia, is a source of continuing fascination. This continues to be the case for all divers and…
Apply Now for Irish Nautical Trust’s 2025 Maritime Training Programmes
29th October 2024 Maritime Training
Since 1986, the Dublin-based Irish Nautical Trust has helped to preserve maritime heritage while offering maritime skills training to young adults. The Trust’s Maritime Training Course is a full-time programme that provides students with practical experience in navigation, seamanship, radio…
Unseen footage of basking sharks filmed from the seabed below their extraordinary mating ritual, and orca whales in pursuit of herring are among images which international marine photographer Nigel Motyer will be showing in Dublin this week. “An Odyssey of…
