Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club
Weather Cancels Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Regatta at Poolbeg on the River Liffey
7th June 2022 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The Dublin Bay Old Gaffers (DBOGA) two-day regatta at Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club on the River Liffey was also a casualty of the weekend's nor'easter. Disappointingly, the planned Parade of Sail on the capital's river had to be cancelled…
Minister for Finance Presents Certificates to Students Completing the Inaugural Irish Nautical Trust Marine Skills and Technology Programme
27th May 2022 Maritime Training
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe, T.D. was at the Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club Marina, Ringsend on the River Liffey today, to present scholarship certificates to the first cohort of students completing the inaugural Irish Nautical Trust Marine Skills &…
Dubliner Paul Keogh Receives Top Honour For Voluntary Work With Community Project in Traditional Boats
8th May 2022 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The saga of the building and sailing of the traditional Galway Hooker Naomh Cronan by Clondalkin Community in west Dublin goes back nearly thirty years. And though the story has regularly featured in Afloat.ie,the various lockdowns had made it difficult…
Superstar Jockey Rachael Blackmore: Is She Descended from a Ringsend Fishing Family?
15th April 2022 River Liffey
The possibility that stellar jockey Rachael Blackmore, the winner of the Grand National in 2021 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup this year, might just be descended from a noted Dublin nautical family has emerged from traditional boat enthusiast and maritime…
One of the most entertaining events of the constrained pre-Christmas season was the All In A Row charity event for all-comers - provided they were oar-driven – in Dublin’s River Liffey on Saturday, December 11th 2021. It mustered an exceptionally…
Dublin Bay Old Gaffers to Hear Tale of Báidín, a Chameleon Nesting Dinghy
22nd February 2022 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
In the latest Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Zoom talk Mark Sweetman will recount his search for a nesting dinghy design to suit his needs and how he ended up building one himself. For a long time, Mark wanted a hard tender…
