Irish Diving News. Gear, Equipment and Locations
![Frank McDermott, chair of Rockcorry Divers, Co Monaghan, the club which travelled to Clare to assist the Murray family in recovering Lochlann Murray's body Frank McDermott, chair of Rockcorry Divers, Co Monaghan, the club which travelled to Clare to assist the Murray family in recovering Lochlann Murray's body](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000aNNjivIN3Yg/s/848/I0000aNNjivIN3Yg.jpg)
Family Forced To Seek Help From Club Divers After Doolin Coast Guard Unit Not Available to Recover Body
23rd July 2024 Coastguard
The father of a 17-year-old from Armagh who died off the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare has questioned why the Irish Coast Guard could not recover his son’s body from the rocks. As The Sunday Independent reports, the family…
![Hook Sub Aqua Club prepare to dive on the SS Lismore as part of the 100th anniversary commemoration - see vids below Hook Sub Aqua Club prepare to dive on the SS Lismore as part of the 100th anniversary commemoration - see vids below](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fEm_hYLg3qk/s/848/I0000fEm_hYLg3qk.jpg)
The Hook Sub-Aqua Club, based in the Hook Peninsula 20 miles south of New Ross, Co.Wexford, has laid a memorial plaque on the wreck of the SS.Lismore, which sank off Hook Head on July 11, 1924. As already reported by…
![The Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118 The Sligo-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 118](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000dvKgi2joKMg/s/500/I0000dvKgi2joKMg.jpg)
RTÉ News reports that investigations are under way after a diver died in an incident off Co Donegal on Saturday (22 June). Patrick Doran (49) from Carrick-on-Shannon got into difficulty while on a scheduled dive as part of the North…
![World War One Submarine recovered off Cork Harbour Front row left to right Carroll O'Donoghue, Dick Vaugh, Louise Feeney, Julianna O'Donoghue Mizen Archaeology, Back row left to right, Timmy Carey, Gearoid O'Looney, Peter Whelan, Paul O’Keefe, Maurice Carroll, Julianna O Donoghue, Mizen Archaeology, Caitlyn Haskins, Mizen Archaeology and Connie Kelleher – National Monuments Service World War One Submarine recovered off Cork Harbour Front row left to right Carroll O'Donoghue, Dick Vaugh, Louise Feeney, Julianna O'Donoghue Mizen Archaeology, Back row left to right, Timmy Carey, Gearoid O'Looney, Peter Whelan, Paul O’Keefe, Maurice Carroll, Julianna O Donoghue, Mizen Archaeology, Caitlyn Haskins, Mizen Archaeology and Connie Kelleher – National Monuments Service](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000me79ecENuk/s/848/I00000me79ecENuk.jpg)
Divers recovered a propeller from a World War I submarine on Monday, June 17 at the entrance to Cork Harbour. It is believed to be part of the wreck site of the UC-42, the German World War 1 mine-deploying submarine,…
![A key decision is awaited on plans to sink the small ship MV Shingle off the Mayo coast, creating an artificial reef for tourism. A key decision is awaited on plans to sink the small ship MV Shingle off the Mayo coast, creating an artificial reef for tourism. The vessel was arrested in 2014 for smuggling, had been idle in Dublin Port (as above in Afloat’s photo) for almost a decade until last year, and is currently in dry dock at New Ross Boatyard.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000SanXUTtYXWY/s/500/I0000SanXUTtYXWY.jpg)
A tourism project in Co. Mayo is waiting to hear if a decision will lead it to receiving a licence to tow a small ship into Killala Bay as part of a plan to create an artificial reef, reports the…
![Dive Ireland Expo 2024 Dive Ireland Expo 2024](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bWQj3BgTNYs/s/500/I0000bWQj3BgTNYs.jpg)
The annual Dive Ireland Expo is running this weekend at the Sport Ireland Campus near Blanchardstown in West Dublin. Organisers at Viking Sub Aqua Club promise “the biggest dive show ever”, with SCUBA diving featured along with snorkelling, free diving…
![A ghost net retrieved in Donaghadee, Co Down in late 2022 A ghost net retrieved in Donaghadee, Co Down in late 2022](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000oH.EiEyV850/s/500/I0000oH.EiEyV850.jpg)
Divers Recruited to Recover Ghost Nets in ‘Ireland’s Biggest Ever Beach Clean Underwater’
29th January 2024 Coastal Notes
This year will see divers join in beach clean efforts in Ireland for the first time, using their skills to find and remove discarded fishing gear also known as ‘ghost nets’ from around the coast. According to the Irish Examiner,…
![Ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage means, subject to certain exceptions, archaeological objects with no known owner will automatically become the property of the State Ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage means, subject to certain exceptions, archaeological objects with no known owner will automatically become the property of the State](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000dxDsxwX9ZlQ/s/767/I0000dxDsxwX9ZlQ.jpg)
State Can Ratify UNESCO Convention on Underwater Heritage Protection Under New Bill
14th October 2023 Historic Boats
New archaeological legislation allows Ireland to ratify the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. The Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023 will “repeal” existing legislation relating to Ireland’s archaeological and related heritage.…
![Maritime Historian and diver Dr Eddie Bourke's shipwreck lecture will include a great many rare and interesting photographs and charts Maritime Historian and diver Dr Eddie Bourke's shipwreck lecture will include a great many rare and interesting photographs and charts](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000QkrUcVuG2XU/s/767/I0000QkrUcVuG2XU.jpg)
Dr Eddie Bourke To Deliver 'Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast' Lecture at Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Meet in Poolbeg
10th October 2023 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
Maritime Historian and diver Dr Eddie Bourke will be discussing shipwrecks around the coast of Ireland in the first of the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers 2023 winter lecture series this month. The Liffeyside illustrated talk in aid of the RNLI will…
![Shannon Harbour Shannon Harbour](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Q54SS8KL0Cc/s/500/I0000Q54SS8KL0Cc.jpg)
Waterways Ireland advises all masters of vessels on and users of the Grand Canal that it will be carrying out underwater structural inspections of the north and south quay walls in Shannon Harbour this coming week. Divers will be in…
![The heifer found by divers in Lough Derg on Wednesday morning 28 June The heifer found by divers in Lough Derg on Wednesday morning 28 June](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OyT2nYIs9PQ/s/500/I0000OyT2nYIs9PQ.jpg)
A heifer was rescued from the waters of Lough Derg this week by quick-thinking members of a local diving club. Posting on social media about the incident on Wednesday (28 June), Tipperary-based Lough Derg Sub Aqua Club said they found…
![The MV Shingle which had lain idle in Dublin Port (as above within Alexandra Basin) for almost a decade, however may be sunk in a plan to create an artificial reef in Killala Bay, Co. Mayo. The MV Shingle which had lain idle in Dublin Port (as above within Alexandra Basin) for almost a decade, however may be sunk in a plan to create an artificial reef in Killala Bay, Co. Mayo. The small cargo ship was seized in 2014 following the busting of a major tobacco smuggling operation that took place in the Irish Sea where the vessel was arrested and escorted to Drogheda Port before relocating to the capital.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ghmEGTXV7xA/s/500/I0000ghmEGTXV7xA.jpg)
Impounded Vessel in Dublin Port Finally Departs As Plans Progress to Scuttle Ship as Artificial Reef off Mayo Coast
26th May 2023 Diving
A small ship that had been languishing in Dublin Port for almost a decade is at the centre of a plan that is progressing to sink the vessel off the north coast of Mayo in order to create an artificial…
![The Angelshark is now a critically endangered species in Irish waters The Angelshark is now a critically endangered species in Irish waters](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000sA867kZ5XmI/s/767/I0000sA867kZ5XmI.jpg)
New Angelshark Action Plan to Support Recovery for Future Generations
19th March 2023 Wavelength Podcast
“Jaws” it ain’t – the Angelshark has more in common with the skate and ray but is now an endangered species. The squat flat shark, appropriately named Squatina squatina, once lived in abundance on sandy and muddy seabed areas on…
![SCUBA divers dressed in Santa suits congregate in the water in a harbour as a rigid inflatable lifeboat passes behind SCUBA divers dressed in Santa suits congregate in the water in a harbour as a rigid inflatable lifeboat passes behind](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bmgA2ubRMiA/s/500/I0000bmgA2ubRMiA.jpg)
This Sunday 11 December, SCUBA divers dressed in Santa suits will once again dive into the sea water at Bulloch Harbour in Dalkey to raise money for the RNLI, the charity that saves lives at sea. The annual diving event…
![Mick Moriarty, Army officer and pioneer of diving in Ireland Mick Moriarty, Army officer and pioneer of diving in Ireland](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000RdbuJiQqcPk/s/635/I0000RdbuJiQqcPk.jpg)
Tributes have been paid to Col Michael Moriarty, one of the pioneers of scuba diving in Ireland, who died earlier this month. As The Sunday Independent reports, wetsuits were unheard of when he took up diving, and he once described…
![A man of many interests and achievements – the late Colonel Mick Moriarty A man of many interests and achievements – the late Colonel Mick Moriarty](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000b6dILSo58Lw/s/767/I0000b6dILSo58Lw.jpg)
Colonel Michael Moriarty, known to most people as Mick, passed away on Thursday, November 3rd, aged ninety. He was a very affable, kind, and generous-hearted man, and all who knew him would agree that he was a fine gentleman who…