Irish Kayaking News. Updates on Inland and Sea or Coastal Kayaking
Round Ireland Kayaker Kevin O'Sullivan and World Record Holding Swimmer Nuala Moore Booked for Kinvara Adventure Talks
17th November 2025 Galway Harbour
Round Ireland kayaker Kevin O’Sullivan and world record-holding sea swimmer Nuala Moore will speak at the Kinvara Adventure Talks series in Kinvara, Co. Galway, over the next fortnight. Moore holds numerous world record cold-water swims, including a relay swim from…
Bundoran RNLI responded to a Mayday on Saturday afternoon (18 October) after two kayakers capsized off Inishmurray, off the coast of County Sligo. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at 12.45pm by Malin Head Coast Guard…
Paddlers will converge in Connemara for the Irish Surfski Championships from October 3–5, 2025. The race will run from Renvyle Beach into Ireland’s only fjord, Killary. Participants describe the course as "one of the most scenic and unique ocean paddling…
Two friends have joined an elite group of just over 100 people who have circumnavigated the island of Ireland by kayak. Richard Skelly and Damien Hamill returned to Drogheda in late July having kayaked around the coast in 48 days…
Rowers, Kayakers and Swimmers Concerned About Impact on Shannon of Uisce Éireann Plan
29th July 2025 Rowing
Rowers, kayakers and swimmers have expressed concern about the impact on the river Shannon of Uisce Éireann’s plan to pipe extracted water to the east. As The Sunday Independent reports, a document sent to Taoiseach Micheál Martin earlier this month…
Two British kayakers are paddling around Ireland in a handmade skin-on-frame canoe to raise funds for two charities. Rich Ensoll (56) and Johan Hoving (47) are currently off the Sligo coast, having set out from Crosshaven marina in Cork on…
A duo of Irish sea kayakers have completed their epic expedition from Dublin to Istanbul. Johnny Coyne and Liam Cotter reached the largest city in Türkiye on 25 April, more than seven months after they set out from the Irish…
A rare two-seat Hiawatha canoe is now up for sale. This handcrafted vessel is designed in the tradition of Native American canoes. The Hiawatha measures 15 feet 3 inches in length. It is built from Western Red Cedar, Sapele, Ash,…
Paddle Sports’ High Performance Funding Boost Result of Team Effort, Says Canoeing Ireland Chief
1st April 2025 Canoeing
Canoeing Ireland’s chief executive welcomes the significant increase in high performance funding for paddle sports, as previously reported. Speaking to Afloat.ie, Moira Aston says she attributes the rise—from €40,000 in 2019 to more than 10 times that figure in 2025—to…
Kayaking Adventures on Grand Canyon Theme of CSS Winter Talk by Jamie Donald
22nd March 2025 Kayaking
Navigating the entire length of the Grand Canyon is the theme of an illustrated talk by kayaker Jamie Donald in An Comhlacht Forbartha, An Ceardlann, An Spidéal on March 28th, 2025. Hosted by Cumann Seoltóireachta an Spidéil as part of…
Kayaker Accidentally Snatched by Humpback Whale Thought of "Pinocchio" - BBC Mundo report
15th February 2025 Kayaking
A Venezuelan kayaker who found himself inside the mouth of a humpback whale says he started to think how he might survive “like Pinocchio” before being spat back out. As the BBC Mundo reports, Adrián Simancas (23) had been paddling…
Castletownbere Lifeboat Rescues Two Kayakers Off Beara Peninsula After Emergency Call
28th December 2024 RNLI Lifeboats
Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat was launched this afternoon following reports of two kayakers in difficulty, one in the water off Cods Head on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork. Fortunately, the kayakers had both a VHF radio and a PLB (Person Locator…
Kayakers Reported To Have Been Making "Unauthorised" Landings on Skellig Michael World Heritage Site
24th December 2024 Island News
Skellig Michael guides have reported kayakers making “unauthorised” landings at the UNESCO world heritage site, The Sunday Independent reports. A report by Ken Foxe in the newspaper says that Office of Public Works (OPW) guides recorded exhausted kayakers and others…
Watersports Eligible For Share of 20 Million Euro Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Fund
18th October 2024 News Update
Swimming, kayaking, sailing, paragliding and kite surfing projects will be eligible to apply for a share of a €20 million outdoor recreation infrastructure fund announced by the Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys. The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS)…
The search resumed on Saturday morning (5 October) for a kayaker reported missing off Donegal. According to RTÉ News, a kayak was found some 5km north of Tory Island on Friday. This development came 24 hours after the man was…
New Code of Practice for the Safe Operation of Recreational Craft is Launched
17th September 2024 Water Safety
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, James Lawless, has today (17 September 2024) launched a revised and updated edition of the Code of Practice for the Safe Operation of Recreational Craft. The publication of the new Code of…
