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PAST & FUTURE EVENTS
during 2006
Date
(if set)		 Event Arranger

Pax
       
9 January Verity Swan, Hon Secretary, Rotary Club District 1160 (N&S Ireland) G O'Neill 25
16 Jan Annual General Meeting Robin McCullagh
23 Jan Michelle O'Brien, Irish Osteoporosis Society, on Osteoporosis for men Frank Murray 28
30 Jan Peter KcKim, Miscellaneous Reminiscences of life as a writer Frank Murray 23
13 Feb Arthur Reynolds, Journalist, on his uncle's voyage on the “Dialinda” in search of a moth Tim Magenness 28
20 Feb Michael O'Hea, “Tanzania”  Sean Ryan 28
27 Feb Felix Larkin, “Judge Matthias McDonald Bodkin and the 1916 Rising”  G O'Neill 24
13 Mar John Barnett, “Travels in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya”  G O'Neill 25
15 Mar “An Evening with Niall Toibin” @ Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire Ian Thompson ?
19 Mar Mary Mitchel O'Connor, PD Councillor with DLRCoCo Matt Coleman 25
29 Mar R&R, “Fiddler on the Roof” , Gaiety Matt Coleman 8
3 Apr
bulletMichael Kenny, “Egyptian Eclipse”
bulletSean Ryan, “The Power of Words”
 Fred Newell 23
10 Apr Tony Allwright, “When Will the Oil Run Out?” Fred Newell 25
24 Apr John Dixon, “Living Fossils: Three Trees from Pre-historic times - a Sequoia, Wallennia Nobilis and Ginkyo” Fred Newell 25
?? Outing to Croke Park (2006) Vincent Huggins ??
8 May David Bockett, “Diamonds and other Gems”  Tony Allwright 23
15 May John Dixon, “The Case for Nuclear Energy”
bulletSee also “Nuclear Power - What's Not to Like?”
 Fred Newell 20
18 May Joint meeting with Probus Ladies at National Yacht Club Fred Newell
25 May Probus Rally at Port Laois Fred Newell
12 June Eamon Valkenberg, “Accidental Flooding in a Zambian Copper Mine - Narrowly Avoided” Fred Newell 24
15 June Spring Lunch at RStGYC (with wives/partners/mistresses) Fred Newell  
19 June Robert Poynton, “Walking the Camino de Compostella - a Pilgrimage” Robin McCullough 22
17 July Tim Mageness, “Jubilee Sailing Trust: Lord Nelson & Tenacious” Fred Newell 29
14 Aug Sinead McKeon & Brendan Knight, “National Car Test” ?? 25
21 Aug Discussion of questionnaire on older people's requirements Matt Coleman 25
21 Sep Autumn Lunch; wives/girlfriends/mistresses welcome Fred Newell  
25 Sep Tom Conlon, “The Camera Never (?) Lies” Tom Conlon 20
2 Oct “40 Years Behind the RTÉ Lens”, Godfrey Graham Gerry O'Neill  
9 Oct
bullet “‘White Slaves’ in Irish Football”
bullet “Wherever Green is Propaganda”
 Tony Allwright 20
16 Oct Playing “Rackets”  on the sand in Killalee, Co Limerick Ian Thompson 20
19 Oct Visit by Antrim Probus
bulletVisit to Maritime Museum
bulletLunch at National Yacht Club
 Fred Newell  
26 Oct “Showstopper” - music from big shows, by the Glasnevin Musical Society at the National Concert Hall    
13 Nov “1988 visit to Cairo, the Nile, Luxor”; a slide show Gordon Hernderson 29
20 Nov Duxford Air Display; the “Flying Legends”; slides Paddy Long  
27 Nov Visit to the Oratory (former Dominican Convent) in Dun Laoghaire, to view Celtic art Jack Durand 25
14 Dec Annual Christmas Lunch at Royal St George YC, €28 pp Fred Newell  
21 Dec Christmas carols, with brass band, at Christchurch, Dun Laoghaire Fred Newell  
       
TBA James Mulcahy, “Attempting to Colonise Achill with Protestantism in the 19th Century” Gerry O'Neill  
TBA Noel Manahan, founder of Probus Ireland Gerry O'Neill  
TBA Barry O'Neill, lecturer at Smurfit Business School Gerry O'Neill  
TBA Alan Lewis, international rugby referee Gerry O'Neill
TBA John West, Rugby Citing Commissioner Gerry O'Neill
TBA Willie Dick, “Wave Power” Gerry O'Neill
TBA Philip McCann, author of “Torpedoed - the Sinking of the Leinster”   Gerry O'Neill
TBA Dr Pat Wallace, Director, National Museum (incl Collins Barracks) Gerry O'Neill
TBA Irish Countrywomen's Assoc Ian Thompson
TBA Robert Nicholson, Curator of James Joyce Tower R McCullough
TBA John Barnett, Ethiopea/Etritrea Train Trip Gerry O'Neill
TBA Mary Michel O'Connor, PD Councillor, DLR CoCo Matt Coleman
TBA Martin Moloney, District Governor for Rotary Ireland  Gerry O'Neill
TBA The George IV Monument Tom Speers
9 Jan Rotary District Governor, Martin Moloney (?) Gerry O'Neill
Jan Prof Brendan Kennelly, TCD Gerry O'Neill
TBA Mrs Vervoerd, South African Ambassador Gerry O'Neill
       
2004 One Joke Per Member ??? (suggestion) Everyone
2004 Vincent Browne (provisional) Gerry O'Neill
       
1/8 No meetings held on these days because of Bank Holidays / Christmas
       
Possible
Outings
bulletSkerries Windmill, National Gallery Millenium Wing, Kilmainham Jail, Collins Barracks, Waterfront Building (Belfast), Kilruddy Gardens (Bray), City Hall, St Catherine's Church
bulletVisit to Sutton/Howth Probus, to be arranged by Gerry O'Neill
 
POINTS OF INTEREST
Quarterly Lunches Attendance rules regarding guests
  1. March lunch : Male guests encouraged
  2. June Lunch : Male and female guests encouraged
  3. September Lunch : Male guests encouraged
  4. Christmas Lunch : Female guests encouraged; male guests depending on numbers

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