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| PROBUS DUN LAOGHAIRE MARINE | |||
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PAST
& FUTURE EVENTS |
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Date |
Event |
Arranger |
Pax |
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12 Jan |
First meeting of 2009 |
Fred Shekleton |
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19 Jan |
AGM. New committee elected; new president IAN THOMPSON | “” | |
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26 Jan |
Gerry Gibson, Head of Fraud & Security at Bank of Ireland, “Bank Fraud” |
Gerry O'Neill |
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| 14 Feb | Pavilion Theatre outing for St Valentine's Day: “Cormac Kenevey with Susannah De Wrixon”, two jazz Singers; €21 pp, 12 pax max | Ian Thompson | |
| 23 Feb | John Lonnergan, Governor of Mountjoy Prison (postponed from 22 Sep) | Ian Thompson | |
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9 Mar |
Michael McGovern, local historian talking about Dun Laoghaire |
Ian Thompson | |
| 16 Mar | John Dixon, “Aspects of Global Warming” | Ian Thompson | |
| 23 Mar | Keith McCarthy-Murragh, “Creation of French Wines & Champagnes” | Ian Stuart | 26 |
| Thu 26 Mar | Spring Lunch at RStGYC | Ian Thompson | |
| 20 Apr | Tim Magennis, “Ouzel Gallery” | Gerry O'Neill | |
| Thu 23 Apr | 1600 hrs sharp: visit to Irish Lights, Dun Laoghaire | Ian Thompson | |
| 11 May | Billy Sculley and Kieran O'Connell, Dun Laoghaire Lifeboats, RNLI | Ian Stuart | 17 |
| 18 May | Barry O'Neill, “Products, Brands and the Curious Science of Branding” | Gerry O'Neill | 25 |
| 20+21 May | Annual all-Ireland Probus Rally,
Radisson SAS Hotel, Limerick Dinnner 20 May @ €35; Main lunch 21 May @ €65 |
Ian Thompson | |
| 25 May | Mary Toomey, Biodiversity Officer
DLRCoCo,
“Honeybees”. Watch and learn about bees' Wiggledance here and here |
Ian Thompson | 21 |
| Mon 15 June |
Sandwich and Bloomsday Play, The
Pavilion Theatre immediately after our Meeting. Ladies invited Some tickets are still available from Noel Haughey @ only €11.20 pp |
Ian Thompson | |
| 29 Jun | Senior Citizens Parliament, recent activities | Matt Coleman | |
| Fri 10 Jul | Visit to Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat facility (two hours) | Ian Thompson | |
| 13 July | Verity Swan, Rotary District Foundation Service | Gerry O'Neill | |
| Wed 12 Aug | 1400 hrs: Visit to Killiney Hill Martello Tower Nbr 7, courtesy Niall O'Donoghue (owner) | Jack Durand | |
| 17 Aug | “Tale of a Fallen Irish Warrior” and other Burma Stuff, Tony Allwright | Tony Allwright | |
| 24 Aug | Ronan Fitzpatrick, “Augustus Saint Gaudens and his Sculptures” | Michael Kenny | |
| 31 Aug | Pictorial review of visit to Killiney Martello Tower (on 12 August) | Vincent Huggins | 22 |
| 14 Sep | “Driving to Scotland using a modern SatNav system” | Bill Herlihy | 20 |
| 28 Sep | “Historical Evolution of Dun Laoghaire's Carlisle Pier”, Adam Wall | Ian Stuart | 23 |
| Wed 14 Oct | 1230 for 1pm: Autumn lunch at RStGYC; €27.50 pp; wives and guests very welcome | Ian Thompson | |
| 9 Nov | CV by new member Brian Redmond | Ian Thompson | |
| Sat 14 Nov | 1000: Mass for member Gerry
O'Neill, RIP at Our Lady's Manor, Dalkey 1230: Celebratory lunch @ RStGYC in memory of Gerry |
Father Pat Mulvey (member) Barry O'Neill |
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| 16 Nov | Anne O'Farrell, Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education, “Living in the New World of Social Technology” (Twitter, Facebook, blogs etc) | Ian Stuart | 21 |
| Sat 21 Nov | “HMS Pinafore”; a Rathmines & Rathgar production at the National Concert Hall | Ian Stuart | |
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| 14 Dec | CV by Tony Morrison | Ian Thompson | |
| Thu 10 Dec | Christmas Lunch; wives/guests welcome; €27.50 pp; please attend! | Ian Thompson | |
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| 11 Jan | First meeting of 2010 | Ian Thompson | |
| 18 Jan | 2010 AGM | Ian Thompson | |
| Probus Rally Bally- mena Tue |
 
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Ian Stuart | |
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UNCONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND EVENTS |
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| TBA | Maura Mecchella, Rotary Club | Tom Speer | |
| TBA | Eamon OFlanagan, “Dealilng with Government Financial Agencies” | Fredrick Shekleton | |
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TBA |
Tom Dundas, St Andrew's Society |
Fredrick Shekleton |
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TBA |
John Gilliland, “Overseas Development” |
Fredrick Shekleton |
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TBA |
My hobby photography |
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TBA |
“My Travels”, Anne Wolfe Flanagan |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Donal Begley, Chief Herald |
Frank Murray |
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TBA |
Godfrey Graham, former RTÉ cameraman |
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TBA |
Paddy Long, “Experiences in Iran” |
Paddy Long |
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TBA |
Amnesty International |
Ian Thompson |
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TBA |
Damien Foxall, Ireland's first round-the-world yachtsman |
Gerry O'Neill |
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>1 Apr |
Irish Lights (and their new round glass headquarters) |
Tim Magennis |
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Summer |
Probus Antrim - Return visit to Dublin |
Fredrick Shekleton |
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TBA |
Dr Bob Fitzgerald, past Secretary and Treasurer of the IRFU |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
“Ouzel Galley” |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Visit to Croke Park |
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TBA |
Aengus Fanning, long-time editor of the Sunday Independent |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Ronnie Delaney, Olympic gold medallist |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
James Mulcahy, “Attempting to Colonise Achill with Protestantism in the 19th Century” |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Noel Manahan, founder of Probus Ireland |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Barry O'Neill, lecturer at Smurfit Business School |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
John West, Rugby Citing Commissioner |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Willie Dick, “Wave Power” |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Philip McCann, author of “Torpedoed - the Sinking of the Leinster” |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Dr Pat Wallace, Director, National Museum (incl Collins Barracks) |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Irish Countrywomen's Assoc |
Ian Thompson |
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TBA |
Robert Nicholson, Curator of James Joyce Tower |
R McCullough |
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TBA |
John Barnett, Ethiopea/Etritrea Train Trip |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Mary Michel O'Connor, PD Councillor, DLR CoCo |
Matt Coleman |
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TBA |
Martin Moloney, District Governor for Rotary Ireland |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
The George IV Monument |
Tom Speers |
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TBA |
Patricia Callaghan, Director of the Small Firms Association |
Gerry O'Neill |
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TBA |
Mrs Vervoerd, South African Ambassador |
Gerry O'Neill |
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9 Jan |
Rotary District Governor, Martin Moloney (?) |
Gerry O'Neill |
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Jan |
Prof Brendan Kennelly, TCD |
Gerry O'Neill |
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2004 |
One Joke Per Member ??? (suggestion) |
Everyone |
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2004 |
Vincent Browne (provisional) |
Gerry O'Neill |
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