August 29, 2006

October Bank Holiday Weekend - Mullaghmore

Mullaghmore is the venue for this years October Bank Holiday diving weekend. The October weekend is always a dodgy one with the weather being so unpredictable at that time of year. Mullaghmore has been good to us over the past three years, we have only got blown out once which was last year. We even managed to dive John's Point from Mullaghmore in 2004.

Our friends from Dalkey Scuba Divers are also heading there this year so I'm sure we will have tha craic as always with them.

Accommodation:

Harbour View B&B & Dive Centre, Bunduff, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, Ireland

E-Mail: harbourviewsligo@eircom.net    Phone: 071- 9166366

Pier Head Hotel  Mullaghmore, Co Sligo.  Phone: 071-9166171
Website: http://www.pierheadhotel.ie/

Beach Hotel  Mullaghmore, Co Sligo.  Phone: 071 9166103

Website:  http://www.beachhotelmullaghmore.com/

E-Mail: beachhot@iol.ie

  • "Seacrest", Mullaghmore. John & Gabrielle O’Grady 071 9166468 <
  • "Frolic", Mullaghmore. James & Linda Conway 071 9166551
  • "Bleagh House", Cliffoney Liam & Berna McHugh. 071 9166153
  • "Harbour View", Bunduff, Cliffoney. Danny & Attracta Boyle 071 9166366
  • "Breffni" Cliffoney. 071 9166138
  • The Canavaun, Cliffoney. Dympna Harrison 071 9166123
  • "Lynnwood House", Cliffoney 071 9166198
  • "Villa Rosa" Bunduff, Cliffoney. Beatrice McLoughlin 071 9166173
  • "Atlantic Haven" Mount Temple, Moneygold Thomas Wymbs 071 9166547
  • "Armada Lodge" Moneygold, Grange. Una Brennan 071 9163250
  • Barry’s Lounge & Bar, Grange. 071 9163168
  • Dernish B&B, Moneygold, Grange 071 9166242
  • Dunfore Farm House 071 9163137
  • Kilfeather’s, Grange. 071 9163745
  • Morans Lounge & Bar, Grange. 071 9163131
  • "Rosswick", Grange 071 9163516
  • "Rowanville" Moneygold, Grange. Mattie & Patricia Hoey 071 9163958
  • Wyndales B&B, Grange. 071 9163745 Self Catering
  • "Harbour View", Bunduff, Cliffoney. Danny &Attracta Boyle 071 9166366
  • Ann Rooney, Cliffoney 071 9166373
  • Benwiskin Centre, Ballintrillick 071 9176721

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    August 28, 2006

    Belmullet Weekend

    On the 12th August 2006,ten of us headed up to Belmullet for a weekends diving with our good friend, Sean Lavelle, Dive West Ireland. Leaving all our own boats at home in the club house we travelled to the dive sites in the comfort of Sean's hard decker, the Offshore 105, Deloree. 

     

    On the Saturday morning we dived Duvillaun Island & a rock called  Bulach Achta, between Duvillaun and Achill Head in th afternoon.

    On Sunday Sean brought us to Black Rock for some excellent diving with Jewel enonome covered walls down to 40mt. There was an abundance of fish life with shoal of fish patroling this oasis on the edge of the continental shelf. We dived a 18 - 40mt reef with 30mt visability off Inishkea North in the afternoon.

    Great weekend was had by all & many thanks to Sean for looking after us once again.

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    Congratulations to Delorus & Sean Lavelle on the birth of their daughter, Kia

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    August 21, 2006

    U260 & Kowloon Bridge weekend

    The dawn raid did not deter the 12 enthusiastic divers with a 6am start on the Saturday morning to catch the slack on the German U-boat, the U260 which sank five miles out of Union Hall in 1945 near the end of World War 2.
    The U260 weekend went very well with 12 divers diving the U260 on Saturday & Sunday morning & the Kowloon Bridge on Saturday & Sunday afternoon. The group was made up of nine divers from Naas SAC, our two friends from Dalkey Scuba Divers, Stewie & Yvonne & Fiona Gillespie from Portmarnock SAC.
    Our efforts were well rewarded with perfect diving conditions on the Sub. No current on slack neap tides & great visibility gave us a great opportunity to explore the whole wreck. Maximum depth at the bow was 43 meters & everyone was diving nitrox or rebreathers to get maximum bottom times.
    Stewie did not let us down, dropping the shot within a couple of meters of the wreck on both mornings.
    After breakfast on both mornings we headed back out to sea to dive the largest wreck in European waters, the Kowloon Bridge. The Kowloon Bridge sank in 1986 after having steerage problems & hitting the Stags rocks. The iron ore carrier lies in 36 meters at the bow, 9 miles from Union Hall. It is an amazing sight to see this enormous ship which is the size of a football pitch & goes from 8 meters to 36 meters at the bow.
    It was certainly a weekend’s diving to remember with four great dives.
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    The Periscope which is covered with life
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    One of two air tanks used for the ships bouyancy that lies on the seabed beside the U260
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     Torpedo tube
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    Silhouette of us on the shot doing our safety stop
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    One of the two propellors on the U260
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    The open hatch leading into the Sub

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