The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland recently celebrated its 70 th anniversary with a garden party, held in the location where it all began back in 1954, ‘Dunrovin’ at Coosan Point on the shores of the lovely Louch Ree. 140 members and invited guests enjoyed sunshine, great food, wonderful entertainment and the opportunity [...]
IWAI HQ Dunrovin Official Opening Saturday June 25th marked International Day of the Seafarer. It is very fitting that this date also marked the official opening of IWAI HQ Dunrovin. While the weather was not wonderful it did remain largely dry for this most significant event in IWAI’s history. The official opening of [...]
Speech by IWAI President on acceptance of the key for Dundovin from RNLI On November 26th, 2020, 16 months ago, Owen Medland RNLI Lifesaving Lead and I virtually turned the sod on Dunrovin, in Clogherhead, and at the Grand Canal 12th Lock respectively. I am honoured as IWAI President [...]
Key handover speech by IWAI Vice-President It is such a pleasure to stand here today on this, the penultimate stage of what has been a long and sometimes stormy journey for our Association. This collaboration with the RNLI is the ultimate testimony to the amazing generosity of the Rice family and their love [...]
Key Handover speech by President IWAI Dunrovin, IWAI HQ was first spoken about almost five Presidential terms ago. To put that in perspective it is 12-14 years since the idea of establishing a permanent home for IWAI on the Dunrovin site was discussed during Paul Garland’s tenure as IWAI President. Through the terms [...]
Key Handover speech by Chairman of the Dunrovin Development Committee We are here today at Dunrovin the ancestral home and birthplace of the IWAI to take possession of the keys of the new Dunrovin IWAI HQ building, events area and upgraded extensive grounds. A momentous day in the IWAI history and marks the [...]
RNLI hands over the keys to Dunrovin, Inland Waterways HQ An official key-handover ceremony took place in Coosan between the RNLI and the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI). The RNLI built the new permanent Lough Ree Lifeboat station and the new Dunrovin IWAI HQ on an IWAI site at Coosan. A [...]
Athlone Mayor tours Dunrovin The IWAI President Alan Kelly welcomed Mayor Aengus O’Rourke on a guided tour of Dunrovin, located on the shores of Lough Ree in Coosan, to view the build progress of the new IWAI clubhouse and RNLI lifeboat station IWAI President, Alan Kelly, said “The local authorities in Westmeath have been [...]
Dunrovin October 2020 to January 2021 Watch our latest video on the build progress. The video records the progress from October 2020 up until January 2021. Unfortunately for the past number of months progress was suspended due to level 5 restrictions and all building work ceased. But the build is well advanced and we [...]
Dunrovin progress report Following the signing of the contract between IWAI and RNLI, the site clearance, and the first pandemic lockdown the contractors moved on to the Dunrovin site in August 2020 for the start of the build. Over the following months, taking COVID 19 restrictions into account, the build has progressed well. With [...]
