Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers

Friday The much anticipated 2024 Offshoot weekend-away enticed 30 members “Way Out West” or, more precisely, The Mulranny Park Hotel in Mayo. In advance, the Offshoot Outings Committee had prepared a guidebook of places of interest and potential locations, which...

Like the previous evening, all the indicators were positive, PhotoPills and The Photographer’s Ephemeris agreed. The weather looked fine and so the Offshoot convoy headed for Colimore Harbour to photograph the Supermoon rising behind Muglins Lighthouse on Wednesday...

On Tuesday 22nd October 9 members gathered in The Church Café Bar, Jervis Street at 9.30am. They open at 10.30am but had agreed that we could take photos beforehand. We were met by Darren who told us about the history of this fascinating listed building. The first...

Thankfully clear blue skies and a beautiful dappled sunlight greeted the 14 of us as we arrived for our annual visit to the Phoenix Park, Dublin to witness the Stag Rut on Saturday, 19th Oct. 2024. The early morning silence was interrupted by the distant bellowing of...

On 12th October the weekend outing was to the Devil’s Glen to sample the autumn colours of the Wicklow hillsides. On Saturday morning 18 members assembled at the car park in bright but cool sunshine. Despite the promise of colour, it was perhaps a week or two early...

On Tuesday 24th September 4 members met at Delta Sensory Gardens in Carlow. The gardens are on a 2.5 acre plot in the middle of an industrial estate and are an oasis of calm. They are made up of 9 small garden spaces each with its own theme and layout eg. the...

The first outing of the Autumn was a trip to Dalkey Island. On a hazy Saturday morning (7th September) 11 members met to take the short boat trip over to the island. There was a short delay as the ferryman, Neil had to wait for a higher water level before bringing his...

On 16th September, several of our members headed off to Laytown to experience the thrills and excitement of beach racing. This is a one of a kind once a year experience and they came back with some great images.Some images (click on an image to open in full-screen...

Offshoot’s outing to the National Botanic Gardens on Tuesday 25th June (which thankfully didn’t involve any boat transfers) was well attended by twelve members. This was the last official outing before the summer break. The weather was initially a little misty with...