Previous Events – Club Events, Outings & Guest Speakers
Club Outing – War Memorial Gardens
Well, it was definitely thanks to Google Maps that we found our way to the War Memorial Gardens yesterday for our outing, so if anyone is going themselves we'd advise having the directions sent to your phone and it is easy! Traffic is busy enough so it is a real help...
Club Outing – Glasnevin National Botanic Gardens
On Saturday 5th September 10 members arrived for our outing, we were greeted with a great array of colour, plant species and cultivars. The gardens were an oasis of calm and beauty. There were lots of cheeky squirrels playing around and a variety of birdlife. Sadly,...
Club Outing – Fawns & Farmleigh
It was a lovely morning when we arrived at the Phoenix Park last Saturday 16th August. The sun shone and a large herd of deer were soon spotted out in the middle of grassland. Seventeen OffShoot members, as well as other members of the public, edged gradually closer...
Club Outing – Portrane Cliff Walk
On Tuesday 4th August the forecast was gale force winds and the morning didn’t look promising but we had only one cancellation. Seventeen members duly turned up at the car park in Portrane! Three members headed down the beach where there was some shelter while the...
Club Outing – Altamont Gardens
We had 12 members on our outing to the gardens on Sunday 26th July. The weather was kind to us and we had a great ramble through the formal and informal gardens. We also went on a trek down to the riverside walk by the Slaney. The walled garden had an array of...
Club Outing – Emo Court and Rock of Dunamase
Bright and early last Saturday morning (18th July) fourteen members met in the car park of Emo Court. Most members headed off into the woods in search of red squirrels while a small few others headed down to the lake. We're only aware of one member, Olive Gaughan, who...
Club Outing – Walled Gardens, Russborough
On Saturday 11th July we had a great turnout of 15 members for our first outing since the Covid-19 outbreak. It was wonderful to see everyone again and we happily set out to try our macro photography in the walled garden. We had an array of beautiful flowers, fruits...
Outings – Russborough House
Weather has had a major impact on our 2020 club outings so far. While the light was poor at least it was dry day at Russborough on Saturday. There were plenty of joggers, cyclists and families with small children all out enjoying the great outdoors. Cyclamen Coum,...
Club Event – Member Modeling Night
On the 10th February we had a Model Night where we asked our members to be the models for each other. The objective of the evening was to give some exposure to the use of lights as well as how to pose and talk to models. The evening was a great success as can be seen...