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Club Outing – Laytown Races
On Thursday 6th September 7 members ventured on to the beach to watch the 150th running of the Laytown Races. Racing on the beach at Laytown takes place just once every year and the spectacle draws crowds from all over the world. It is the only racing event run on a...
Club Outing – Streets of Dublin
The end of summer, sunset by 8:45 pm, the light falling fast when 12 OffShoot members met under the burnished Molly Malone at 8:00 pm on Monday 27th August. Lenses creakingly opened up to their widest. ISOs in the thousands the members toured the lanes and streets of...
Club Outing – Kilmacud Crokes Hurling
On 18th August, as is usual, Kilmacud Crokes in Stillorgan host this event on the day before the All Ireland final. This year between Galway and Limerick. It is fast, very fast, and furious and each half lasts 10 minutes and too few members turned out to capture the...
Club Outing – A Carlow Trilogy
On Tuesday 14th August 9 members gathered at the Delta Sensory Garden in Carlow a bit late having passed through a Garda roadblock where they were all breathalysed! After a stroll around the gardens and a snack we adjourned to the Lonely Tree on the Kilkenny road and...
Club Outing – Model at Killiney Beach
For the 3rd in our programme of Summer Outings, on Monday 16th July about 20 OffShoot members headed down to Killiney Beach to take some outdoor pictures of a model. With the help of Steve and his lights, Tom and his bike and Lucy our stunning model we were able to...
Club Outing – Cricket in Phoenix Park
On 14th July a number of OffShoot members attended a Cricket match in the Phoenix Park. The match started at 11.00 and finished around 6.00, members arrived over the course of the day. It was very sunny which helped in achieving a high shutter speed needed to capture...
Club Outing – Malahide Castle
On a bright summer’s morning 9 members gathered in the courtyard of Malahide Castle and after a tour of this ancient home of the Talbot family for 800 years. We then repaired for a snack and on to the Butterfly house and the gardens. Some images (click on an image to...
Club Outing – Enduro Mountain Biking
The Gravity Enduro Championships were held at Three Rock Mountain on Sunday the 17th June. The winding five-stage race commences above Three Rock and is over approx 10 kilometres. Each competitor has a microchip belt on their arm and is timed at the start and finish...
Club Outing – Dublin Pride Parade 2018
About a dozen OffShoot members met on Saturday 30th June to take photographs of the Dublin Pride Parade. This is the second time Offshoot has had an outing to this event. We gathered at 12.00 noon, although the Parade starts at 02.00 pm. We decided to go early and...
Club Competition – Close to Home and Open Printed
On 18th June the 3rd formal competition for 2018, 'Close to Home', was judged by Iñaki Hernández-Lasa. Congratulations to all who took part and thanks to Iñaki for an informative evening. Many thanks for all the entries in Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 categories...
Club Outing – Rathfarnham Castle
On Tuesday 12 June 5 members attended the mid-week outing. Our tour guide was Peter who provided a comprehensive history of the castle from its construction commissioned by Adam Loftus in 1583 to the present day. Much of the castle has been restored since the OPW took...
Club Outing – Saltees Island
On Saturday 9th June 11 of our members headed down to Kilmore Quay Harbour for our annual pilgrimage to the Greater Saltee Island off the coast of Wexford. The uninhabited island is home to a number of species of seabirds amongst others Guilimote, Razorbills, Shags,...