ARTILLERY CLUB’s DIARY of Events – 2019
(Changes since previous iteration highlighted in yellow)
Date | Event | Coordinator | Remarks |
24 January | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Minutes Circulated |
21 February | Field Trip: Dublin Defences | Comdt Lar Joye | 23 Attendees, Photos on Website |
21 February | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Minutes Circulated |
25 April | Field Trip: Equitation School and Áras an Uachtaráin | Col Tom O’Callaghan | 29 Attendees, Photos on Website |
25 April | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Minutes Circulated |
11 May | Defence Forces Veterans’ Day: Collins Bks Dublin | Secretary | |
23/24 May
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Field Trip: Cork Harbour Coast Defence Artillery Forts (1 & 8 Fd Arty Regts) | Lt Col C. Lalor (Retd) | 36 Attendees, Photos on Website |
27 June | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Minutes Circulated |
13 July | Commemoration – Islandbridge | President | |
14 July | National Day of Commemoration | President | |
23 August
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Annual Golf Competition & Dinner: Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow | Comdt C. O’Flanagan (Retd) | 31 Attendees, Photos on Website |
Deferred to 2020 | Arty Decades’ Reunion – Anniversary of PDF, FCA and AR Commissioning 1949-2019, Visit to Cadet School and Lunch in Military College | Col M. Smyth (Retd) |
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26 September | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Minutes Circulated |
06 – 11 Oct | Foreign Field Trip: Athens | Comdt M. Flood (Retd) | 31 Attendees, Report & Photos on Website |
09 Nov | Wreath Laying & Annual Mass: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Photos on Website |
13 November | Arty Shoot – Glen Imaal | Col S. McDermott (Retd) | Photos on Website |
04 December | DF Remembrance Ceremony, National Monument, Merrion Square Dublin | President | |
05 December | Re-dedication of St Barbara’s Statue, Arty Sch | Col S. McDermott (Retd) | Calling Notice Issued 13 Nov 19 |
06 December | AGM and St Barbara’s Day Lunch: McKee Barracks | Secretary | Calling Notice Issued 19 Nov 19 |