ARTILLERY CLUB’s DIARY of Events – 2023
Diary can be viewed via link or via spreadsheet below:
Arty Club Diary – 2023 (Version 23 Feb 23)
Date | Event | Coordinator | Remarks |
26 January | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | |
23 February | Field Trip: National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin | Comdt Lar Joye | Report and Photos on Website |
23 February | Committee Meeting: Collins Barracks, Dublin | Secretary | |
25 April | Field Trip: Artillery School and National Stud | Col Tom Carter (Retd)
Col S. McDermott (Retd) |
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25 April | Committee Meeting: Ceannt Officers’ Mess, DFTC | Secretary | |
18/19 May | Field Trip: Fort Shannon, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Bunratty, Árd na Crusha and St John’s Castle | Capt Pete Murray (Retd) | |
01 June | Defence Forces Ceremony, Centenary of Artillery Corps, Collins Barracks Cork | President | |
TBA | Gala Dinner 100th Anniversary of Artillery Corps and 50th Anniversary of Artillery Club | President | |
29 June | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | |
08 July | Commemoration – Islandbridge | President | |
09 July | National Day of Commemoration | President | |
16 August | Annual Golf Competition & Dinner
Royal Curragh Golf Club & Hotel Keadeen |
Comdt O’Flanagan (Retd)
Comdt M. Flood (Retd) |
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13 September | Arty Decades’ Reunion – Anniversary of PDF, FCA and AR Commissioning 1953- 2023, Visit to Cadet School and Lunch in Military College | Col M. Smyth (Retd) | |
TBA | Arty Shoot – Glen Imaal | Col S. McDermott (Retd) | |
28 September | Committee Meeting: McKee Barracks | Secretary | |
01 Oct | Defence Forces Veterans’ Day | ||
TBA Oct | Foreign Field Trip: Artillery Installations, London | Comdt M. Flood (Retd) | |
10 Nov | Units’ Annual Mass & Wreath Laying, McKee Barracks | Secretary | |
01 December | AGM and St Barbara’s Day Lunch: McKee Barracks | Secretary |