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Spirit of the Plurabelles 2025

3rd May 2025

This year’s recipient of the Spirit of the Plurabelles is Eithne Cullinane. The award, which is voted on by members, was presented to Eithne by our founder Fiona Tiernan’s son Oscar. Eithne joined our club at its inception and was present for our first tryout session in Killaloe in 2010. Some of the reasons our members voted for Eithne include her willingness to do anything required: our warm-ups and cool-downs, drumming, equipment maintenance, her advocacy on the health benefits of our sport – there’s nothing Eithne won’t do. Not forgetting her sense of fun and enthusiasm. Congratulations, Eithne, a very worthy recipient.

                                   

 

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Our new small boat

12th February 2025

On 12 February 2025, a chilly and overcast day, the Club was delighted to take delivery of its new high-performance small boat. It is a little sister to our standard dragon boats, which take 20 paddlers. The new boat is smaller, lighter and takes 10 paddlers. The long-planned and much-anticipated arrival was unloaded with the help of family and friends and taken on its maiden voyage around the dock. A bespoke lifting and storage system is in place to allow the boat to be stored alongside our two standard boats.

Helms and members are getting used to paddling in her and we are now planning an eye-dotting ceremony, when we will ‘waken the dragon’ and reveal the name of our beautiful new boat.

             

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Spirit of the Plurabelles award 2024

20th April 2024

Award presentation
Chair Marion Egan awarding the Spirit of the Plurabelles trophy

Saturday 20 April was a special day for the Plurabelle Paddlers. Not only did the sun shine, but a large group of Plurabelles gathered in the clubhouse after training to see Myra Hanrahan and Máire O’Connor jointly named as worthy co-recipients of this year’s Spirit of the Plurabelles award (as nominated by club members).

The beautiful trophy was presented to Myra and Máire in memory of Fiona Tiernan, who founded the club fourteen years ago (along with Marian O’Dea and Julie Doyle). The award was presented to Myra and Máire by Fiona’s son Oscar, who, as a child, regularly drummed for the Plurabelles.

Both ladies won the award for all the work they do in ensuring the ongoing maintenance and security of our beautiful clubhouse, situated on the banks of the Grand Canal Dock. Together Myra and Máire seamlessly organise everything quietly and without fuss. Both are hugely welcoming to new paddlers and are much loved by all club members.

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Christmas Brunch 2023

16th December 2023

Our Christmas brunch rounded off the Plurabelle year and was a perfect opportunity for paddlers to catch up with each other over yummy festive treats. As soon as the boats were away the clubhouse filled with paddlers in Christmas jumpers, novelty glasses and Santa hats. Among those in attendance were many Plurabelles who had not paddled in a while, but who weren’t going to miss an opportunity to catch up with old friends. To add to the party feeling, every Plurabelle who attended the brunch was asked to bring along a small gift for another member. The gifts, many of which were handcrafted or home baked, were placed in a Christmas sack and randomly selected by individual Plurabelles.

Huge thanks go to the organisers, the caterers, the photographers, the singers (of course there was singing – it wouldn’t be a Plurabelle gathering without singing!) and to all those who attended and made this such a wonderful success.

To all our friends, we’d just like to say Nollaig Shona Daoibh! Happy Christmas!

 

The hats have it!

A wonderful festive spread.

 

What’s in Santa’s bag?

Santa came too!

 

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All in a Row, December 2023

2nd December 2023

The importance of the Liffey to the Plurabelles is captured in our name. Anna Livia Plurabelle is the female protagonist in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and is, herself, an allegory for the river Liffey. Given the special place that the Liffey has for the Plurabelle Paddlers, we were delighted to participate in the All in a Row event. The fundraiser raises valuable money for the RNLI and the Irish Underwater Search and Recovery Unit.


Dressed in Santa hats and festive glitter, two boatloads of Plurabelles, including paddlers from Dublin Vikings and Nore Dragon Paddlers, joined countless rowing boats, kayaks and canoes in a large flotilla that travelled up the river Liffey to the very heart of Dublin city, passing under numerous iconic Dublin bridges.
The All in a Row event is a firm favourite for the Plurabelle Paddlers. In addition to the paddlers who had previously participated in the event, today was a new experience for some of our paddlers, who got to see Dublin city from a very different viewpoint. If that wasn’t enough excitement, they also got to experience the 225-year-old lock!

Dragon ready to go in Santa hat
Ready to enter the river from the lock

 

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Flower Ceremony 2023

7th October 2023

Beautiful pink flowers added some sunshine to an overcast morning at the Grand Canal Dock as Plurabelle Paddlers gathered beside the Plurabelle memorial bench. The Plurabelles were happy to be joined by family members of recently deceased (and much-loved) Plurabelles for the club Flower Ceremony.

Tara led the ceremony, which featured poignant words and the song ‘Vitruvian Man’ by the Dublin musician Patrick O’Laoghaire, who performs under the stage name ‘I Have A Tribe’. Thanks to Tara for the lovely words and for choosing such appropriate music as we remember together our teammates and friends who are deceased, but who remain in our memories and in our hearts.

             

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