Athlone Sub-Aqua Club trains members in scuba diving and also provides a volunteer Search and Recovery service From Cork to Donegal and everywhere in between.
Athlone Sub-Aqua club takes on new members each November and trains them in the Athlone Regional Sports Centre swimming pool on Sunday mornings. Lectures take place on Sunday mornings in the clubhouse. The club dives nearly all year round weather depending. During the summer months we can be found anywhere on the coast of Ireland. During the winter we keep up our water fitness in Lough Ree and further afield.
14/06/2026
We provided safety cover for the Athlone Regatta at Coosan Point yesterday. A busy first half supporting a number of boats on the water, followed by a much quieter second half with only one assist required. 🤿🛟😊
Athlone Boat Club
08/06/2026
Join us on June 20th for Our End-of-Year Fundraiser! 🍦🎶
To celebrate the end of our choir term, we are delighted to be hosting an Ice Cream Funday in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland, with all funds raised going directly to the charity.
Come along to Dons Bar Moate, on June 20th and enjoy:
* A special performance by our choir
* Delicious ice cream
* The opportunity to support a wonderful cause
We would love to see you there as we celebrate another fantastic year for our choir, while raising funds for charity.
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you there!
🍦🎵💙
13/05/2026
2 cracking dives at St. John's Point, Donegal over the May Bank Holiday. Class viz with plenty of life around. Flat calm conditions and not a drop of rain.😊🤿👌
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An Cór Lár Tíre who generously supported our club last year are holding a unique outdoor choral recital tomorrow 1st May at 7pm in the Dean Crowe Courtyard, as part of the All Ireland Drama Festival.
It’s a free event, and it would be great to see a good turnout in support of them.
If you’re around, do pop along, it promises to be a lovely evening.🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
https://www.dramafestival.ie/event/an-cor-lar-tire-recital-dean-crowe/
29/04/2026
Ground-nesting Bird Season:
As well as Mayfly fishing, this time of the year also sees Ireland's Ground-nesting birds sitting on nests, or with young chicks/ducklings.
Lough Ree is currently Ireland's most important site for breeding waterbirds and efforts are being made to ensure this remains the case.
The Breeding Waders EIP is a locally-led project that is paying landowners and farmers to manage land for breeding birds.
Support for this work by other lake users would be very much appreciated. The accompanying maps show the Ground-nesting bird hotspots. The Breeding Waders EIP has no enforcement role and is not stopping anglers from using the lake or islands, but is trying to raise awareness of the serious problem of disturbance to these birds at this critical time. The project asks that anglers are aware of the breeding bird hotspots and try to avoid landing for extended periods of time in the highlighted areas. Prolonged visits to these areas will cause nest failure and/or chick loss.
Please keep all dogs off these areas from April-July. If pulling-in or stopping while out on the lake, wooded shorelines and mainland shorelines, generally offer less risk of disturbance to many species. Breeding bird reports and sightings would be appreciated by the project team.
For further details please contact [email protected]
Breeding Waders EIP Project
The Athlone Sub Aqua Club recently organised a Search and Recovery training exercise with all the sub aqua clubs from the Midlands Region. Divers, snorkellers, and support helpers from clubs in Athlone, Roscommon, Offaly, Mullingar, Lough Ree, Longford, and Lough Derg all joined in.
Besides their own club's Search and Recovery training, the Midlands sub aqua clubs get together several times a year for joint training exercises. This teamwork ensures the clubs are ready and prepared to help out when called to search for a missing person. The Midlands Region has over 100 qualified Search and Recovery divers, cox'ns, and helpers ready to respond at a moment's notice.
The Search & Recovery operations within the Midlands Region are carried out entirely by volunteers and are made possible by the kind donations from everyone who supports the clubs.
The Athlone Sub Aqua Club thanks the people of Athlone and surrounding areas for their continued support.
20/04/2026
Yesterday four Midlands candidates took part in the Diver Coxswain Instructor examination on Lough Ree and the River Shannon in the Athlone area.
The candidates first completed an intensive written exam followed by a practical assessment carried out in glorious weather. On the water, they were assessed on high-speed handling and manoeuvring in and around harbours and congested areas whilst covering general boat management.
The Diver Coxswain Instructor Course focuses on instructing candidates in the control and operation of a dive boat. It is designed to equip and assess instructors with the skills, knowledge and experience required to deliver the Diver Coxswain course and coach future candidates in the safe operation of dive boats.
We are pleased to confirm that the four Midlands candidates who successfully qualified were Vivian Reynolds and James Donnellan from Athlone Sub Aqua Club, and Paul Clancy and Dave Malone from County Longford Scuba Divers.
Many thanks to the examiners who all travelled to support and deliver a successful day from Roscommon Sub Aqua, Offaly Search and Recovery and The Curragh Sub Aqua Club.😊👏
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