“And with what amazement should we feel it under us like an open Hell, or a wide bottomless pit? So deep, and hollow, and vast; so broken and confus’d, so every way deform’d and monstrous. This would eventually waken our imagination, and make us enquire and wonder how such a thing came in Nature…” Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth
Kilkee Sub Aqua Club News
Pool Training 2017: Pool training for trainee divers commenced in Shannon Pool for the 2017-18 season in November and continues every Monday night from 8pm to 9pm until March. If you wish to take on the exciting pastime of scuba diving, full training is provided, first in Shannon Pool and then in the sea from March 2018. Get in touch with any club member, for further details.
Below: Swimmers lead the charge during the 2017 Kilkee Sub Aqua Club Christmas Day Swim
Christmas Day Swim: Kilkee's annual Christmas Day swim is one of the club's fundraising highlights and a great way for people in the community to get involved in a fun activity. Proceeds from the sponsored swim go to Kilkee Sub Aqua Club's Search & Recovery activities.
Club Diver: Vanessa Keane, shown on the left in the picture, being congratulated by her instructor, Mary O'Malley, Aughinish Diving Club, on successfully completing her Club Diver test.
Club Diver: Vanessa Keane, shown on the left in the picture, being congratulated by her instructor, Mary O'Malley, Aughinish Diving Club, on successfully completing her Club Diver test.
POOL TRAINING 2013/'14
Diving at the Blue Pool in August 2013. Picture: Tony Hanrahan
KSAC NOW AGED 34 AND COUNTING: Kilkee Sub Aqua Club celebrated its 30th anniversary in December 2012 with a reunion of past and present members at Myles Creek Bar, Kilkee. For many, 1983 didn't seem so long ago. Here's to the next 30 years!
OILEAN NA BATHA: Oileán Na Bátha- Place of Mystery, Tales of Survival: Article by the late Noel Gleeson.
Adventurous dives at Illaunabaha. Read here
GALWAY RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER: The Recompression Chamber (RCC) in University College Hospital, Galway (UCHG) is the closest facility for emergency treatment of divers and is run on a voluntary basis by members of Galway Sub Aqua Club. The Chamber is available 24/7 for emergencies. Divers, DOs, DODs etc. who suspect decompression illness should contact the Coastguard (999/112 or Ch. 16) as soon as possible and request recompression treatment.
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