"Frontiers in Diving" - Talk Series 2011-12

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Over the winter, we will be hosting our third annual series of public dive-themed talks.

This year we'll be hearing from divers at the forefront of cave and deep wreck diving, from researchers exploring Ireland's lost shipwrecks, and from some of the people who run the essential backup and support services on which divers rely.

All talks will be hosted in Trinity College Dublin, usually on a Thursday evening @ 7.30pm, with afters in O'Neills of Pearse Street.

The talk series will be free of charge and open to the public. Charitable donations for a range of worthy causes will be accepted at the end of each talk.

If you would like to display our posters or send them to other people, please feel free to do so. You can find a larger version of each poster by clicking on the small poster image. (Thanks to Cosmo for producing the posters for us!)

Along with the talks series we are hosting a raffle with some great prizes thanks to our sponsors Suunto, Apex, Fourth Element and Flagship scuba. See here for more details.
 

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Irish Cave diving: passion, obsession, the last frontiers…
A tribute to Artur Kozlowski - Jim Warny

Thurs 3rd Nov 2011

MacNeill Theatre (Hamilton building), Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm

This talk will bring you back to the old days of Irish cave diving right through to the last few years when Artur and Jim arrived on the scene. It will be an account and celebration of Artur’s dedication to cave diving.

Jim Warny is a Belgian cave diver based in Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland. He started diving at the age of 12 and hasn't stopped since. From the start he was always drawn to the technical side of diving. He has participated in many cave diving expeditions in France, Italy and Switzerland. During the course of his diving career he taught himself mixed gas diving, rebreather diving and long-range cave diving.

When Jim moved to Ireland he truly discovered cave exploration. During that time he completed the longest traverse / connection dive in Ireland (Morans cave and Pollaloghaboo 2950m).

Jim was a personal friend of Artur and a key partner in numerous explorations. On the 6 of September 2011, Jim was the one who found Artur after his fateful dive.

Charitable donations on the night will be accepted for the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation (ICRO) a specialist national voluntary body which co-ordinates and manages cave rescue operations in Ireland.

 

Post-talk update - 5th Nov, 2011

Thanks so much to Jim Warny for giving us a great insight into cave diving in Ireland, and paying a moving tribute to Artur.

Thanks also to everyone who helped put the event on, and to all who came along on the night to show their support for Jim. The collection held on behalf of the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation raised over €600 for this very dedicated voluntary organisation, so thanks for giving so generously.

 

Beyond the Pale: Deep Wreck Diving 2000-2011 - Mark Dixon and Jeff Cornish of Darkstar dive team

Thurs 17th Nov 2011

MacNeill Theatre (Hamilton building), Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm

Mark and Jeff will tell us about their successful expeditions over the last 12 years, diving previously unexplored shipwrecks in the deep and tidal waters around Britain and Ireland.

Wrecks they have dived include the Tuscania, Andania, Carpathia and the Empress of Britain, the last lying a full 165m below the waves.

The two will also share their knowledge of planning, team logistics and how to cope when things don't go as expected.

Post-talk update!

Last night's show really was unmissable and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

DUSAC and the committee would like to thank Mark and Jeff for their excellent presentation.  With a full house last night, the feedback today has been fantastic.   

Despite keeping their cards close to their chest in the pub, no doubt about it they have some other fascinating dives in the pipeline and we look forward to welcoming you guys back again to Trinity to hear all about it.

Beyond the Pale: Deep Wreck Diving 2000-2011 was filmed last night by Valdec and we will send you a notification when it is available to view on-line.

 

Hyperbarics - the black hole of medicine - Des Quigley

Thurs 24th Nov 2011

MacNeill Theatre (Hamilton building), Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm

Many a sorry diver has washed up at the National Hyperbaric Centre with DCI (the bends) and been treated along with other non-diving patients, all benefitting from the developing science of hyperbaric therapy.

 

Owner Des Quigley promises to tell us of "Hyperbarics... The black-hole of Medicine". Bring your best open eyes, enquiring mind and listening ears.

 

Click here for the Facebook page for the event.

 

Managing and Protecting Ireland's Underwater Shipwreck Heritage - Connie Kelleher and Karl Brady

Thurs 8th Dec 2011

Joly Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm

Karl and Connie work for the Underwater Archaelogical Unit, Dept. of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht; their work brief is focused on the management and preservation of the underwater cultural heritage. 

They will discuss a number of historic shipwreck sites that they have worked on - from Spanish Armada to U-boats, and will place this work within the context of their wider work on the Shipwreck Inventory of Ireland. 

 

Click here for the Facebook page for the event.

 

Malin Coastguard - Derek Flanagan

Thurs Jan 12th 2012

MacNeill Theatre (Hamilton building),  Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm [[wysiwyg_imageupload:75:]]

"All stations, all stations.....this is Malin Head Coastguard Radio". Malin Head Coast Guard Radio next year marks a centenary at it's present home, having moved there from the signal tower at Bamba's Crown in 1912. Derek will give us a profile of MRSC Malin and the Irish Coast Guard, highlighting the service they provide to the Maritime community.

 

The Divisional Controller for MRSC Malin has a number of responsibilities including the Management of Malin Head Coast Guard Station, which is the controlling station for the west and Northwest of Ireland, with a Search and Rescue Region that stretches from Slyne Head to Malin Head and out 200 miles into the Atlantic. The Divisional Controller is also an on scene incident manager that will assume control for Major incidents or long protracted search operations. 

 

 

Derek Flanagan began his sea going career in 1990 and worked on a wide range of vessels in many different parts of the world. In 2000 Derek began teaching at the National Fisheries College in Greencastle Co Donegal specialising in Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems, cold water survival and Marine Fire Fighting. In 2007 Derek began working for the Irish Coast Guard at MRSC Malin as a Search Mission Co-ordinator and was promoted to the position of Divisonal Controllor in January 2011. Derek has been a diver since 2001 and dives with Sheephaven Subaqua Club in Donegal.

 

INFOMAR: Seabed Mapping & 3D Visualisation of ship wrecks - Charise McKeon and Koen Verbruggen

Thurs 2nd Feb 2012

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Joly Theatre, Hamilton Building, Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm

Charise and Koen work for the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) on the INFOMAR Irish Seabed Survey. As part of this multi-faceted project, our speakers work on recording new-found shipwrecks in the national wreck database, and will be showing us spectacular survey imagery of Ireland's sunken maritime treasures.

 

Riders On The Storm

 

Friday 23rd March 2012

Edmund Burke Theatre , Trinity College Dublin @ 7.30pm

Riders On The Storm

Join us in a viewing of the new film made by Waldek Furmaniak and Quentin Cowper about the underwater cave diving exploration beneath Gort Lowlands carried out by the late Artur Kozlowski.

Entry is free and everyone is welcome to share this experience!

 

Parking and Transport

There is no parking on campus, or on Pearse Street itself before 7pm. However, there are usually spaces available on nearby streets (e.g. Merrion Square, Leinster St, Sth Frederick St, Lombard St) where you will only need to pay for a parking ticket to cover you until 7pm. The Setanta Car Park (Setanta Place, one block south of Nassau St) is also close and is open 24 hours.

There are also many public transport options for getting to Trinity.

 

 

Finding the venue

The first talk will be held in the MacNeill Theatre at the east end of Trinity College.

The official interactive map of the campus can be found via this link