Lough Derg Yacht Club

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Lough Derg Yacht Club is a boat club based in the lakeside village of Dromineer in County Tipperary, Ireland. Founded in 1835,[1] it is one of the world's oldest yacht clubs.[2][a] The club is based in a modern clubhouse on the east shore of Lough Derg.[3]

Lough Derg Yacht Club (LDYC) is one of two yacht clubs in Ireland with a fleet of Shannon-One-Design sailing dinghies.[citation needed] The other club was the North Shannon Yacht Club which operated on Loughs Bofin, Boderg, Forbes and Lough Ree until about 1929.[citation needed] Other classes of boats sailed at LDYC include: Shannon one-design dinghy (founded 1922), National Squib one-design keelboat, International Laser Class, and International Mirror Class.[citation needed]

LDYC provides covered floating accommodation for fishing boats belonging to its members. The RNLI Lough Derg Lifeboat Station, the first inland lifeboat station to open in Ireland, is also located in the yacht club premises.[4][5]

The Mirror world championships were hosted at Dromineer during summer 2013.[6]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Water Club, Cork 1720, Lough Ree YC 1777, Royal Cork YC 1800, Royal Northern YC 1824, Royal North of Ireland YC 1827, Royal Irish YC 1831.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lough Derg Yacht Club, Dromineer, Nenagh, in Co Tipperary".
  2. ^ "Places to go Tipperary - Dromineer - Lough Derg Yacht Club". ireland.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Lough Derg Yacht Club, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary". boda.ie. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Lough Derg Lifeboat Station".
  5. ^ "Photo Gallery".
  6. ^ "2013 Worlds at Lough Derg Yacht Club, Ireland".

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