About the club

The Caving club offers the means for anybody who wants to go caving or who wants to improve their caving skills and knowledge. Most importantly, however, we are just a group of friends who want to muck about as much as possible. The main events in our Calendar are the weekend trips to Clare and Fermanagh. Our trips away start on a Friday evening and finish on Sunday night. Transport and all essential gear is provided. Both Saturday (energetic) and Sunday (tired) cavers are catered for. Even Armchair Cavers are put up with, sometimes. The cost of the trip covers you for accommodation, food, water and caves. Two items which you must supply yourself after this are your own enthusiasm and drinking money.

We also run practice sessions for SRT (Single Rope Technique) and videos/slide shows/lectures/etc. Some notable events in the national Caving calendar in which we participate are the Caving Symposium and the Student Caving Forum. The Caving Symposium is organised by the Speleological Union of Ireland (SUI) and along with the Student Caving Forum is a scaled up version of our weekend trips.

There are only really two main items on our agenda. They are to go caving and to have a lot of fun.

Current Committee


Never forget the dangers of the infinity knot.

-Tony Corcoran
Captain Brian Ferguson
Secretary Padraic Lawless
Sr. Treasurer Mark McManus
Jr. Treasurer Órla Hammond
Meets Secretary Brigid Houlihan
Safety & Training Hugh Norton
Tony Corcoran
Gear Officers Tony Corcoran
Padraic Lawless
Hugh Norton
Shaun O'Toole
Ents Officers Aisling Daly
Sandra Collins
Children's Officer Katrina Boyle
Web Master Jack Bracken

Club documents

The Caving Club constitution (pdf format).
The Caving Club safety statement (pdf format).

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