Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2025 Race Officer Con Murphy cheerfully admits that the concept of the “Bay Race”, getting this week’s biennial four-day sailfest off to a flying start on Thursday, July 10th, is to some extent a “Work in Progress,” and all in my head.

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“Artificial” is one of the last words that spring to mind when you’ve spent many years in and around Dun Laoghaire Harbour. It’s all on such a scale, and constructed with so much locally-quarried material in a project begun 207 years ago in 1817, that it doesn’t really seem so very odd when those of a certain mind-set refer to it, without any irony, as “this wonderful natural feature of Dublin Bay”.

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An Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, County Council, Jim O’ Leary was on hand to make this week’s joint launch of the 10th Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Ireland’s largest sailing event and the town’s Coastival Festival, which runs in July.

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In July, a new classic boat/yacht parade is planned for Dun Laoghaire Harbour. This event is being arranged in association with Dun Laoghaire’s Coastival Festival, a week-long series of events and activities that culminates in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has launched a digital event brochure for its inaugural Coastival Festival that coincides with Ireland’s largest sailing regatta, the VDLR, from July 6th. The flipbook contains the full programme for the eight-day event.

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Our partners in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have created a fantastic interactive guide and events programme for Coastival, which they will keep updated over the coming weeks as more events and attractions get added to the schedule! Flick through the leaflet or bookmark this page to save it for future reference.

Coastival 2023 will run from the 1st to the 9th of July and will celebrate everything we love about Dún Laoghaire. This new 9 day festival will coincide with the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta and will include exciting family fun each day both on land and water. We also have a full programme of live music and comedy for Coastival Nights.

• Maritime movies on the green
• Live music including KILA, Jerry Fish, Mack Fleetwood and much more
• Comedy club with Dave McSavage and Dublin Improv
• Boat cruises and boat trips
• Family fun day at the dlr LexIcon Library
• Free sailing, kayaking and paddleboarding
• Emergency Services Open Day
• Summer of heritage events and much more!

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Sailors, sponsors and volunteers launched Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta 2023 in fine style at the National Maritime Museum of Ireland on Wednesday night. This ninth edition of the regatta event promises to be one of the biggest sailing events in Northern Europe

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