The first blog entry..how exciting!!

Welcome to the blog of kayaking.ie. Most of blog posts here will be posted by me Jenny Kilbride. Here I will be talking and posting about all things kayaking and canoeing – there’s nothing I like to talk about more!!! Yesterday was a great day for kayaking...

Busy Boyne and Schools on the Liffey

A visit to the Boyne on Sunday highlighted the huge numbers of kayakers in Ireland. There were vehicles of all shapes and sizes at the put in and take out. There were vans, and cars and carvans and caravans all with roof racks of some description and covered in...

The Beautiful Barrow

Great day with a group on the Barrow recently. This is a very scenic place to paddle and it tends to be runnable when there is no water anywhere else. Plus there is a canal running along side it so you can paddle back up the canal and do the whole thing again. Nice...

Otters, Herons, Kingfisher and Snowdrops

There was an abundance of wildlife on the Liffey yesterday 🙂 I was paddling with a group from Lucan to the Strawberry beds and we managed to see two herons, a pair of otters and a kingfisher as well as the arrival of spring flowers like snow drops. I grew up around...

No Water

So there’s only 5 things to do when there is no water in the rivers to go kayaking 1. Plan lots of trips to where there is water for the coming year (see our calendar on the front page and our overseas section) 2. Do some yoga 3. Do some work 4. Go out on the...