Castlebar:- October
In Castlebar on Tuesday 7 Oct 2008 a Memorial Park in memory of all the Mayo fallen who died on UN Operations and 20th Century conflicts to include WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam, will be opened by the President HE President McAleese. The names of over 1,100 fallen will be inscribed. It is planned to have a parade from the old military barracks to the memorial. Regimental Associations from Europe and Ireland will participate and to lay a wreath. The Naval Association has been requested to join in this ceremony. On the evening of 6 October, a memorial concert will be held in Castlebar. Our President Paddy O’Byrne will lay a wreath on behalf of the Naval Association and Declan will carry our colours. We have been asked previously if we would consider a return trip to Hotel Westport, with this in mind we have negotiated a good deal with the Hotel Westport 3 nights and 3 dinners at €240 per person sharing. There are only 20 rooms available and 17 are already taken with only 3 left (8th July). We need €50 each as a deposit if you wish to stay at this Hotel.

Waterford:- November...Click......Here.... for details
34 rooms have been booked in the Granville Hotel for the 3 nights Friday/Monday 28th/29th30th/Nov. The agreed price is €140 per person sharing and includes dinner on Friday and Saturday night in the main restaurant. There is no offer for 2 nights as we have been asked to take the 3 nights at this price. This is to coincide with Waterford annual Mass for deceased members to be held on the Sunday morning. We require €50 each non-refundable (a the discretion of the social committee)

French Canals:-Click ...Here... for details
We are waiting on the Flight cost from Aer Lingus, which will be published within the next 2 weeks. Looking at flights costs up to end of May 2009 we should still be able to keep within our budget of €650 per person. This to include Flight to Paris 2 nights in the Ibis Hotel, Cruiser for 7 days and return home. At present Aer Lingus are showing no Flights on Saturdays or Mondays, so we may have to go on Friday 5th stay overnight in Paris before moving on to our base to pick up the Cruiser. At the end of the weeks cruise we will stay over Saturday night and return home Sunday. This is depending on the availability of Flights. We already have 20 going but if anyone else is interested you need to get another couple (minimum 4) to avail of this price of €650 the more on the cruiser the cheaper it should work out. We would need €150 deposit each to cover Flight the moment it is available and to finalise the complete trip.

Mediterreann trip September 2009
The cruise is planned for the first week of September it is proposed stay over in Venice for 1 or 2 nights either side of the cruise. The cruise will be 7 days on the Mediterreann (Click on link ........Here..... for details)
We are waiting on prices from the cruise company. We would like to get a verbal commitment first if you are interested in this cruise so we have an idea of numbers. Aer Lingus will not release flight times and cost for September 2009 until mid-November. However we would require a deposit of €300 each on or before our monthly meeting in November. We are looking at good ocean view cabins on deck 6 without balconies. This is one of the upper decks as the decks are numbered from bottom upwards. We can possibly look for balcony cabins if requested before hand. Naturally they will be more expensive.

To book the above contact:-

Terry
087 9873884