Irish Orienteering Clubs

These are (as far as I know) all the O clubs affiliated to the IOA. I have put in as much information about them as I have. If anything is incorrect, please let me know.

AJAX Orienteering and Hill Running Club (AJAX)

Area: Dublin, with some emigrants.
Emphasis: All sorts really.
Contact: Brendan O'Connor, 32 Landscape Gardens, Churchtown, Dublin 14. (087-2968898)
email: Ajax_Orienteers@hotmail.com
Training: September to May, with Crusaders Athletic club.

Athlone Institute of Technology Orienteering Club (AITO)

Area: Athlone.
Emphasis: Students in Athlone IT
Contact: Nigel Foley-Fisher, RTC, Dublin Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. (0902-24465)

Bishopstown Orienteering and Hillwalking Club (BOC)

Area: Cork city and county.
Emphasis: Families and students (it incorporates the old CRTCO).
Contact: Ted Lucy, Kilpadder, Dromahane, Mallow, Co. Cork. (022 47300)

Blackwater Valley Orienteering Club (BVOC)

Area: Mostly North County Cork (Newmarket, Mallow, Mitchelstown, Youghal etc.).
Emphasis: Families mainly.
Contact: Ellen Feehan, Scarteen Lower, Newmarket, Co. Cork (029-60385)

Cork Orienteering Club (CorkO)

Area: Cork city and county.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Miriam ni Choitir, Cedar Lodge, 1 The Farm, Curraheen Road, Bishopstown, Cork (021-343583)
Meet: Every Thursday after 10:30 in the bar of Frankfield golf club, Grange, Cork.

Curragh Naas Orienteering Club (CNOC)

Area: Co. Kildare and surrounding areas.
Emphasis: Families and soldiers.

Defence Forces Orienteers (DFO)

Area:
Emphasis: members of the defence forces.
Contact: Comdt. Denis Reidy, Adj. Genaral's Branch, Parkgate, Dublin 8

Dublin University Orienteering Club (DUO)

Area: Dublin.
Emphasis: This is a closed club for students in Dublin University (Trinity College).
Contact: The Secretary, Dublin University Orienteers, House 27, Trinity College, Dublin 2

Fermanagh Orienteering Club (FermO)

Area: The south-west parts of Northern Ireland.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Mary Campbell, 15 Knocknamoe Bungalows, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT797LA. (+44 02882-246818)

Fingal Orienteering Club (Fin)

Area: North County Dublin.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Tom Burke, 2 Sycamore Avenue, Beaufort Place, Navan, Co. Meath (046-74711)

Forest Warriors Orienteering Club (FWAR)

Area: Midlands / West
Emphasis: All sorts.
Contact: Tom Conlon, Curratrench, Ballyfarnon, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (078-47055)

Galway Orienteers (GO)

Area: Galway
Emphasis:
Contact: Frank Ryan, St. Mary's, Ballinfoyle, Galway (091-753829).

Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology Orienteering Club (GMITO)

Area: Galway and mayo
Emphasis: This is a closed club for students at Galway IT .
Contact: The Secretary, Orienteering Club, P.E. Dept., Galway/Mayo IT, Dublin Road, Galway. (091 753161 - 2213)

Great Eastern Navigators (GEN)

Area: Mostly Southeast Dublin.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Nora Lalor, 6 Knocksinna Grove, Foxrock, Dublin 18. (01-2893497)
email: gen@domhan.net

Kerry Orienteering Club (KerryO)

Area: Kerry
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Rory Costello, 14 Manor Village, Tralee, Co. Kerry. (066-25532)

Lagan Valley Orienteering club (LVO)

Area: East and Northeast Northern Ireland
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Stephen Gilmore, 41 Drumlough Road, Hillsborough, Co. Down. BT26 6PX

Lee Orienteering Club (LeeO)

Area: Cork City and County.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Clare Nuttall, 4 Upr. Panorama Tce., Sunday's Well, Cork. (021-300373)

Midland Navigators (MNAV)

Area: Midlands
Emphasis:
Contact: Barbara Foley-Fisher, Holly Cottage, Glasson, Athlone, Co. Westmeath (0902-85306)

North West Orienteering club (NWOC)

Area: West and North-West Northern Ireland.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Charles Reid, 29 Balmoral Court, Belfast, N. Ireland BT9 7GR (+44) 1232 666072

Setanta Orienteering Club (Set)

Area: Mostly South and Southwest Dublin.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Dave Weston, 49 Ashlawn, Ballinteer, Dublin 16 (01-2960854)

Sligo Orienteering Club (SOC)

Area: Sligo and the North-west of Ireland..
Contact: Joe Bannon, Corrigeenroe, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. (086-8197887)

Southern Orienteers (SO)

Area: Munster
Emphasis: Soldiers stationed in Munster, and their families.
Contact: Kevin O'Dwyer, 2 Wellington Villas, Military Hill, Cork. (021-506740)

Thomond Orienteering Club (ThO)

Area: Limerick
Emphasis: Students in Thomond College, and Limerick generally.
Contact: Michael Meade, 7 Cedar Court, Kennedy park, Limerick. (061 412104)

Three Rock Orienteering Club (3ROC)

Area: Dublin, mostly the southern part.
Emphasis: Mostly for families with some elites.

University College Cork Orienteering Club (UCCO)

Area: Cork
Emphasis: This is a closed club for students in University College Cork.
Contact: The Secretary, Orienteering Club, PE Office, UCC, College Road, Cork.

University College Dublin Orienteering Club (UCDO)

Area: Dublin
Emphasis: This is a closed club for students in University College Dublin.
Contact: The Secretary, Orienteering Club, Box 55, Library Building, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4.

University College Galway Orienteering Club (UCGO)

Area: Galway
Emphasis: This is a closed club for students in University College Galway.
Contact: The Secretary, Orienteering Club, c/o Porter's Desk, Concourse, University College, Galway.

Waterford Orienteering Club (WatO)

Area: Waterford, Kilkenny and surrounding areas.
Emphasis: Mainly families.
Contact: Veronica Purcell, Lodge's Lane, Newtown Hill, Tramore, Co. Waterford.

Other Addresses

Irish Orienteering Association(IOA)
Contact: Rosarie Kiernan, 87 Meadow Vale, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. e-mail rosariekiernan@hotmail.com (Info hotline: 1890-925023, or outside Ireland +353-1-2191951) email irishoa@eircom.net

Northern Ireland Orienteering Association (NIOA)
Contact: Violet Cordner, 62 Wheatfield Crescent, Belfast, BT147HT. (08-01232-718540)

Connacht OA Padraig Higgins, 24 Alverno Ave., Willow Park, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.

Leinster OA Vera Murtagh, 19 The Cloisters, Terenure, Dublin 6W (01-4908237)

Munster OA John Muckian, 13 Elmvale Close, Wilton, Cork (021-343384)

Irish-O Students Assn. Ailbhe Creedon, Tavio, Mount Prospect, Douglas, Co. Cork (021-361824).

Irish Senior Orienteering Squad (ISOS).

BRITISH O-FEDERATION Riversdale, Dale Road North, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2HX (0044-1629-734042, FAX 0044-1629-733769).

INTERNATIONAL O-FEDERATION Radiokatu 20, FI-00093 SLU, Finland (00358-40585 3801, fax 00358-93481 3113, e-mail iof@orienteering.org

Last updated: 8 November 2000