Atlantic Challenge Ireland

Thank you to everyone who ventured across the water to support our quiz night! It was a fantastic night! And a huge thanks to Tim and Kathleen for all their help and support! We’ll be back….with more tables next time 😂😉

See you in Maine 👋👋👋

It’s always nice to have a visit from the professionals! Thanks for dropping down for captains gig practice!

This day next month we’ll be in Maine! Some snaps from our recent preparations! Delighted to have our three leaving cert students back from the grip of exams, congrats to Timmy, Maggie and David!!

Unité is excited to meet you there!!!

Unité's official launch 19?? .
Can you recognise anyone?

Calling all AC Ireland Alumni!!!!!

We will soon be ordering the green jackets for the crew and this year we will be commemorating Dr Matt with a small detail on the shoulder.

The jackets are the Godfrey Classic G2 and they cost €100. If you would be interested in sponsoring a green jacket for a crew member and/or are a past Irish AC crew member and would like to order one for yourself please text 0892364004 by Wednesday 29th May.

Please circulate to as many AC alumni as you can, and for any supporters or those who are not past members looking for some new swag watch this space for supporter merch coming soon! 😉

After a few hiccups and a lot of adjustments we’re finally back at it! Hard to beat a sunset sail

After a long winter of sanding, fixing, filling and painting Unité is back where she belongs, sitting pretty on her new and improved mooring! The hours of work were certainly worth it!

Our latest fundraiser!!! It will be held on zoom and the link will be emailed to participants as soon as we get confrontation of the money being added to the go fund me.🥳

https://gofund.me/4fdaa9df

Our crew have been busy over the winter learning navigation with Shane and getting Unité ready to get back on the water…..nearly there now!!!

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our founder Dr Matt Murphy, the father of Atlantic Challenge Ireland. Matt was our coach, mentor, storyteller, doctor, confidant, comedian and much much more! The world will never know another like him and his loss will be mourned around the globe. We are truly heartbroken yet so grateful to have been lucky enough to know and love him. Ar dheis
Dé go raibh an anam.

And that’s a wrap on another Children’s Quiz🤩. Congratulations to the winning team and to everyone who won an Easter Egg in the Raffle 🍫. We would like to thank everyone who came and supported us, to Biggs Bantry for sponsoring some of goodies in the Tuck Shop and to Bantry Boys Club for giving us the hall for the night 🥰. We are honestly blown away with all the local support we have received from everyone for our fundraisers we greatly appreciate it🫶☺️. We also had some of biggest fans last night who sang their hearts out between the rounds 🎤🎶

Children's Quiz Take 2🎬 . We had such
a good time last time we decided we
should do it again. We are running a
children's quiz for ages 10-13 years
old in The Boys Club on Friday the 16th
of February starting at 7pm🤓. A big
thank you to Bantry Boys Club for
allowing us to use the hall again🥰😀
This event is in fundraising for our
trip in July🛶. We appreciate all the
support we have already gotten so
we're hoping this quiz will be another
success🤩. The quiz will entail 1st
2nd and 3rd Prizes as well as raffle
prizes and a tuck shop🍫🍬. You will
need teams of 4 children and it's €5
per child. There is no need to reserve
tables just show up on the night. We
are so excited about this quiz and we
can't wait to see you all there 🙈

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Putting the finishing touches on the room for the Mariners Ball tonight. A few tickets still available, just send us a message!

This Saturday night at The Westlidge Hotel! It’s a fundraiser for Atlantic Challenge for the trip to Belfast in Maine, USA this summer but also a start at getting ready for Atlantic Challenge 2026 which will be held in Bantry. I’m sure we all remember how good 2012 was for the town and hopefully 2026 will be better again! Please show support where you can!

Time to dust off ur dancing shoes!!🕺🕺
Just over a week to go to the biggest night on the 2024 social calendar .
Tickets available from The Mizen Head shop on William St.Bantry.

Don't hesitate to message the page with questions.
Cant wait to see ye all there.🕺💃🇮🇪🛶⛵️

Tickets for the Mariners Ball Dress Dance are now on sale in the Mizen Head shop and from all crew members get your tickets before its to late. A night not to be missed.

🟣 Any remaining Know Your sports can also be dropped in here too.🟣

Happy to announce tickets are finally on sale 🥳🥳. All crew members have allocated tickets and the timberland shop (from Thursday)have been provided tickets to sell 😊. If you can’t get in contact with a crew member and don’t be afraid to message this page and we can provide you with a ticket 🤩 We are blown away with the interest we’ve received so far, don’t miss the boat 🚤 get in early to get your ticket 😉

Delighted to finally announce……. 🥳 We will be hosting The Mariner’s Ball Dress Dance on January 27th, in the Westlodge Hotel💃. The event starts at 7.30pm with a Welcome Drink upon arrival followed by a buffet dinner. There will be music until late from the Music Makers with a DJ to follow 🤩🥳. Tickets are €55 and are going on sale next week😊.

Find us outside the Fish Kitchen all day today selling "know your sport" and don't forget to say hi to our chatty elves.

Don’t forget about our next fundraiser, its a fun one:
Know Your Sport!
You pay €30 to enter, you get a booklet with 5 rounds of questions ranging from all types of sports - GAA, Golf, Rugby, Soccer and General. You then answer every question on the booklet with your predictions on who will win different sporting competitions/ leagues, etc.
You won't just be crowned a psychic for predicating the most correct answers but you will also win a whopping €1,000!!!

Booklets are available to purchase in The Fish Kitchen or from any current crew member, if you have any questions don't hesitate to message the page and we will reply ASAP!

Get in quick and make your predictions.
We have launched our latest fundraiser Know your sport 2024. Entry €30 and forms are available from The Fish Kitchen until 31/12/23.

Get in quick and make your predictions.
We have launched our latest fundraiser Know your sport 2024. Entry €30 and forms are available from The Fish Kitchen until 31/12/23.

⚠️⚠️we will be holding our Annual General Meeting on friday the 8th of December in the Marino Church Bantry. Starting at 7 pm ,we hope to see ye all there .

From cultural exchange to lifelong friendships, ACI participants share their life-changing experiences. Share your ACI story with us!
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We will be hosting a cake sale in December 8th in Marino Church as a fundraising event for our upcoming trip to America in July of 2024.
Starting at 9 am and running until we have sold out......