Inland Waterways Association of Ireland

Non-governmental organisation

Inland Waterways Association of Ireland

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Short name| IWAI
Founded| 1954
Location| Ireland
Focus| Canals of Ireland and River navigations.
Website| https://www.iwai.ie

The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI; Irish: Cumann Uiscebhealaigh Intíre na hÉireann) is a registered charity and a limited company in the Republic of Ireland. IWAI (NI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of IWAI, therefore IWAI operates across the island of Ireland. It was founded in 1954 to campaign for the conservation and development of the inland waterways and their preservation as working navigations. As of 2024, the Association has approximately 2,000 members which are organised in twenty four branches (7 in Northern Ireland, 16 in the Republic and 1 activity-based branch).[1]

IWAI also has two Special Interest Groups aiming to make the waterways safer to navigate - "Charts Sig[2]" - and free from obstruction "Nav-Watch" [3]

## Publications

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The Association publishes a quarterly magazine called Inland Waterway News (IWN).[4] It contains news about the Irish waterways along with articles from branches and special interest groups that make up the organisation.[5]

## IWAI Charts

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IWAI Charts are exclusive to members and offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date navigation charts covering the inland waterways on the island of Ireland, aiming to make the waterways safer and more enjoyable.[2]

## Boat Rallies

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The IWAI and its branches host boat rallies annually.[6] These rallies include the Dublin rally, Shannon rally, Lough Derg rally, Lough Erne rally, Shannon Harbour rally and Naas rally. The Shannon rally is the biggest of these rallies.[7] Only members of the Association can attend IWAI boat rallies.[8] The rallies may include tests of boating skills, rescue exercises, a table quiz, fancy dress competitions, with awards ceremonies at the end.[citation needed] Some of the smaller branches hold small boat rallies with dingies.[citation needed] Branches that hold these are Boyne Navigation IWAI, Newry and Portadown IWAI and Lagan IWAI.[citation needed]

## Branches

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* IWAI Athlone[9]
* IWAI Barrow[10]
* IWAI Belturbet[11]
* IWAI Blackwater
* IWAI Boyle River[12]
* IWAI Boyne Navigation[13]
* IWAI Carrick-on-Shannon[14]
* IWAI Coalisland
* IWAI Corrib[15]
* IWAI Dublin[16]
* IWAI Kildare[17]
* IWAI Lagan[18]
* IWAI Lough Derg[19]
* IWAI Lough Erne[20]
* IWAI Newry and Portadown[21]
* IWAI North Barrow[22]
* IWAI Offaly[23]
* IWAI Powerboat Club[24]
* IWAI River Suck[25]
* River Bann and Lough Neagh
* IWAI Royal Canal[26]
* IWAI Shannon Harbour[27]
* IWAI Slaney[28]
* IWAI Ulster

## See also

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* Canals of Ireland
* Waterways Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "About IWAI – IWAI". Retrieved 2024-09-26.
2. ^ a b admin. "IWAI CSIG". IWAI Charts Sig. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
3. ^ "IWAI Nav-Watch". IWAI Nav-Watch. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
4. ^ "IWN Magazine – IWAI". Retrieved 2024-09-26.
5. ^ "Branch Network – IWAI". Retrieved 2024-09-26.
6. ^ "IWAI Rallies – IWAI". Retrieved 2024-09-26.
7. ^ colman. "IWAI Shannon Boat Rally". IWAI - Shannon Boat Rally. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
8. ^ "Join, Renew or Manage Your Membership – IWAI". Retrieved 2024-09-26.
9. ^ colman. "Welcome to IWAI Athlone". IWAI Athlone. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
10. ^ colman. "IWAI Barrow". IWAI Barrow. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
11. ^ colman. "Home". IWAI Belturbet. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
12. ^ peter. "Home". IWAI Boyle River. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
13. ^ colman. "Boyne - I.W.A.I". Boyne Navigation - IWAI. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
14. ^ Byrne, Joe. "Home". IWAI Carrick-on-Shannon. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
15. ^ colman. "Home". IWAI Corrib. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
16. ^ colman. "Home". IWAI Dublin. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
17. ^ Beth. "IWAI Kildare". IWAI Kildare. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
18. ^ colman. "IWAI Lagan Branch". IWAI - Lagan. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
19. ^ "IWAI Lough Derg Branch". branch.iwai.ie. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
20. ^ colman. "Lough Erne Branch". Lough Erne Branch. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
21. ^ "Home". IWAI Newry and Portadown. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
22. ^ colman. "Home". IWAI North Barrow. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
23. ^ ronnie. "Home". IWAI Offaly. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
24. ^ colman. "Home". IWAI Powerboat Club. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
25. ^ colman. "IWAI River Suck Branch". IWAI - River Suck. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
26. ^ colman. "IWAI Royal Canal". IWAI Royal Canal. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
27. ^ colman. "Home". IWAI Shannon Harbour. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
28. ^ colman. "Slaney Branch". IWAI - Slaney. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

## External links

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* Official website
* Ireland's Inland Waterways Association Takes 70th Anniversary Comfortably in its Stride Afloat.ie 6th July 2024
* "Float to the Fleadh launch". Offaly Express. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
* "Ireland. IWAI to hold Public Meeting on Ulster Canal restoration campaign in Armagh". BYM News & Magazine. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
* Statuary Inland waterways authority in Ireland

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