DCU Caving Club

Happy International Women's day everyone!! 🥳

Today we're taking this as a chance to show off some of the amazing women in our club 💜

The 2026 AGM and the results are in. We say goodbye to plenty of former committee members (including me… last post ik), and welcome the newest delegation of future underground explorers. It's been a blast. Full outgoing committee and results below.





Chair: Aidan Geraghty (re-elected)
Secretary: Travis Reidy Wilson 🔁 Karolina Tomiak
Treasurer: Ciara Young 🔁 Moayad Alsaid
Gear Officer: Leon Caswell 🔁 Ciaran Geraghty
Safety Officer: Niamh McSherry 🔁 Aoife Smith
Trips Officer: Saoirse Brine (re-elected)
Webmaster: Jack Dixon (position removed)
President: Emma Nolan 🔁 Aun Syed
Ordinary Members: Philip Thornton, Aun Syed, Ciaran Geraghty 🔁 Jack Dixon, Laura Shanley, Ciara Young
PRO: Oisín Keating Mac Dermott 🔁 Daithna Garvey

AGM TOMORROW



We're having our Annual General AGM Meeting at 8pm in the Henry Grattan tomorrow, room will be announced later.

Committee positions up for grabs include:
-Chair 🪑
-Secretary 📥
-Treasurer 💸
-Training officer 🚂
-Safety officer 🚑
-Trips officer 🛫
-Gear officer 🍃
-Ordinary members 🫥
-And most importantly PRO (yeah I'm retiring… don't mess it up)

We're delighted to announce the the 2005 hit film Pride and Prejudice will be screened tomorrow, directly after training and before the AGM. If you haven't read the book this will sum it up (T's & C's applied) in 2 hours.

If you're thinking of running for committee, prep a few good points about why you'll do a good job… or just freestyle.

Kilty. December. Cold. Pub. Craic.
First bit of SRT in a while, great way to end the exam SZN. A very relaxing stay in Leitrim 🫦🥵🚒

FRESHERS’ TRIP 2025 & CL1 CERTIFIED
We packed our sleeping bags and headed to the Banner county once again for an underground adventure, where 15 new club members ventured into Polldubh (some of them twice!) for their first time. We hit up Poll na gCroí and Faunarooska, and four of our members got qualified as CL1s! We’d like to thank Terry, Stan and Artur of the SUI’s training team for making it all possible and look forward to future endeavours with them. Keep your eyes peeled for our next update on what we’ve been up to over the break.

THE RETURN TO KILTY FOR THE ISCF
We'd like to thank UCDCPC for hosting the Irish student caving forum at Kiltyclogher Holiday Centre this year, and what a forum it was! They made us feel welcome from the moment we arrived until the last DCU students left. It was an incredible opportunity to showcase our skills, be that excessive drinking, emergency first response, or caving. Ropes were rigged, Pigeon was Potted (again), and we somehow survived the washout weekend that saw only the bravest cavers descend through some of the highest water levels I've seen in Fermanagh. Massive thanks to for having us.

DCUCC 30th Anniversary Post 2/2

DCU Caving Club 30th Anniversary! Post 1/2
We celebrated 30 years of caving at the Rose Room in the Clarence last Saturday. Great craic was had all round, with an astonishing number of alumni coming back to join in the celebrations. Potentially the fanciest venue that hosted a caving event so far, the food was the best I've eaten since instant noodles in Shannon cave. Particular thanks to those who travelled long distances to make it, it was great to see you all there. Here's to another 30 years!