Happy New Year to all Members and Visitors to the Irish Association Website.
Updated 26th January 2025
Adding content details for the West Cork Ringing Festival, which is being held over the weekend of 1st, 2nd, 3rd February 2025. The Festival incorporates a Ringing School with tuition provided by the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) and funded by a legacy from Mike Pomeroy.
See Introduction letter at his link, the timetable at this link and participating towers at this link
Contact SD Secretary or Di for any other information
Update 14th January 2025
The Executive Council meeting will take place on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at 11am in St Patrick’s Cathedral School, Dublin. Ringing at the cathedral 2-4pm.
Updated 12th January 2025
Boyne Cup Competion will held in St Peters Drogheda on Saturday 1st February 2025 – 14.00 – 17.00. This competition will be now held annually on the 1st Saturday in February. Competition entry, details & rules,can be had by contacting the tower secretary Liz Mannville. lizmanville@gmail.ie
Experience gained from the inaugural Boyne Cup Change Ringing Striking Competition, coupled with feedback received from participating teams, has resulted in modified rules for the 2025 competition, as follows:
- Change ringing only.
- Only one team from each tower may participate.
- In extremis, two separate towers that have too few change ringers singularly, may combine and enter a joint team.
- The minimum standard is Plan Hunt and the number of changes rung must approximate to the number of changes in plain course of Grandsire Triples, as follows:
- Grandsire Triples – one plain course
- Plan Hunt on 7 – five courses continuously without stopping
- Plan Hunt on 5 – seven courses continuously without stopping
- Plan Hunt on 6 (no cover) – six courses continuously without stopping
- Teams are permitted to ring any other change ringing method of their choosing, provided it meets the required minimum number of changes as per above.
- Only teams from any part of the island of Ireland may participate.
Update 9th January 2025 – Reminder for all towers to complete the IACR Attendance Sheet for 2024 and return to the Ringing Master before 13th January at niamh.w.hickey@gmail.com
A blank form is to be found at this link.
Update 7th January 2025
Northern District Patterson Cup Competion
Unfortunately due to the ongoing insurance issue, we have had to postpone the Patterson Cup Competion.
This event was due to be held at St Thomas’s, Belfast on Saturday 11th January 2025 and is now planned to be held in St Thomas’s, Belfast on Saturday 25th January 2025 starting at 2pm.
The Web site committee will meet on Wednesday, 29th January 2025. Please share any upcoming tower or district dates that you wish to be publicised to – webmaster@bellringingireland.org
To repeat the oft-make request – the website is “by ringers, for ringers” and to assist keep it relevant, it is beholding on all ringers to feed any and all relevant tidings – diary dates, venues, changes to tower or district committees, nuptials, obituaries, special ringing occasions, links to local newspaper or other media coverage and so on – to the web committee. Thank you.
Association and District Practices Events 2025: further dates will be added as they become available
Updated – 12th January 2025
Northern District Practice – Saturday 25th January – Patterson cup competition – St Thomas, Belfast – 14:00 – 17:00 (please note change of date)
West Cork Ringing Festival – Friday 31st January to Monday 3rd February – Bandon, Dunmanway, Rosscarbery and Skibbereen towers
See invitation here and some further detail here. Get in touch with Di Pitcher if you are interested in attending.
Boyne Cup – Saturday 1st February 2025 – 14.00 – 17.00 – St Peters, Drogehda
Northern District Practice – Saturday 8th February – St Nicholas, Carrickfergus 18:30 – 20:45
Executive Council Meeting – Saturday 22nd February 2025 – 11.00 – St Patrick’s Cathedral School, Dublin – invitation will be issued to all executive members by General Secretary. Ringing in the Cathedral in the afternoon 14.00 – 16.00
Northern District Practice – Saturday 1st March – St Mark’s, Belfast – 14:00 – 17:00
Southern District Competition and AGM – Saturday 29th March – St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny. Draw will be made at 1.50pm
Northern District Practice – Saturday 5th April – St Patrick’s, Ballymena – 14:00 – 17:00
Northern AGM and Competition – 21st or 26th April* – date to be confirmed – AGM and Cunningham cup competition – St Patrick’s, Coleraine
Northern District Practice – Saturday 3rd May – St Saviour, Greyabbey – 14:00 – 17:00
IACR Annual General Meeting – Saturday 24th May – 11.00 – Eastern District location to be confirmed.
Murphy Cup Competition –Saturday 24th May – 14.00 – Eastern District location to be confirmed.
Northern District Practice – Saturday 7th June – St Columb’s Cathedral, Derry – 14:00 – 17:00
Galbraith Cup – Saturday 30th August- Christ Church , Taney- more details to follow
Northern District Practice – Saturday 6th September – St Bronach, Rostrevor – 14:00 – 17:00
Northern District Practice – Saturday 27th September -Iveagh cup competition and young ringers practice – St Mary’s, Kilmood – 14:00 – 17:00
Northern District Practice – Saturday 4th October – St Comgall, Bangor – 14:00 – 17:00
Association Ringing Festival – Northern District – Saturday 25th October
Northern District Practice – Saturday 1st November – St Donard’s, Belfast – 14:00 – 17:00
Northern District Practice – Saturday 6th December – St Malachy, Hillsborough – 14:00 – 17:00
All Northern District Cup Competitions – teams must notify the District Secretary at least 14 days before the date of the competition of their intention to take part