Half Moon Swimming & Waterpolo Club, founded in 1898 is one of Ireland's oldest and most successful swimming and waterpolo clubs. We will celebrate our 125th birthday in 2023.
We have a very active junior waterpolo section, for girls and boys, training several times a week in Swan Leisure and UCD Sport, in Dublin. We compete at junior age grades from U12 to U19, in Irish and Leinster Leagues and Cups
We have a proud history in Senior Mens and Womens waterpolo. Our Mens squads train in UCD Sport, Dublin and we field several teams in Leagues and Cups.
During the summer months we run four Open Sea Races, in conjunction with Leinster Open Sea, around Dublin and Wicklow. We also have our clubhouse, on the Great South Wall, where members gather to swim throughout the year
The Half Moon Swimming Club was founded in 1898 at the Great South Wall in Dublin. It was known then as "The Poolbeg Bathers Association". In the years that followed, the name was changed to Half Moon Swimming Club to reflect more accurately the fact that members of the club were participating in swimming competitions held at the time.
What is now our clubhouse sits approximately halfway along the Great South Wall, built originally in an area known as Poolbeg, to create a shipping channel into Dublin Port. It was once a station for an army gun battery whose function was to protect the entrance to the port. The gun turret was mounted in a 'half moon' shape, thus lending to the name of the club Consequently, the clubhouse is referred to as 'the Wall', 'the Poolbeg', 'the Battery', or 'the Half Moon'
Half Moon have a very active junior water polo section, for girls and boys, training in Swan Leisure Rathmines, Dublin.
Our teams compete at junior age grades from U12 to U19, in Irish and Leinster Leagues and Cups
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We have a proud history in Senior Mens and Womens water polo. Half Moon have won many honour’s over the past 125 years, including 22 Mens Irish Senior Cups and 9 Womens Irish Senior Cups.
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During the summer months, under the auspices of the Leinster Swimming Open Sea Committee we host mens and ladies Open Sea Swim Events. These events are extremely popular with all members and represent a large part of our heritage as a Swim Club.
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