Welcome to the Inland Waterways of Ireland, Slaney Branch Web page. This homepage is intended to keep Slaney branch members, as well as others in the area, up to date on what is happening in the branch. Relevant articles, pictures etc., preferably in electronic form, are welcomed by the Slaney Branch Webmaster

Improvement work on River Slaney Navigation is now complete. Five new marks have been laid in the Patches, the shallowest, most challenging section. This provides a new, deep water route through the sandbanks. A new port-hand mark has been laid by the Branch at the Point of Park. With these improvements, boating up the river from Wexford to Enniscorthy is now relatively simple provided one takes account of tides. Three IWAI News articles about the mark laying and Slaney Navigation from Wexford to Enniscorthy are available online here: Part 1. Part 2. Part 3 . The full list of waypoints for the Slaney are available here: Waypoints.

The IWAI is waging a very serious campaign against Waterways Ireland's plans to introduce new bye-laws controlling all aspects of mooring, tying up, passing through locks and staying in the Barrow, Grand and Royal canal. Though they do not affect the Slaney it is likely that if they are not successfully challenged the WI could visit even more unfavourable bye-laws on all Irish waterways. See Bye-Laws Campaign

Calendar of Events 2015
Event	Location	Date From	Date To	Time	Web Links
New Year's Day Jaunt	Polehore House	01/01/15		14:30	Boat Rally to Dempsey's Quay (w/p)
Slaney River Walk	Enniscorthy	25/01/2015		11:30
Visit to Titanic Experience	Public Transport	07/03/2015	8/3/2015	07:00	Belfast
Talk - Traditional Irish Boats	WHBTC	TBA		20:00	Darina Tulley, MSc. Marine Archaeologist
Slaney Cleanup	Kaat Strand	TBA		10:00	All necessary equipment provided
Wexford Maritime Festival	Wexford Quays	26-6-15	28-6-15
Slaney Rally	Starting WHBTC	20-6-15 ?	21-6-15
Another small boat rally		TBA		13:30
BBQ	WHBTC	September TBA		19:30
Autumn river walk	TBA		11:30