{"id":2,"date":"2019-04-03T09:42:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T09:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derg2.iwai.ie\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-04-09T16:26:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:26:11","slug":"about-the-branch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/derg-branch-home\/about-the-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">\n\nOur branch\u2019s region covers the waterways from Victoria Lock at Meelick to the Sea Lock at Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick.&nbsp; <em><strong>We organise and engage in a wide range of water and land-based activities throughout the year, in order to achieve our goals for the navigation, flora and fauna, heritage, training and development of the inland waterways<\/strong><\/em>. We have members from afar afield as Cork and Dublin (and even one couple from Germany).\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\"> The Lough Derg branch was founded in 1970 as part of the national network of regionally based branches of The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland &#8211; itself founded in 1954.&nbsp; <strong><em>The voluntary body of inland waterways enthusiasts advocates the use, maintenance, protection, restoration and improvement of the inland waterways of Ireland.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\"> We organise many events throughout the year including numerous Cruise In Company (CIC) events and our impressive annual Lough Derg rally.&nbsp; <strong><em>The Lough Derg rally is now in its 44th year. It has become a spectacular floating carnival attracting significant numbers of visitors to harbour towns and villages all around the lake<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">As a branch, we take a great deal of pride in supporting our local businesses and <strong><em>promoting sustainable interaction with the lake<\/em><\/strong> and the thousands of responsible users and visitors that enjoy its magnificent offerings.&nbsp; We sincerely hope you see the benefits and beauty of Lough Derg and the fantastic work its members provide and support. If you are not already a member <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwai.ie\/online365\/member_join.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"we would encourage you to join the IWAI  (opens in a new tab)\">we would encourage you to join the IWAI <\/a>and support an exceptionally worthwhile cause<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our branch\u2019s region covers the waterways from Victoria Lock at Meelick to the Sea Lock at Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick.&nbsp; We organise and engage in a wide range of water and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/branch.iwai.ie\/derg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}