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Arthur Dunne (1966-2009)
A larger than life character, Arthur was
a life-long member of his beloved Half Moon Club. Through the years he
enjoyed success as a player, coach and sea swimmer. Arthur won both of the
sea swimming ‘Majors’ - the Liffey Swim and the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Race.
He swam in most of the sea races throughout the years and was seldom out of
the limelight. He loved the swims and the social aspect of them. Waterpolo was pretty much Arthur’s
life. He won Irish Cup medals as a player with Half Moon and was capped at
Junior Level for Ireland. Over the past twenty years, he devoted most of his
efforts to coaching, enjoying considerable success. At the time of his
passing, he was coach to Half Moon Senior Women and Half Moon Junior Men’s
Teams at all age levels. He had recently coached Leinster Senior and Junior
Men in the Interprovincial Championships. I think that Arthur derived most
pleasure from working with the ‘kids’ in Half Moon and the young players
loved Arthur. He had a gift of being able to coach and teach almost
effortlessly and always with a smile on his face. So many players owe much of
their success to Arthur’s efforts. Arthur also had successful stints
coaching North Dublin to National League and Half Moon Tournament successes. Despite his tragically short life,
Arthur touched many people and had hundreds of friends. Nobody ever had a bad
word to say about him, throughout the Waterpolo family and the Sea Swimming
community. That says a lot about the man. It
is hard to believe that Arthur has gone. The waterpolo world is the better
for having known him and will be the worse for his passing. Arthur will be sadly missed. His many
friends from all clubs will miss him. Half Moon will miss him. The Leinster
Branch - particularly the Junior Leagues in Guinness - will miss him. Irish
Waterpolo and Leinster Sea Swimming will miss him. Above all, Arthur’s family will miss
him. Our deepest sympathy to his mother and sisters, to his brothers Gerry
and George. May he Rest in Peace. Conor Sheridan (Photos
courtesy of Seán Kenna) |
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