Swords Toastmasters held its first meeting in September 1994 in the upstairs function room of the old Harp Inn, North Street, Swords. The club has been run continuously and successfully. Since 2004*, through all its Members successes, the Club has achieved the highest status ‘award of excellence’ possible in the Toastmaster International organisation, i.e. President Distinguished Club
In 2000, due to the redevelopment of the Harp Inn, our meeting venue moved to the Hawthorn Hotel, Main Street, Swords. This lasted until 2007 when we relocated back to our original venue, which is now called the Carnegie Hotel.
Our Past Presidents
1. Noel O’Beara 1994 – 1995
2. Donal Horan 1995 – 1996
3. Sean Shinnors 1996 – 1997
4. Anne Patterson 1997 – 1998
5. John Brangan 1998 – 1999
6. James Madden 1999 – 2000
7. Dermot Hamilton (Deceased) 2000 – 2001
8. Joe Bishop 2001 – 2002
9. James Madden (Deceased) 2002 – 2003
10. Dave Halpin 2003 – 2004
11. Joe Bishop 2004 – 2005
12. John Mulligan 2005 – 2006
13. Aidan McCann 2006 – 2007
14. Ann Gibson 2007 – 2008
15. Harry Laird 2008 – 2009
16. Hugh O’Malley 2009 – 2010
17. Seamus Hynes 2010 – 2011
18. Hugh Gallagher 2011 – 2012
19. Robbie Boardman 2013 – 2014
20. Fergus O’Donoghue 2014 – 2015
21. Alec MacAlisiter 2015 – 2016
22. Antoinette Kane 2016 -2017
23. Michael Madigan 2017 -2018
24. Patrick Cregg 2018 – 2019
25. Joanne Newman 2019 – 2020