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Dalkey Rowing Club is a traditional East Coast skiff club based at Coliemore Harbour in Dalkey, County Dublin. It is a member of the East Coast Rowing Council, the organising body for traditional skiff racing along Ireland's east coast.

The club marked its 90th anniversary in 2023. Its anniversary history traces Dalkey rowing back to hobblers, who raced to cargo ships and rowed them into Dublin Port, and records a long competitive tradition before the present club.

Dalkey's strongest era included the 1970s, when its crews won extensively on the East Coast. A women's crew formed late in that decade and went on to win the senior women's title for seven consecutive years; Orla Conway is remembered by the club as the East Coast's most successful cox.

The club was revitalised in the 2010s. A new traditional racing skiff, Coliemore, was built in 2015, followed by Deilginis in 2019 with support from the Sports Capital Programme, club fundraising and sponsors. The 2019 addition brought the traditional-skiff fleet to four.

The oldest fleet member, Old Malachy, was built at Ringsend in 1951 and bought by Dalkey in 1964 with seven oars. The club commissioned its restoration in 2024, and reported the work complete before its 2025 home regatta.

Dalkey hosts its regatta in Scotsman's Bay, launching from Sandycove. At the June 2025 meeting the club won veteran men's and women's gold, intermediate women's silver, and four bronze medals across novice women, under-18 boys, junior women and intermediate women.