Context:
In 2011 three students and a graduate of UCD (business I believe) approached UCDCC in the second semester to help them train for a sponsored paddle they were doing that summer.
None of them had ever paddled before, they joined the club and were brought on one or two private trips on the Dodder to learn the basics (partially shown in this video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJZkNb1JeQkthen came on a club trips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNFFGvoU3wThe only catch was that the sponsored paddle they planned on doing was across fjords in Norway and involved something like 50 or 80km in three days. Keeping in mind that they didn't know how to roll there was some skepticism about the viability of that plan.
I figured they would have been in touch with us in 2011 if they'd done it.
Their youtube channel does not include any footage of paddling in Norway and their website is no longer accessible.
It's a good video though.