In the beginning...

Enigma was born in to the clubbing world on the 1st June 2002 in Carrickmacross, Monaghan, Ireland.

Begun by the infamous and legendary duo PJ Woods and Kevin McKenna, who had a desire to turn a large run-down hotel in 'the arse-end of nowhere' in to the clubbing Mecca of Ireland. With help and support from their friends and a whole lot of clubbers this dream was achieved... if only for a brief time... but what a time it was!

The people...

Many people helped make up the strange and wonderful collective that made the club run. The owners, PJ Woods and Kevin McKenna with their wives Ann-Marie and Sonja, were the driving force of Enigma; but there were many people that worked for Enigma who all worked very hard - and played hard too.

The staff of Enigma like the barmen and women, cloak room attendants, bouncers, maintenance, resident DJs, promoters and the staff that ran the hotel (The Hotel Oasis) all helped make Enigma what it was. It often felt like a 'collective' or large extended family and like all families there were good times and bad times, ups and downs; but at the end of it all everyone was working toward one goal - to lift the roof off the place and have the best party, – every weekend!

As the club grew, the family grew with many DJs becoming regulars, coming back time after time because they loved the place and its atmosphere. Of course the 'collective' grew and included many regular clubbers –- some of us even went on holiday together to Ibiza (what a week that was!).

The Club...

The atmosphere of Enigma was almost always amazing – exciting, fun, crazy and all about the people, the tunes and of course having a good time.

The venue itself was very big and held about 3,500 when filled to the brim. It had a large dance-floor and a phenomenally loud sound-system with great lights and lasers too (and of course there was always something happening in 'The Green Room'). One of the added bonuses of the club was that it was part of a 40 room hotel which clubbers could use, and was often used by the visiting DJs. This lead to a brilliant carnival atmosphere at times – especially over the extended bank holiday weekends, it wasn't long before the after-parties become legendary!

GalleryI was lucky enough to be part of the Enigma experience. I ran the website, created posters, advertising and took lots of photos of the club –and most importantly: the clubbers! I've created these pages to help remember the good times, there are loads of photos which are stored on Facebook - so feel free to tag away! Look out for the 'camera' icon on the right in the club listings for a link to the photos from that night.

I hope you remember the Enigma Superclub as fondly as I do!

Notty Dread

GalleryP.S. We had a re-union night of Enigma clubbers in 2011! It was great fun and although a little older - the spirit was still willing. I took a lot of photos - which you can check out on the camera icon on the right! I might need another 10 years before the next re-union though!