Dublin sea swimming

Dublin’s Forty Foot over Fourteen Years

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For the past fourteen years I have been a daily swimmer at the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire – my home town. Seven years ago I began documenting this life down by Sandycove, particularly those summer days when the sporadic Irish sun comes out, a signal for Dubliners everywhere to descend on this place to cool … Read more

‘Don’t let me stop you from going for a swim’

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Picture this scene. Next to a Martello tower, a grimy concrete shelter below which a motley crew, ranging from whooping lads to fragile ladies, make their way, often daily, into the ocean at Seapoint, Dublin. Some swim significant distances – measured in buoys and other landmarks – others simply ‘take the waters’. There are New … Read more