OW in Ireland - wow!

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floswimmer — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:36:52 GMT

Keep in mind all your ancestors died! Is that right!!!!!! All my ancestors have died.....'tis a shame:( May they all rest in Peace......Flo O'Swimmer

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info@randynutt.com — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:46:32 GMT

Hoosier, I'm with you on the Guiness but after I have my glass of Midleton's!

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Former Member — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:58:23 GMT

My Granparents were from the West End of Ireland. I have thousands of cousins out there. I guess I should schedule a visit and a long swim. I was told that my ancestors could tolerate the cold water fairly well. Keep in mind all your ancestors died!

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Killer — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:49:13 GMT

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floswimmer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:49:15 GMT

wow! I recently noticed that in the usms website there were many countries listed, except ireland.....i got in touch with swim ireland and let them know this. Hopefully,they'll be listed too....it's also the home of my ancestors - up the rebels!!!!!!!

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orca1946 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:17:48 GMT

3/4 of a MILLION ?????:bow::bow:

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Former Member — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:33:45 GMT

Most of the time I feel like no-one reads it so Thanks for the positive comment, much appreciated. loneswimmer - visited the blog... great entertainment and a good resource... loved 'the snake' on march 23... is this 'lane rage?'

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Former Member — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:04:28 GMT

Most of the time I feel like no-one reads it so Thanks for the positive comment, much appreciated.

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Former Member — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:23:04 GMT

Yes, it's growing fairly fast. I swim the Waterford Coast (SouthEast), (my OW/English Channel blog is at loneswimmer.wordpress.com) For visitors, I'd recommend Sandycove in Cork (South) above all else. It's one of the world's great swim spots, 1900metres per lap of the island and plenty of regular and English Channel swimmers here. (The coach of many is the 2nd most successful Channel coach, in the world, after Freda Streeter). Either the Champion of Champions swim late June (water temp was 11C last year), it's 5mile+3mile+1mile event (but restricted entry) or The Sandycove Challenge (one lap). There are organised swims there about 150 days a year. Turn up and have a chat! Swims on the east coast tend to be a harder to get into. Southeast to Southwest tend to be the best.

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ViveBene — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:24:24 GMT

Donal's blog is fabulous, and horrific! Entry for March 8, 2010: "Just passed the three-quarters of a million meters point ... since training began in September." :)

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orca1946 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:03:49 GMT

WOW !! Cold water temps are sure to turn me off.

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:45:17 GMT

Ireland would seem to be the ideal spot for one of the "swim vacation" companies to try a week+ trip that mixes easy tourist swims on the weekdays with competition on the weekends... -LBJ

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Munatones — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:33:34 GMT

Swim Ireland is really making progress with lots of open water initiatives: 10kswim.blogspot.com/.../our-growing-global-community.html

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FindingMyInnerFish — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:36:12 GMT

The land of my ancestors! No wonder I am finding myself attracted to the sport! But my current travel budget is so low budget I may have to swim to get to Ireland. But think of it--wouldn't need to worry about taking my shoes off to go through security... they'd already be off... metal detectors--no problem! (Doiubt that sharks care about stuff like shoes and keys anyway.) Seriously, how cool would it be to get a chance to do some OW swimming in Ireland--and enjoy a pint or three besides... :chug:

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Former Member — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:19:58 GMT

And the best Guiness Beer in the world! The secret is their water, as told to me by a guy in an English pub..so you know it has to be true.

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Former Member — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:13:54 GMT

I did the Lee River swim last year and it was a blast. Would love to go again.

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Munatones — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:26:22 GMT

Yes, the Irish are quite organized and passionate about the sport of open water swimming. They are making huge advancements in organization and promotion (10kswim.blogspot.com/.../when-irish-eyes-are-smiling.html) at all levels, from developing competitive world-class swimmers to promoting the sport through innovative relays (10kswim.blogspot.com/.../congratulations-camlough.html).