Sometimes you cannot say enough about some people - especially those people who swim 830 miles over 56 days around the whole of Ireland.As Nuala Moore explained about the 2006 swim (see map above), "Round Ireland Swim team were five of us mainly, swimming 35 days over a 56-day period, with Henry O Donnell as the organizer in addition to contributing to some
The North (Irish) Channel is renowned for being the toughest channel swim in the world - cold, rough, filled with jellyfish and fraught with unpredictable weather. But it was site to the tenacious efforts of one Irish women who never quit until she reached the other side.Anne Marie Ward, an unlikely endurance heroine, joined one of the most elite and
A day after Stephen Redmond's success, Anne Marie Ward joined the elite crowd of North Channel swimmers with an 18 hour 59 minute effort, courageously swimming through the night and ending in darkness at 3:35 am.It was Anne Marie's fourth attempt - and second since August this year - which makes her first success all the more sweet. After reaching the
The global marathon swimming community was abuzz today as Stephen Redmond of Ireland made steady progress across the North (Irish) Channel. His steady pace was tracked online as people from around the world cheered him on to an unofficial finish time of 17 hours and 20 minutes.Considered to be the hardest of the major channels in the world, Steve joined the
Two veteran, highly trained marathon swimmers proved why completing a channel swim is always a tough, risk-taking adventure where nothing is a given despite the best well-laid plans and years of focused training.Anne Cleveland started off confidently and calming stroking along before sunset last night in the Catalina Channel in 16°C (61-62°F) waters and
