Those of us who knew him best talk about him often
This morning/afternoon.
Dublin city centre.
Scenes from the Jones Engineering 100th anniversary of the Dublin City Liffey Swim where 15-year-old Meath tyke Mark Hanley (above) took first prize.
The swim went ahead despite concerns about the quality of the water.
Nearly as bad as bottled water, experts had warned.
To no avail.
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Why don’t we turn this into a monthly Liffey Swim.
Wasn’t the original Liffey Swim to demonstrate the waters of Dublin weren’t polluted.
As we’ve seen this week, the Liffey is heavily polluted by Irish Water (who didn’t realise they were pumping pee and poo into it for several days?).
Maybe Irish Water could sponsor the monthly swim to demonstrate what a swell job they’re doing with keeping the pee and poo out of public waterways? What about it lads? The first Saturday of every month?
The Liffey Swim was the subject of a painting for which Jack B Yeats won a silver medal in the 1924 Paris Olympics – Our first Olympic medal post independence.
https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/the-liffey-swim-jack-butler-yeats-olympics/
your have to be mental to swim in that filth
apparently the winner went strutting off with a big brown cigar in his mouth
(*from twitter- before Johnny Green gets his knickers in a twist)
I hope their diphtheria and cholera shots are up to date!
Fair play to him. A braver man than me, so to speak.
Fair play whether they really swam or simply went through the motions.
*Dirty laugh*
Was it a men’s race then a ladies race? All other media were showing a woman holding a cup.
Both mens and womens races. Not sure how a 15yr old won the mens, have we a future Olympic medalist or did top Irish swimmers just refuse to swim in sh1t?
The people who swam done so through qualification by wininng or placing in various other open water swiming events and races.
You cant just rock up and decide you’re going for dip on the day.
Anna Livia Plurabelle still radiates her eternal charms. The city still lives. Were there any quayside artists present to immortalise the swim?
Great headline!