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Thursday January 01 1970

40 Years underwater : CABHAIR swim, 1976-2016.

category national | history and heritage | event notice author Thursday October 20, 2016 16:23author by Sharon. - Individual. Report this post to the editors

Annual CABHAIR Christmas Swim : 40th anniversary, 25th December 2016.

This coming December 25th (2016) will mark the 40th consecutive CABHAIR Christmas Day Swim in the Grand Canal , Dublin !
Our pic shows the CABHAIR Swim, 1979 - the 40th consecutive swim will be held at the 3rd Lock, Inchicore, Dublin, on the 25th December 2016.
Our pic shows the CABHAIR Swim, 1979 - the 40th consecutive swim will be held at the 3rd Lock, Inchicore, Dublin, on the 25th December 2016.

Hi!
The CABHAIR Christmas Day Swim will be 40-years-young on the 25th December 2016 !

It began - properly structured and organised - in 1976 ,as a ‘fundraiser with a difference’ , combined with the need to gain extra publicity for a situation which was then - as now - making world headlines. Those that sat down together in early September 1976 to tighten-up the then ‘hit-and-miss’ affair were a dedicated team who fully understood that to fail in their business would not only bring derision on them and the issue they sought to highlight , but would give their enemy a publicity coup which they would be keen to exploit. With that in mind , the team persevered - favours were called-in , guarantees were secured , provisions obtained and word dispatched to like-minded individuals in that part of Dublin. At the appointed time on the agreed day - 12 Noon , Christmas Day 1976 - a soon-to-be 40-years-young event was ‘born’...
The CABHAIR Christmas Day Swim is , thankfully , still going strong and will be , as mentioned , 40-years-young on December 25th next!
Sponsored Swim * Christmas Day * 12 Noon * Grand Canal * 3rd Lock* Inchicore* Dublin*

All Welcome!
Thanks,
Sharon.

Related Link: http://1169andcounting.blogspot.com

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Tokens of support and appreciation.     Sharon.    Thu Nov 24, 2016 14:01 
   Swimmers and leaflet packs.     Sharon.    Wed Dec 14, 2016 15:45 
   Cabhair swim (40th), Christmas Day, Grand Canal, Dublin - few words and pics.     Sharon.    Wed Dec 28, 2016 22:39 


 
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