Winter Shannon dipping

martin1

Listening to Clair Byrne on the radio this morning about people swimming everyday winter and summer in Sandymount Dublin and the forty foot in Blackrock.

Just wondering if anyone knows if this is also happening in the Shannon in Athlone. Sounded like great fun.:p:p

beggars_bush

A lake is much colder than the sea
There are regular swimmers around Mullingar in the lakes

AngryHippie

Yeah, the lakes are baltic during the winter.

A dip is manageable, gets easier the more often you do it, but you need to have a bit of a masochistic streak for sure.

con747

beggars_bush wrote: »

A lake is much colder than the sea
There are regular swimmers around Mullingar in the lakes

The Shannon is a river not a lake.

AngryHippie

Lough Ree - Safer swimming locations than in a river with a current....Still part of the Shannon, same water, same temperature....(aside from any nice warm STP or power plant outlets):rolleyes:

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

There is or was a small floating platform in the river just north of the Dual Carriageway bridge, we used to jump into the river off of it during the summer, it was grand. You wouldn't catch me at it in January though.

Claw Hammer

martin1 wrote: »

Listening to Clair Byrne on the radio this morning about people swimming everyday winter and summer in Sandymount Dublin and the forty foot in Blackrock.

Just wondering if anyone knows if this is also happening in the Shannon in Athlone. Sounded like great fun.:p:p

The forty foot is in Samdycove, not Blackrock.

Donie75

Coosan Point or Hodson Bay would be the best option. There are a few winter swimmers in Coosan