We all dress in Santa hats and make a big thing of it.”Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Donna Kate Murray from Sandycove pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot. Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Elizabeth Invers from Killiney pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Martin Cole with Amy McCarthy and Aaron MacCarthaigh [ all from Wicklow] pictured after their swim in the cold water before dawn during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Kenneth O Driscoll and Shane Peppard from Cherry Orchard, pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Karl O Sullivan takes to the water during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot. Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Sigrid and Raymond Kell from Longford pictured after their swim before dawn during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls pictured during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls take to the cold water before dawn during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls take to the cold water before dawn during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Edward Power [right] pictured with his children Dorothy and Eamon, all from Enniskerry pictured after their swim in the cold water before dawn during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls take to the cold water before dawn during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s Forty Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18 Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot.Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18Asked whether there was an exchange of Christmas gifts beforehand, she had “you have to do the swim first”. Hardy souls jump into the sea during the annual Christmas swim at Dublin’s 40 Foot. Picture Credit:Frank McGrath 25/12/18“I’m kind of used to it, like I said a bit more fun,” he added.

Source: Irish Independent December 25, 2018 15:22 UTC