Irish Sea — Ireland

40ft - Kish Lighthouse

12.7 km
Distance
40ft ↔ Kish Lighthouse
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

These crossings are documented: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Annotations, which do not change the category: Swimsuit not stated.

Crossings swum in a wetsuit, a tech suit or a swimsuit covering more than Skin allows.

Podium · Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    4:30:25 · Sep 27, 2013 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  2. 2
    5:22 · Jul 13, 2023 · 2 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  3. 3
    5:55 · Jul 18, 2025 · 3 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

4 of 4

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Gary FitzgeraldSep 27, 20134:30:25Swimsuit not stated
2Brianna Isabelle ThompsonJul 13, 20235:22Swimsuit not stated
3Patricia HeffernanJul 18, 20255:55Swimsuit not stated
—Edward BoagOct 2023—Swimsuit not stated

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.