{"id":212166,"date":"2025-12-26T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/212166\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:00:12","slug":"hundreds-of-people-across-cork-brave-the-elements-for-christmas-day-dips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/212166\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people across Cork brave the elements for Christmas Day dips\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">Hundreds gathered across beaches and piers in Cork across the festive season to brave the annual tradition of a Christmas Day swim.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912025_5_articleinlinemobile_Christmas_20Day_20Swim_20in_20Fountainstown_2c_20Cork_202025-29.jpg\" alt=\"Adrian, Karen and Audrey Kelleher taking part in the Christmas Day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon.\" title=\"Adrian, Karen and Audrey Kelleher taking part in the Christmas Day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Adrian, Karen and Audrey Kelleher taking part in the Christmas Day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Speaking to  The Echo at Harbour View Beach, friends Matt Ahern and Fionn Twomey from Bandon, who take part in the event every year, said this year was particularly cold.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912028_5_articleinlinemobile_dan_20ville_209.jpg\" alt=\" Mark, Sophie, Richard and Ruth Sullivan at the Christmas swim at Myrtleville, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan\" title=\" Mark, Sophie, Richard and Ruth Sullivan at the Christmas swim at Myrtleville, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan\" class=\"card-img\"\/> Mark, Sophie, Richard and Ruth Sullivan at the Christmas swim at Myrtleville, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cWe do this every year as a family,\u201d said Mr Ahern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThe water temperature was actually okay, but coming out of it this year was very cold \u2014 there was a wind chill there&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912031_5_articleinlinemobile_HC_20Youghal_20Xmas_20Swim_207.jpg\" alt=\"All wrapped up following their swim in Youghal on Christmas day were Ava Collins, Roisin, Fiona and Danny Tonge with Sam and Sarah Collins from Youghal and Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy\" title=\"All wrapped up following their swim in Youghal on Christmas day were Ava Collins, Roisin, Fiona and Danny Tonge with Sam and Sarah Collins from Youghal and Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy\" class=\"card-img\"\/>All wrapped up following their swim in Youghal on Christmas day were Ava Collins, Roisin, Fiona and Danny Tonge with Sam and Sarah Collins from Youghal and Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI had a cappuccino afterwards and that warmed me up a bit. I\u2019m looking forward to my dinner of course, but there\u2019s a Rory McIlroy 2025 review on Sky Sports that I\u2019d like to watch as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912034_5_articleinlinemobile_HC_20Youghal_20Xmas_20Swim_206.jpg\" alt=\"Paddy, Yvonne, Isla, Daithi and Oisin Ryan from Conna seen taking part in the annual Christmas day swim at Youghal. Picture: Howard Crowdy\" title=\"Paddy, Yvonne, Isla, Daithi and Oisin Ryan from Conna seen taking part in the annual Christmas day swim at Youghal. Picture: Howard Crowdy\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Paddy, Yvonne, Isla, Daithi and Oisin Ryan from Conna seen taking part in the annual Christmas day swim at Youghal. Picture: Howard Crowdy<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Mr Twomey said: \u201cWe do this swim every year \u2014 I know it\u2019s cliche but there really is no place like home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI\u2019m a seasoned swimmer but it was very cold today \u2014 the run in was a bit far \u2014 but it was lovely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI had a hot whiskey with cloves after and it hit the spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to my turkey dinner now and a sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912037_5_articleinlinemobile_Christmas_20Day_20Swim_20in_20Fountainstown_2c_20Cork_202025-9.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole O\u2019Leary, Dan\u00fa N\u00ed Thuama and Lauren Deasy from Carrigaline at the Christmas day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon\" title=\"Nicole O\u2019Leary, Dan\u00fa N\u00ed Thuama and Lauren Deasy from Carrigaline at the Christmas day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Nicole O\u2019Leary, Dan\u00fa N\u00ed Thuama and Lauren Deasy from Carrigaline at the Christmas day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Meanwhile, Ciara Gannon from Belgooly, who took part in the event for the first time this year at the Dock Beach in Kinsale, said she looks forward to enlisting her sister in the tradition in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912040_5_articleinlinemobile_DSC_6375_20free_20repro_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Potts &amp; Alanna Curtin, Leap &amp; Carrigaline, at the Roberts Cove Christmas Day Swim, 25th December 2025. Photo Siobh\u00e1n Russell\" title=\"Matt Potts &amp; Alanna Curtin, Leap &amp; Carrigaline, at the Roberts Cove Christmas Day Swim, 25th December 2025. Photo Siobh\u00e1n Russell\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Matt Potts &amp; Alanna Curtin, Leap &amp; Carrigaline, at the Roberts Cove Christmas Day Swim, 25th December 2025. Photo Siobh\u00e1n Russell<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThe swim was refreshing but extremely cold \u2014 I got a major shock when I went under,\u201d said Ms Gannon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4912043_5_articleinlinemobile_Christmas_20Day_20Swim_20in_20Fountainstown_2c_20Cork_202025-18.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Thornhill, Chrissie O\u2019Connor, Jenny De Saulles and Eddie Hourigan at the Christmas day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon\" title=\"Bobby Thornhill, Chrissie O\u2019Connor, Jenny De Saulles and Eddie Hourigan at the Christmas day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Bobby Thornhill, Chrissie O\u2019Connor, Jenny De Saulles and Eddie Hourigan at the Christmas day swim at Fountainstown. Picture: David Creedon<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThis was my first year taking part but I\u2019d like to do it every year \u2014 I always wanted to do it, so I said this year was the year. I\u2019m going to make my sister come with me next year \u2014 she promised she would.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI\u2019m very cold now, so I can\u2019t wait for a nice hot shower.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds gathered across beaches and piers in Cork across the festive season to brave the annual tradition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-212166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}