{"id":475065,"date":"2026-05-30T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475065\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:02:09","slug":"man-sets-world-record-with-200-tonne-arranmore-ferry-pull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475065\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sets world record with 200-tonne Arranmore Ferry pull!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A remarkable paralympian has set a new record for the world&#8217;s heaviest ferry pull in Donegal.<\/p>\n<p>Monaghan native Shane McLaughlin has now achieved seven world records for pulling lorries and ferries, his latest triumph coming in Burtonpurt this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>He pulled the combined 200 tonnes of the new Arranmore Blu ferry and two loaded lorries aboard a distance of five meters to set the new record.<\/p>\n<p>What makes his achievement even more remarkable is the fact that Shane is an amputee below the knee on his left leg, using a spring-loaded prosthetic leg.<\/p>\n<p>The Clones man only began his world record journey two years ago, his first record being set as he tugged an 18-tonne truck a distance of 25 meters.<\/p>\n<p>Just earlier this year, he had set another record by pulling a 120 tonne ferry a distance of five meters in Galway.<\/p>\n<p>Three months later and with eighty tonnes more weight onboard, Shane made it to the five meter line despite a late slip.<\/p>\n<p>A remarkable achievement for a strongman who might still have a few dozen more tons of pulling left to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/buncranas-africa-day-celebrates-culture-and-diversity-636054\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Buncrana&#039;s Africa Day celebrates culture and diversity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/buncrana-039-s-africa-day-celebrates-culture-and-diversity.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Buncrana's Africa Day celebrates culture and diversity\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/sport\/donegal-camogie-record-first-ever-all-ireland-championship-win-636064\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Donegal Camogie record first-ever All-Ireland Championship win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780164129_369_donegal-camogie-record-first-ever-all-ireland-championship-win.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Donegal Camogie record first-ever All-Ireland Championship win\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch him achieve his record below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A remarkable paralympian has set a new record for the world&#8217;s heaviest ferry pull in Donegal. Monaghan native&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-475065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475065","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=475065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}