{"id":347174,"date":"2026-01-01T23:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347174\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:36:13","slug":"intrepid-sea-swimmers-across-island-of-ireland-start-year-with-chilly-dip-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347174\/","title":{"rendered":"Intrepid sea swimmers across island of Ireland start year with chilly dip \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Crowds of people have taken part in sea swims across the island of Ireland to start off 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Despite temperatures dropping for a chilly New Year\u2019s Day, around the Irish coastline from Co Antrim to Co Cork dozens of events took place ranging from larger scale charity fundraisers to smaller social groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In Bray, Co Wicklow, the \u201cGrinch\u201d led hardy crowds into the chilly Irish Sea waters to raise money for local causes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">There were also a number of dips around Northern Ireland\u2019s coastline, although some were cancelled on the morning because of concern over conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">However, a number went ahead including the traditional jumping into the harbour at Carnlough, Co Antrim, as well as a gathering at Benone Beach for a dip which raised money for the Community Rescue Service. \u2013 PA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Members of the Fagan Charters, Hardy, Warner and Aryan families taking part in the Bray Lions Club New Year&#x2019;s Day charity fundraising sea swim. Photograph: Alan Betson&#10;&#10;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TRX7ANPIVFAOLMJIBHYJQD7MLA.JPG\"   width=\"800\" height=\"536\"\/>Members of the Fagan Charters, Hardy, Warner and Aryan families taking part in the Bray Lions Club New Year\u2019s Day charity fundraising sea swim. Photograph: Alan Betson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crowds of people have taken part in sea swims across the island of Ireland to start off 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33792,59,57,58,50,33794,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-347174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-bestof","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-topix","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}