Greystones Swimmers Go The Four Distances

Dave Smyth, Aisling Garland, John Ryan, Ruth Maher, Ger Devin, Sarah Louise Brown and Ian McCann at Bray

atest press release from John Ryan and co, issued on Sunday, June 28th 2026, five days after the eejits completed their latest marathon splashes…

The lazy-ass feckin’ fecks.

Greystones Long Distance Swimmers and Gavin Glynn Foundation Swim Team members were out on the water recently training and completing some significant swims.

Greystones to Wicklow Swim
On Sunday 14th June swimmers Catriona Bradley, Oonagh Morrissey, Linda Clarke and John Ryan completed the 20km swim from Greystones Harbour to Wicklow Harbour, supported by Tony Harbison, Sarah Louise Brown, Paul Evans and Ian McCann. The swimmers all completed the swim in under 4hrs 30mins.

Bray to Greystones Swim
On Saturday 20th June swimmers Aisling Garland, Ger Devin, Sarah Louise Brown, Ruth Maher and Dave Smyth completed the 8km swim from Bray to Greystones South Beach and were supported by Ian Mc Cann and John Ryan on kayaks. The swimmers all completed the swim in under 1 hour 50 mins.

John Ryan, Catriona Bradley, Oonagh Morrissey and Linda Clarke

Fastnet Rock Lighthouse Swim
On Sunday 21st June Conor O’Brien successfully completed the 21km swim from Baltimore Co.Cork out to the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse in a time of 5hrs 17mins (this is unofficially the fourth fastest time in history for this swim). This was Conor’s longest open water swim to date. Conor was supported on the day by Cliodhna Coyle and Kelly Admirand and the Fastnet Swim team on board Radiance piloted by Kieran Collins.

Ian McCann, John Ryan and Ger Devin

Bristol Channel Swim
On Tuesday 23rd June John Ryan successfully completed the 28km Bristol Channel Swim in a time of 13hours 15mins. The swim route was from Glenthorn House Beach Co.Devon in England across the Bristol channel to Rest Bay Beach Porthcawl in Wales. John was supported on the day by Ian McCann and channel swimming veteran Ger Devin on board Sweet Child piloted by Tom Chapman from Monster Swims. It was John’s first successful channel swim and his longest swim to date. The swim has raised €5000 for Pieta.

Nicely done. Now, go check out the weather for your next swim right about here.