Winners

Year	Men’s Winner	Club
1920	JJ “Jack” Kennedy	Sandycove SC
1921	John Cyril Hopkins	Pembroke SC
1922	Thomas “Hayes” Dockrell	Dublin SC
1923	Charles “Cecil” Fagan	Sandycove SC
1924	O’Sullivan Roche	Clontarf SC
1925	Gerald C. “Gerry” Higginbotham	Sandycove SC
1926	Thomas A O’Reilly	Clontarf SC
1927	James P Wallace	St. Andrew’s College
1928	Philip T Brooks	Dublin University SC
1929	Dermot J Healy	Sandycove SC
1930	William F “Billy” Case	Clontarf SC
1931	EJ Doyle	Clontarf SC
1932	Leo Maher	Republican SC
1933	John “Johnny” Ellis	Clontarf SC
1934	Richard N “Ritchie” Case	Clontarf SC
1935	Andrew Crosbie	Dolphin, Cork
1936	Richard N “Ritchie” Case	Clontarf SC
1937	Richard N “Ritchie” Case	Clontarf SC
1938	Richard N “Ritchie” Case	Clontarf SC
1939	William Haskins Ashmore	Dublin University SC
1940	Patrick Kinsella	Sandycove SC
1941	Tom Hannigan	North Dublin SC
1942	Christopher P Cloake	Dublin SC
1943	Anthony W Kennett	Pembroke SC
1944	Patrick G Condon	North Dublin SC
1945	JPD “Jack” Cassidy	Clontarf SC
1946	Jimmy Rafter	Half Moon SC
1947	Kenneth E Ruddock	Carlow SC
1948	David Griffin	North Dublin SC
1949	Frank O’Donovan	North Dublin SC
1950	Joe Grant	Shannon SC
1951	JJ “Jack” Fagan	North Dublin SC
1952	Gerry Best	Half Moon SC
1953	Gerry Boland	North Dublin SC
1954	Jimmy Markay	Dublin SC
1955	Patrick “Pat” Broderick	Galway SC
1956	Thomas “Tommy” May	Colmcille SC (Dublin)
1957	Cyril Hardy	Crusade Aquatic Club
1958	Robin Power	Sunday’s Well SC Cork
1959	Kevin King	Crusade Aquatic Club
1960	Sean Heffernan	Clontarf SC
1961	Anthony “Tony” Hardy	Crusade Aquatic Club
1962	Anthony “Tony” Byrne	Dublin SC
1963	Colm O’Brien	Half Moon SC
1964	David Page	North Dublin SC
1965	Patrick J Kelly	Guinness SC
1966	Francis “Chalkey” White	Guinness SC
1967	Francis “Chalkey” White	Guinness SC
1968	William H. “Liam” Lacey	Colmcille SC (Dublin)
1969	John Mulvey	Half Moon SC
1970	David Fitzgerald	Crusade Aquatic Club
1971	Ultan Kerrigan	North Dublin SC
1972	Fintan O’Meara	Clontarf SC
1973	Paul Emmett	Half Moon SC
1974	Liam Bohan	Half Moon SC
1975	David Cummins	Cormorant SC
1976	Kevin Scully	Tepmleogue SC
1977	Nicholas O’Meara	Clontarf SC
1978	Jim Mooney	Half Moon SC
1979	Dermot Hughes	Half Moon SC
1980	Michael Fitzpatrick	Half Moon SC
1981	Arthur Dunne	Half Moon SC
1982	Arthur Dunne	Half Moon SC
1983	Paul Kealy	Half Moon SC
1984	Jason Stynes	Kingdom SC
1985	Richard Joyce	North Dublin SC
1986	Greg O’Dwyer	Guinness SC
1987	Shane Nicoletti	Guinness SC
1988	Bert O’Brien	Sandycove SC
1989	Derek Bimbo Wilkes	North Dublin SC
1990	Oliver Flanagan	St. Vincent’s SC
1991	Vincent Tormey	Dublin University SC
1992	Matty Waine	Guinness SC
1993	John Dunne	Metro WSC
1994	Michael Finnegan	ESB SC
1995	Bert O’Brien	Sandycove SC
1996	Frank Chatham	North Dublin SC
1997	Michael Mongey	St. Vincent’s SC
1998	Frank Carroll	Glenalbyn SC
1999	John Ward	Aer Lingus SC
2000	Brian Mongey	MMSC
2001	Paul Byrne	North Dublin SC
2002	Paschal Russell	St. Paul’s SC
2003	John Morton	Wicklow SC
2004	Robert Clarke	Eastern Bay SC
2005	Dan Smyth	NAC Masters SC
2006	Kevin Stacey	Coolmine SC
2007	Larry Mooney	Guinness SC
2008	Charles Harper	Dublin SC
2009	Pat O’Driscoll	Templeogue SC
2010	Brian O’Dwyer	Guinness SC
2011	Declan Proctor	Eastern Bay SC
2012	Tom Loftus	Eastern Bay SC
2013	Ciaran O’Driscoll	Half Moon SC
2014	Gerald Wilkes	North Dublin SC
2015	Donnacha O’Siadhail	Swim4Life
2016	Brian Murray	Eastern Bay SC
2017	Colin Monaghan	Dublin SC
2018	Paul O’Flynn	Half Moon SC
2019	Mark Hanley	North Dublin SC

Reference: [1-3]

Note: From 1936-1939 the race took part at the Bull Wall in Dollymount. [2]

References

Websites

[1] Leinster Open Sea (2018) Dublin City Liffey Swim [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/liffey-swim/ [Accessed 23 August 2019]

[2] Irish Times (2019) The Liffey Swim: Dublin’s Hardy Annual Race has its 100th outing [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/over-600-swimmers-take-part-in-the-100th-liffey-swim-1.3976696 [Accessed 23 August 2019]

Sources

[3] Anon. (2019) “‘Never in a million years did we think he’d win – dad of 15-year-old Liffey champion” Sunday Independent. August 4, 2019. pg. News 5

[4] Anon. (2019) “Dollymount Swim won by R.N. Case” Irish Independent. July 30, 1936. pg. 9.

[5] Anon. (2019) “Thrills for Race in Independent Cup” Irish Independent. July 17, 1937. pg. 10.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney & Colm Kincaid.

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