RTÉ News reports on Christmas Day swims in Dublin. People traditionally swim in the Irish Sea on Christmas Day regardless of the weather. A large mixed group of swimmers is shown in the Forty Foot, Sandycove Dublin. Peter Doyle is presented with a tankard as a prize for being the first swimmer home.

In Clontarf on the Northside of Dublin, swimmers are shown rocking a man in a rowing boat until he falls into the water. Dublin has many swimming spots but the water is always cold.

A RTÉ News report from traditional bathing points in Dublin on Christmas Day 1980.

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