Is it machismo or health-consciousness that prompts anyone to swim in the freezing Irish seas? For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen above to Mervyn Wall on the magic of The Forty Foot...
These mornings when a wintery blast nearly takes the nose off you the moment you emerge from your hall door, there are still blithe characters making their way, with their towels over their arms, to the Forty Foot...
This essay appeared on the programme of February 15th - listen back here
