Blackrock to Slade - The Irish Swimming Camino: An Bealach

By Ceall O Dunlaing

This is the story of two guys and their trip south from Dublin to Wexford - by sea - just arm and leg powered... with some tide assistance.

The end of May approaches. Its lockdown and there has been no swim training since mid-March and I do like, nay love, swimming. So, myself (Ceall) and a good friend (Niall) set off on an odyssey. We wanted to see how far we could get swimming from point to point down the coast, starting from Blackrock Baths in Dublin.

We had an amazing summer doing some fantastic swims, seeing some spectacular coastlines along the way. We got as far as Cahore in Wexford by September and I documented it along the way.

The following year, I swam on from Cahore. I had been planning all winter and was looking forward to the lifting of lockdown and getting going again. I got as far as Slade which is the most southerly outpost of civilisation in Leinster. This brought me 200 aquatic kilometres from the start and furnished me with a memoir which I have published here.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FD6YLDC8
• ISBN13: 9798287830380
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"