page_title: The Liffey Swim
hierarchical_section_title: The Liffey Swim
caption_attribution_description: English: The Liffey Swim Ladies Challenge Cup for the Annual Liffey Swim Presented by the Electricity Supply Board in 1991
context_page_description: The Liffey Swim, currently titled the Jones Engineering Dublin City Liffey Swim, is an annual race in Dublin's main river, the Liffey, and is one of Ireland's most famous traditional sporting events. The race is managed by a voluntary not-for-profit organisation, Leinster Open Sea. The 100th Liffey Swim over a 2.2 km course took place on Saturday 3 August 2019, starting at the Rory O’More Bridge beside the Guinness Brewery and finishing at North Wall Quay in front of the Customs House.
  The race is one of the last swims in a season of 30 open sea races held during the summer months, organised by Leinster Open Sea, and takes place usually on a Saturday in either late August or early September. Entrants to the Liffey Swim must complete six qualifying open sea races from the annual Leinster Open Sea Calendar. Many levels and ages of swimmers compete in the race, but entrants must be a member of a swimming club. International competitors are common. The race is handicapped with the slowest swimmers starting first and the fastest last. In 2019, 363 men and 252 women completed the 100th Liffey Swim. For five years between 1934 and 1938, the Liffey Swim was run as a scratch race.
context_section_description: The Liffey Swim, currently titled the Jones Engineering Dublin City Liffey Swim, is an annual race in Dublin's main river, the Liffey, and is one of Ireland's most famous traditional sporting events. The race is managed by a voluntary not-for-profit organisation, Leinster Open Sea. The 100th Liffey Swim over a  2.2 km course took place on Saturday 3 August 2019, starting at the Rory O’More Bridge (Watling Street Bridge) beside the Guinness Brewery and finishing at North Wall Quay in front of the Customs House.
  The race is one of the last swims in a season of 30 open sea races held during the summer months, organised by Leinster Open Sea, and takes place usually on a Saturday in either late August or early September. Entrants to the Liffey Swim must complete six qualifying open sea races from the annual Leinster Open Sea Calendar (up from four pre-2015). Many levels and ages of swimmers compete in the race, but entrants must be a member of a swimming club. International competitors are common.  The race is handicapped with the slowest swimmers starting first and the fastest last. In 2019,  363 men and 252 women completed the 100th Liffey Swim. For five years between 1934 and 1938, the Liffey Swim was run as a scratch race.
caption: The Liffey Swim Ladies Challenge Cup for the Annual Liffey Swim Presented by the Electricity Supply Board in 1991
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