Republican Sinn Féin Cork City and County

It began - properly structured and organised - in 1976 ,as a ?fundraiser with a difference? , combined with the need to gain extra publicity for a situation which was then - as now - making world headlines . Those that sat down together in early September 1976 to tighten-up the then ?hit-and-miss? affair were a dedicated team who fully understood that to fail in their business would not only bring derision on them and the issue they sought to highlight , but would give their enemy a publicity coup which they would exploit to the fullest extent . With that in mind , the team persevered - favours were called-in , guarantees were secured , provisions obtained and word dispatched to like-minded individuals in the near-locale . At the appointed time on the agreed day - 12 Noon , Christmas Day 1976 - a soon-to-be 35-years-young event was ?born???. The CABHAIR Christmas Day Swim is , thankfully , still going strong

Posted by RSF Cork City & County on December 26, 2011 at 7:58 AM

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