1979 - SWIMMING WITH MULLETS AND FLARES!
CABHAIR CHRISTMAS DAY CANAL SWIM - 3 PICS FROM THE SWIM HELD IN 1979 (or ‘Swimming with Flares and Mullets’) !
As our readers will be aware , each year since 1976 , a fund-raising sponsored swim has been held in the Grand Canal , at Inchicore , Dublin , to secure much-needed funds for the families of Irish Republican POW’s.
This blog post is by way of publishing three photographs from the 1979 Swim , which explains the flared trousers and the mullet-type hairstyles !
‘Robert Emmet’ Cumann banner on display at the Swim Site.
Swimming in the sunshine , Christmas Day , Inchicore , Dublin , 1979.
Mullets , flares - and sunshine , 1979 Canal Swim , Dublin.
Incidentally , two CABHAIR reps were at the Swim Site today , checking things out , and they told me that the canal water is under two inches of ice. But , on the plus side , they saw no sign of mullets or flares….!
(Thanks to M O’F for the pics.)
Thanks for reading - hope to see some of ye on Christmas Day , in Inchicore.
Sharon.
