Men’s Winners

Year	Name	Club
1931	James P. Wallace	Dublin University
1932	Stanley J. Skully	Sandycove
1933	Diarmuid Murtagh	Dublin SC & Pegasus
1934	Diarmuid Murtagh	Dublin SC & Pegasus
1935	Diarmuid Murtagh	Dublin SC & Pegasus
1936	Leo O’Brien	Sandycove
1937	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1938	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1939	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1940	William H.H. Deane	Sandycove
1941	William H.H. Deane	Sandycove
1942	William Haskins Ashmore	Dublin University
1943	William Haskins Ashmore	Dublin University
1944	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1945	Dermott Corbett	Bray Cove
1946	Richard Nicholls Case	Clontarf
1947	William Patrick Hawkins	Dublin
1948	Dermott Corbett	Bray Cove
1949	William Patrick Hawkins	Dublin
1950	JPD “Jack” Cassidy	Clontarf
1951	Joseph Christopher Hogan	Pembroke
1952	JPD “Jack” Cassidy	Clontarf
1953	Ronald J. Wilson	Sandycove & UCD
1954	Gerard Francis Callanan	Pembroke
1955	Ronald J. Wilson	Sandycove & UCD
1956	Gerard Francis Callanan	Pembroke
1957	James O’Connor	Sandycove
1958	James O’Connor	Sandycove
1959	James O’Connor	Sandycove
1960	Rory O’Connor	Colmcille
1961	Rory O’Connor	Colmcille
1962	Nicholas Smith	Dublin
1963	Donnacha O’Dea	Colmcille
1964	Desmond Carney	Colmcille
1965	Liam Mortimer	North Dublin
1966	Liam Mortimer	North Dublin
1967	Donnacha O’Dea	Colmcille
1968	Frank O’Dwyer	Guinness
1969	Francis White	Guinness
1970	Francis White	Guinness
1971	Peter McKenna	Nomads
1972	Francis White	Guinness
1973	Thomas P Farrelly	Half Moon
1974	Francis White	Guinness
1975	Joseph Browne	North Dublin
1976	Patrick Quinlan	Guinness
1977	Patrick Mullally	Templeogue College
1978	David Cummins	Cormorant
1979	Kevin Williamson	Terenure
1980	Michael McCann	Terenure
1981	Peter Sinclair	Terenure
1982	Nicholas L O’Meara	Clontarf
1983	Robert O’Leary	Clontarf
1984	Ray Kearney	Terenure
1985	Michael AF O’Meara	Clontarf
1986	Larry Mooney	Metro
1987	Paul Kealy	Half Moon
1988	Alan Dwyer	Guinness
1989	Bert O’Brien	Sandycove
1990	Paul Emmett & Gareth Clinton	Half Moon
1991	Frank Carroll & David Turner	Sandycove & St. Vincent’s
1992	Shane Moraghan	Glenalbyn
1993	Arthur Dunne	Half Moon
1994	Tony Cruise	Terenure College
1995	Bob Bushell	Half Moon
1996	Matthew Hickmott	Glenalbyn
1997	Diarmuid O’Brien	ESB
1998	Matty Waine	Guinness
1999	Jerry Kiersey	Viking
2000	Tony O’Brien	Millennium Masters
2001	Brian O’Dwyer	Guinness
2002	Greg O’Dwyer	Guinness
2003	John Fortune	Phoenix
2004	Gerard Carty	Aquatec
2005	David Cherry	Garda
2006	Tadhg Murphy	St. Vincent’s
2007	Lorcan Shelley	Terenure College
2008	Rene Kral	Aquatec
2009	David Farrell	Sandycove
2010	Shane Drumm	Aer Lingus
2011	Patrick Corkery	NAC Masters
2012	Aidan Hickey	Phoenix
2013	Brian Nolan	Clontarf
2014	Gabriel Byrne	Templeogue
2015	Brian McLoughlin (“Jap”)	Half Moon
2016	Josh Reilly	Sandycove
2017	Frank Chatham	North Dublin
2018	Gavin Nolan	North Dublin
2019	Karl Wilkes

Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Men’s Winners 1931-Present [Reference: 1-2]

Report

There have been numerous multiple winners of the Leinster Open Sea Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race Men’s Race since it was first swam in 1931, the most recent being Francis White who won four times from 1969 to 1974.

About

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race, along with the Dublin City Liffey Swim are the two most prestigious races in the Leinster Open Sea Calendar, and the ones all Open Sea Swimmers want to win. Leinster Open Sea has described winning one of the two as like winning an All-Ireland Medal.

References

Websites

[1] Leinster Open Sea (2018) Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/harbour-race/ [Accessed 8 July 2020]

[2] How Did You Swim? (2020) Leinster Open Sea Results 2019 Winners [Internet] Available from: https://www.howdidyouswim.com/ [Accessed 8 July 2020]

Images

[3] Leinster Open Sea (2020) cropped-369_0330 [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cropped-369_0330.jpg [Accessed 23 November 2020]