Coláiste Cois Life from Lucan, Co. Dublin had nearly 150 swimmers taking part in the Ian Daly Swim A Mile With A Smile over two days in January, at the National Aquatic Centre. This is the largest group they have had since they started participating in the swim annually, in 2010.
All the swimmers had a great time. This is in large part to the work of the teachers, Tomas Konstantin and Angela Gibbons who put in a lot of effort in organising the swimmers into groups which helped the event run smoothly.
Thank you to all involved. If you have a large school or community group who would like to take part in the swim contact us and we will help you make it happen, no matter what part of the country you are in.
it or not, six weeks seems to be the most common length of time it takes to be able to swim a mile without stopping for rest.
Once again we are organising the annual ‘Ian Daly Swim A Mile With A Smile’ in aid of Barretstown, and the Children’s Cancer Research Centre at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. We ran another very successful event in 2016 and raised €25,000 which was divided equally between the two charities. Pictures from the event and details of the cheque presentations are on our 
We are delighted to announce that, after the success of our 2016 swim where we exceeded €525,000 raised for our two worthy charities Crumlin Children’s Hospital and Barretstown since the Ian Daly Swim A Mile started.