{"id":11576,"date":"2014-08-05T12:39:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T12:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=11576"},"modified":"2014-08-05T12:39:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T12:39:53","slug":"swims-in-aid-of-the-lifeboat-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=11576","title":{"rendered":"Swims in aid of the Lifeboat Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fergal Somerville talks to Noel McGuinness about his upcoming swims, the first of which will be around the island of Inis\u00a0Me\u00e1in\u00a0on the Aran Islands. \u00a0This swim be approximately 12 miles in distance and it will be\u00a0the first attempt for anyone to swim the circumference of Inis Me\u00e1in.\u00a0 It will start from the pier at the northernmost point of the island and wind clockwise past Inis Oirr to the open\u00a0Atlantic Ocean\u00a0at the southernmost part of the island to return to the pier via Inis M\u00f3r.<\/p>\n<p>Fergal\u2019s second swim will be the Baily to Bray swim in early September 2014 when he plans to swim from Baily Lighthouse in Howth to Bray, Co. Wicklow \u2013 a distance of 17.25 kilometres. \u00a0Funds raised this year from Fergal\u2019s swims will be for the R.N.L.I., the voluntary lifeboats service that is valued by all water users and communities around Ireland.\u00a0 For an update of all the information about the swims see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fergalsomerville.blogspot.ie\/?view=classic\">http:\/\/fergalsomerville.blogspot.ie\/?view=classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9282\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/lifeboat.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9282','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/lifeboat.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px 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Islands. \u00a0This swim be approximately 12 miles in distance and it will be\u00a0the first attempt for anyone to swim the circumference of Inis Me\u00e1in.\u00a0 It will start from the pier at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9283\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/lifeboat.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9283','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/lifeboat.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/lifeboat.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return 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