Carol Cashell

Carol Cashell is an Honour Swimmer and Honour Contributor Crew in the Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Ned Denison hosts an annual Triple Crowner dinner at the end of the Cork Distance Week in Cork, Ireland. On 12 July 2024, Fergal Madden, Paula Yankauskas, Carol Cashell, Gábor Molnár, Milko van Gool, Anita Hartsock, Loren King (first row, left to right) Gina Harden, Liz Fry, Courtney Moates Paulk, Martha Wood, Susan McKay, Laura Lopez Bonilla, Carol Wortman, Matthias Kaßner (second row, left to right) Helen Beveridge, Stephanie Hopson , Rosie Foley, Heather Roka, Kerry Yonushonis, Ned Denison, Bill Shipp, Fionnuala Walsh, Jenny Smith, Simon Olliver, Steve Sutton (third row, left to right) attended

Left to right: Caitlin Desmond, Maeve Ryan, Eoin O'Riordan, Owen O'Keefe, Lynne Lynch, Carol Cashell; before their English Channel 2-way relay.

Carol Cashell is an experienced Irish pool and open water swimmer and support crew member from Cork, Ireland and the Sandycove Island Swim Club who completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and was named Swim Ireland's Open Water Swimmer of the Year for 2017.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She has pioneered 11 new marathon swim courses, either as a solo or swim group, over the course of her career.
• On 5 August 2012, she completed the 26.4 km International Self-Transcendence Marathon-Schwimmen in Switzerland in 7 hours 39 minutes 12 seconds.
• On 8 June 2013, she completed a 45.8 km Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York City in 7 hours 46 minutes 59 seconds where she swam her age at 34 years.
• On 13 July 2013, she was a member of the the English Channel 2-way relay team called Crosóige Mara, which also included Maeve Ryan, Owen O'Keefe, Eoin O'Riordan, Caitlin Desmond, and Lynne Lynch. They swam under the escort of Michael Oram of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation. The first leg took the team 10 hours 18 minutes 59 seconds, which is just one second faster than team member Owen O'Keefe's solo swim time for the same crossing, and the second leg took 10 hours 10 minutes 1 seconds. The total time of 20 hours 29 minutes was a new Irish 2-way relay record by over 40 minutes. Through the swim, the team raised €13,250 for the Down Syndrome Ireland charity and advocacy group.
• she was a winner at the 2016 Swim Serpentine in Lake Windermere, England.
• On 14 July 2017, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 10 hours 28 minutes 53 seconds.
• On 26 August 2017, she completed a crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 10 hours 18 minutes to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
• She participated in the 2018 Cork Distance Week in Ireland.
• She is a presenter at the Global Swim Series Eleventh Annual Awards for the 2018 Season and the Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame held at Belfast Castle, Ireland on 9-10 February 2019.
• She crewed for 10 English Channel, 1 2-way North Channel, 2 Fastnet, and 3 Cork to Cobh Swims.
• She received the 2024 Devil's Island Trophy awarded by the Sandycove Island Swimmers to the best local crew for a marathon swim.

Devil's Island Trophy Recipients

2025: Liam Maher and Riana Parsons for supporting Ruth Fuller 26.6 km from Cork to Fountainstown.
2024: Carol Cashell, Steve Foster, and Finbarr Hedderman for supporting Brian Foster 70 km on a two-way North Channel crossing.
2023: Mike O’Sullivan, Lisa Cummins, David Merriman, Donna Galvin, Joyce Roberts, Angus Thomas, and Chantelle Thomas for supporting Karen O’Sullivan around Cobh
2022: Tim MacNamara, Rob Bohane, and Steven Foster for supporting Brian Foster and Hayley Cullinane 10 km from Garylucas Beach to the Speckled Door around the Old Head.
2021: Alex Jeffers and Bronwyn Jeffers for supporting Colm Walsh 10 km in Galley Head.
2019: Marie Watson, Dave O’Mahony, and Sean Foley for supporting Darren Hennessey 26 km from Sheeps Head to Durrus.
2017: Eoin Lowry and Anne Sheehy for supporting Maeve Mulcahy 20 km from Fastnet to Baltimore.
2016: Ruth Deane and Gavin Murray for supporting Gordon Adair 23.5 km from Inch to Dingle.

Video by Louise JaneCharters

Crossing of the English Channel with escort pilot Andy King of Louise JaneCharters

External links

• The Unique Devil’s Island Trophy, A Wonderful Accolade To The Unselfish
• The Ties That Bind Triple Crowners
• Centurions Circumnavigating Sandycove Island
• Robert Bohane Honored By The Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Young Brian Foster Earns His Yellow Cap Around Sandycove Island
• Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2021
• Jim Shalloo Joins The Half Century Club
• Swim Ireland Open Water Swimmer of the Year
• Germans Sweep The British Open Water Swimming Championships
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Swimmers Rock (blog)
• The Wait Is Over! | Fermoy Fish
• Carol Cashell's NYC Swim Bio
• Open Water Swimming
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Strong Field Prepares For The Big Apple
• Swim Agelessly In The Open Water
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
• Carol Cashell, The Latest Triple Crowner From Ireland
• Crosóige Mara | Facebook
• Crosóige Mara 2013 (@CrosoigeMara) | Twitter
• We did it! | Fermoy Fish
• Team Crosóige Mara | Swimmers Rock
• Swimmers Unite for Charity Cross-Channel Relay | Cork Independent
• Cork Swimmers Break Channel Crossing Record | Evening Echo
• Carol Cashell, Swim Ireland's OW Swimmer Of The Year
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Cork Caps Crazy Workouts For Crowners