Dave Fitzgerald
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David Fitzgerald with his wife Helen after his son Gary Fitzgerald swam from the Kish Lighthouse to Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire

Gary Fitzgerald swimming from the Kish Lighthouse to Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire with David Fitzgerald as his pilot and Oisín Gough and Kirk Nuzum as his escort kayakers
David Fitzgerald is an Irish swimmer and former national water polo coach. He was the escort pilot for his son Gary Fitzgerald who first swam the 'Kish', a 12 km traverse from the Kish Lighthouse in Dublin Bay to the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire in Ireland on 27 September 2013.