Eddie Irwin

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Gabor Molnar, Eddie Irwin and Ned Denison, three Triple Crown swimmers from Ireland

Eddie Irwin was inducted in the Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland as an Honour Swimmer in its Class of 2023

4-person English Channel relay with Imelda Lynch (far left), Patrick Sheehan (second from left), Coach Eilis Burns (middle), Oswald Schmidt (second from right), and Eddie Irwin (far right)

Edmond Irwin is an Irish open water swimmer whose nickname is Steady Eddie.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

He is the first swimmer from Ireland to join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming by completing a solo crossing of the English Channel, Catalina Channel and Manhattan Island Marathon Swim.
He is an Honor Swimmer in the Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland Class of 2023.
He is a member of the Sandycove Island Swim Club.
He completed a 5.3 km swim around Spike Island from Cobh, Ireland in 2008.
He is the second Irishman to have completed a crossing of the Catalina Channel (after Stephen Redmond) in a time of 9 hours 39 minutes.
He completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in 2011.
He completed the Lake Zurich Marathon Swim in 2009 in 9 hours 25 minutes.
He completed a crossing of the English Channel under the auspices of CS&PF in 2008 in 13 hours 48 minutes.

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