Lisa Cummins
Lisa Cummins is an Irish open water swimmer.
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Honours
Cummins is an Honour Swimmer in the Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland of the inaugural Class of 2018. Her Class of 2018 includes Honour Swimmer Chris Bryan, Honour Swimmer Kieran Fitzgerald, Honour Swimmer Jack McClelland, Honour Swimmer Deirdre Ward, Honour Contributor Eilís Burns (Coach), Honour Contributor Martin Cullen (Administrator), Honour Contributor Brian Meharg (Pilot), and Honour Contributor Quinton Nelson (Pilot).
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- In 2009, she set the local Sandycove Island record with a 19-lap 16.8-mile (27 km) training swim through the night.
- On 20 September 2009, she completed a two-way crossing of the English Channel from England to France to England in 35 hours with a 14 hour 36 minute first leg and a 20 hour 24 minute second leg at the age of 26. *She became the first Irish person, and 20th person overall, to successfully complete a 68 km (42-mile) two-way crossing of the English Channel. She was the second person and first woman to complete a two-way English Channel crossing without having first completed a one-way. Her 35-hour swim raised money for three charities: the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation, Marymount Hospice and Cork ARC Cancer Support House.
- In 2010, she completed the 26.4 km Lake Zurich Marathon Swim in Switzerland.
- In 2011, she completed the 12.5 km River Lee Dam to County Hall in Cork, Ireland.
- In 2013, she completed the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in New York City.
- On 22 February 2014, she completed a 19.7 km Rottnest Channel Swim in Western Australia in 7 hours 3 minutes 13 seconds.
- On 28 June 2014, she completed a 20.1 km Swim Around Key West in Florida in 6 hours 7 minutes 53 seconds at the age of 31.
- In 2008, she completed the 13 km (8.1-mile) Blackrock Village to Cobh swim, Ireland.
- She is a member of Sandycove Island Swim Club, Cork, Ireland.
- She is a member of the 24-hour club.
- She completed the 11.3 km (7-mile) Rosscarbery to Red Strand swim, an unprecedented tandem swim with Ciaran Byrne, in Ireland.
- She completed the 10 km Bestfest in Mallorca, Spain in 2017.
- She contributed over the years locally as a swim organiser, crew and volunteer including serving as a committee member, website, and webmaster for the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame for the Sandycove Island Swim Club.
- On 20-21 July 2018, she finished 3rd in the second annual 40 Bridges - Double Manhattan Island Swim of 57 miles (91.6 km) in 21 hours 2 minutes 20 seconds (9 hours 30 minutes 45 seconds on the first circumnavigation + 11 hours 31 minutes 35 seconds on the second circumnavigation) at the age of 36.
- She appeared in the month of December in the 2019 Marathon Swimmers Federation photo calendar.
- She received the 2023 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.
Impression
Sarah Cummins was onboard Cummin's escort boat with unique perspective of the accomplishment, "I was afforded a unique opportunity that will stay with me the rest of my life. She was amazing, kept the spirit up and was nothing but focused the whole swim. It was a pleasure to crew, she just put the head down and swam. She built up her open water swimming from nothing, just worked on endurance over 16 months."
Records
Cummins also holds the following open water swimming records:
- Glandore around Adam Island and Back - First Circumnavigation
- Oysterhaven to Sandycove - First Crossing
- Portmagee to Knightstown - First Crossing
External links
- The Unique Devil’s Island Trophy, A Wonderful Accolade To The Unselfish
- Devil's Island Trophy by Sandycove Island Swimmers
- Robert Bohane Honored By The Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Presenting The Ireland Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame On WOWSA Live
- Sally Minty-Gravett, Otto Thaning, Ned Denison Give Tribute To Varne Ridge On WOWSA Live
- Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland Announced
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association
- Lisa Cummins Two-Way Crossing
- Sandycove Island Swimmers
- Updated 24-Hour Club
- Swim Agelessly In The Open Water
- Twice, Thrice As Nice In The English Channel
- NYC Swim bio
- Triumphant Traversee De La Manche En Papillon
- 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
- The Way Things Were: Irish Champion Of Champions
- Eilís Burns Inspires An Entire Generation Of Swimmers
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Updated 24-Hour Club
- 24-hour Club…Swimming All Day And Night
- Swimming For More Than 24 Hours
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Martin Cullen, Father Of Cork Marathon Swimming
- Lisa Cummins, Irish Luminary In The Open Water
- Eilís Burns, Irish Luminary In The Open Water
- Deirdre Ward, Irish Luminary In The Open Water
- Kieran Fitzgerald, Godfather Of Irish Channel Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Official Website
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- A Look Back: Facing The Unexpected In Setúbal
- Who's Who In English Channel's Over-and-Back
- Cork Caps Crazy Workouts For Crowners
- Swimming Closely Together Over Long, Long Distances
- Class of 2019 Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland
- Sandycove Island Swimmers Inducted In Hall of Fame – Marathon Swimming Ireland
- A Year With The Marathon Swimmers Federation
