Caroline Corkery
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The Funky Fenit Femmes included Elaine Burrows Dillane, Aisling Brosnan, Caroline Corkery, and Sandra Martin
Caroline Corkery is an Irish open water swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Highlight
- In 2021 - She completed a 11k swim from Maharees To Fenit, Tralee Bay, Co Kerry, in a time of 4.56.02. (First skins Solo of this swim recorded).
- In 2022 – completed a 4-person, 33k relay crossing of the English Channel in a time of 14.10.00.
- In 2022 – she completed a 19k swim from Blennerville to Maharees, Tralee Bay, Co Kerry, time of 06.48.24.
- In 2022 – she completed a 4-person, 33k relay from Fenit Lighthouse, Tralee Bay to loop head Lighthouse, Co Clare in a time of 12.49.54.
- In 2023 – she completed a 10k swim from Blennerville to Fenit Island via Fenit Lighthouse,Tralee Bay, Co Kerry, in a time of 3.03.45.
- In 2023 – She completed a 11k swim from Maharees to Fenit via Fenit Lighthouse, Tralee Bay, Co Kerry, in a time of 4.49.55.
- In 2024 – She completed a 11k swim from Fenit to Maharees, Tralee Bay, Co Kerry, in a time of 4.35.51.
- In 2024 – She completed the Fastnet 20.5k swim, from Fastnet Lighthouse to Baltimore, Co Cork in a time of 8.57.09.
- In 2024 – She completed a 10.3k swim from Barrow Castle, Fenit Island to Ballyheigue Beach, Co Kerry, in a time of 4.17.16. (first time this swim has be done)
Awards received
She received the Irish Long Distance Swim Association (ILDSA) Senior Best Newcomer Female in 2021. She received the ILDSA John Earls Award for the Most Arduous Swim as a member of the Fenit Funky Femmes, together with Elaine Burrows Dillane, Aisling Brosnan and Sandra Martin, for their 12 hour 49 minute 54 second relay crossing from Fenit Lighthouse to Loop Head Lighthouse on 19 September 2022.
