Shay Dillon
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James Dillon or Shay Dillon is an Irish open water swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- He was a member of the 1993 Irish Sea Relay Swim (or the Stena Sealink Challenge), a record-setting, unprecedented relay swim across the Irish Sea from Holyhead in Wales to Dunlaoghaire Dublin, Ireland. The relay's total swim time was 29 hours 59 minutes 56 seconds. The swim started at 10:00 pm 16 August 1993 and finished at 4:00 am on 18 August 1993 with Mike Kelly, Feilim O'Maolain, Gerry Carroll, Dave Kilmartin, James Dillon, Les Nolan
- He completed a crossing of the English Channel in 15 hours 25 minutes on 19 July 1999.
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External links
- Swimming From Wales To Ireland Across The Irish Sea
- James (Shay) Dillion English Channel 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
