Over 500 swimmers set to take the plunge in centenary Lee Swim
Over 500 swimmers are entered for the 2km swim, up almost 100 from last summer. It will be the 10th Lee Swim since its revival in 2005 to coincide with Cork’s year as European Capital of Culture, having run sporadically from the inaugural race through to the early 1990s.
The event was returned to the city’s sporting calendar after the completion of the main drainage scheme that helped clean up the River Lee, and even prompted former city manager Jack Higgins to keep a long-held promise to swim in it when that major project was completed.
