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Fri 09 Sep 2010Channel swimmer: first Irish woman to complete NI to Scotland swim
DONEGAL WOMAN Anne Marie Ward yesterday became the first Irish woman to swim the north channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The Portnablagh woman completed the 35km (22 mile) swim in a time of 18 hours 59 minutes and 26 seconds, finishing near Port Patrick on Thursday morning at 3.25am.
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