The Rathlin Swim

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The Rathlin Swim

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Details

Location

Ballycastle

Year

1964

Date

Production 18/07/1964

Length

04min 13sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Six men attempt the swim from Rathlin Island to Ballycastle, one of the toughest straits of water in Ireland. There is no shame in not being able to complete this crossing. Over 3,000 people turned up in Ballycastle to see the swimmers come in.

The winner was Kendall Mellor, a bookbinder, of Ashleigh Road, Keighley, West Riding, and former Coldstream Guardsman. He completed the swim in two hours and 42 minutes, breaking the record set by Jack McClelland in 1959. He had previously swum the English Channel in 1963. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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