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The Liffey Swim is an annual race in Dublin's main river, the Liffey and is one of Ireland's most famous traditional sporting events. The race is managed by a voluntary not-for-profit committee, the Leinster Open Sea Swimming Committee. The 96th Liffey Swim took place on Saturday 19 September 2015, starting at the Rory O’Moore Bridge (Watling Street Bridge) beside the Guinness Brewery. The race is one of last swims in a season of 30 open sea races held during the summer months, organised by the Leinster Open Sea Swimming Committee, and takes place on a Saturday in either late August or early September. Entrants to the Liffey Swim must complete six races (up from four pre 2015) of the season to qualify. Many levels and ages of swimmers compete in the race, but entrants must be a member of a swimming club. International competitors are common. The race is handicapped with the slowest swimmers starting first and the fastest last. Over 340 swimmers took part in the 95th Liffey Swim.However, for five years between 1934 and 1938, the Liffey Swim was run as a scratch race.〔 ==Course== The race starts at the Watling Street Bridge (Rory O'More Bridge) near the Guinness Brewery and takes competitors past landmarks such as the Four Courts, under the Ha'penny Bridge to finish between O'Connell Bridge and Butt Bridge at The Custom House.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Dublin City Liffey Swim' )〕 Average entry is 200 males and 80 females. Wetsuits are not allowed. The race is held in the tidal section of the river meaning it is flushed twice daily. Due to the tidal nature of the Liffey, race times vary from year to year. For four years 1936—1939, the Liffey Swim took place from Bull Wall to Dollymount Strand (in 1939 to Clontarf Baths) because of the degree of pollution of the course stretch of the River Liffey.〔Smyth, Cyril (2012)The Liffey Swim: The First Thirty Years 1920—1949 http://leinsteropensea.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/The-Liffey-Swim-1920-1949-The-First-Thirty-Years-Final-Version-Revised-1-October-2012.pdf〕 For the three years 1977—1979, again because of the risks to health caused by pollution, the race was moved to an upstream stretch of the river near Chapelizod, finishing at the slipway of Dublin University Boat House, at Memorial Park, Islandbridge.〔 Due to the development of the LUAS Bridge, the Rosie Hackett Bridge, from Hawkins Street to Malborough Street, the race diverged from the historic route in 2012 and 2013 starting at the Loopline Bridge beside Butt Bridge and finishing at the pontoon on the North side of the river beside the East Link Bridge in front of the 3Arena. At approx. 1,600 metres it was somewhat shorter than the more spectator friendly route down the Liffey and under its numerous bridges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Open Sea Programme 2012' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Liffey Swim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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