Forty Foot

Forty Foot
Cladach an Daichead Troigh (Irish)
Forty Foot is located in Dublin
Forty Foot
Forty Foot
Forty Foot is located in Ireland
Forty Foot
Forty Foot
Coordinates: 53°17′22″N 6°06′49″W / 53.28944°N 6.11361°W / 53.28944; -6.11361
Grid positionO 25829 28205
Part ofDublin Bay
Native nameCladach an Daichead Troigh (Irish)
Dimensions
 • Depth20 ft (6.1 m) at high tide
Forty Foot changing rooms and clubhouse kitchen, 2008
Sunrise at the Forty Foot, 2018

The Forty Foot (Irish: Cladach an Daichead Troigh)[1] is a promontory on the southern tip of Dublin Bay at Sandycove, County Dublin, Ireland, from which people have been swimming in the Irish Sea all year round for some 250 years.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Cladach an Daichead Troigh/Forty Foot". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ as of 2008
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