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In pictures: Braving the cold at the 40 Foot on Christmas Day

JESUS, they must be freezing.

“SURE IT’S NOT that cold at all this Christmas”, you might be saying to yourself.

Would you be saying that if you were jumping into the sea at the 40 Foot in Sandycove in your togs today?

Here are some of the brave souls who went for a dip:

In pictures: Braving the cold at the 40 Foot on Christmas Day
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All pictures: Conor McCabe Photography/Alan Barry

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