Artwork · Ireland
The Drimnagh Swim
The Drimnagh Swim is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Flora, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dublin Canvas
How to reach it
Coordinates53.33675, -6.30673
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Flora: 0.2 mi
- Bird Lady: 0.2 mi
- Prince Bowie: 0.3 mi
- Giant Tap: 0.3 mi
- Deep Forest: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Brickfield Park: 0.3 mi
- James's Walk: 0.5 mi
- Irish National War Memorial Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Jim Mitchell Park: 1.0 mi
- Bangor Circle: 1.0 mi
Attractions
- Kilmainham Gaol: 0.4 mi
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 0.5 mi
- The Formal Garden at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 0.6 mi
- Pearse Lyons: 0.9 mi
- Guinness Storehouse: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Executions of the leaders of the 1916 rising: 0.4 mi
- Irish Citizen Army: 0.4 mi
- Chapelizod Bypass: 0.5 mi
- Great Cross of Sacrifice: 0.6 mi
- Shay Elliott: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- Formal Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- People's Garden: 1.0 mi
- Visual Culture Garden: 1.3 mi
- The Kingfisher Project: 1.3 mi
Springs
- St Catherine's Well: 3.0 mi
- Saint John's Well: 3.3 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.4 mi
- Rag Well: 3.6 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 5.7 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.0 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 6.1 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.2 mi
- Spinkeen: 6.9 mi
Museums: 56
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 0.4 mi
- Richmond Barracks: 0.4 mi
- Collins Barracks: 1.1 mi
- Asgard: 1.2 mi
- National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks: 1.2 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 3.9 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.1 mi
- Merrion Strand: 4.5 mi
- Seapoint: 6.7 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- The Grove: 2.7 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 4.7 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.8 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 4.9 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Hawk Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Lover's Leap: 12.3 mi
- The Shaft: 14.3 mi
- Streaky Slab: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 0.4 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Poplar Square: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 8.6 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 18.9 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of The Drimnagh Swim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 185° | 757 m | 11.0 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 196° | 722.9 m | 10.4 mi |
| War Hill | S 171° | 684.8 m | 13.8 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 183° | 682.36 m | 14.3 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 201° | 647.3 m | 8.8 mi |
| Tonduff | S 172° | 642 m | 12.2 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 199° | 620.6 m | 11.0 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 197° | 617.1 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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