🎵 "It takes 'a few' to make a thing go right"🎵 If you'd like to assemble your own relay team for next month's swim, sign up here while you can: linktr.ee/loughgillswim #LoughGillSwim #NorthWestHospice #RelaySwim #Sligo #Leitrim #Mayo #Donegal #TeamWork

"Nothing great is easy" - Words to live by. Get involved: linktr.ee/loughgillswim 🏊‍♀️ 🏊‍♂️ #LoughGillSwim #NorthwWestHospice #Ireland #LakeSwim

Beezie Gallagher: sole inhabitant of Cottage Island on Lough Gill. On one occasion, when she was just a teen, her island home was burgled & the perpetrator threatened to cut off her head! Read her story, the tragedies and the good times: irishheritagenews.ie/lady-of-the-la… 📷 Sligo Champion

🚨Update: There are just 5 places remaining for the 10km swim on August 13th 🚨 Sign up here: linktr.ee/loughgillswim Act now as spaces are limited! #LoughGillSwim #Sligo #Mayo #Leitrim #Donegal

The 'why' is always the most important part of an act. If you're not feeling up to the challenge of the 10K, why not split the difference with a few friends in the team race? Sign up here ➡️ linktr.ee/loughgillswim #LoughGillSwim#Sligo🌻

One week left until the 2022 Lough Gill Swim in aid of the North West Hospice. There will be a Family Fun Day on Saturday the 13th at the swim - a great day out for families. Let's break the €400,000 mark this year! Donate via the link justgiving.com/fundraising/Lo… #LoughGillSwim

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Sligo's most celebrated Family Fun Day is back on Saturday at Doorly Park from 12-4PM. There will be loads of activities including DJ, face painting, games, ice cream & more. There will be a bake sale and a plant sale! If you'd like to donate - get in touch!🌻 #LoughGillSwim

This Saturday, the 12th annual Lough Gill Swim will take place on the famous Lough Gill Lake. Swimmers will take on a 10km swim from Parkes' Castle to Doorly Park, where they will be met by you, the supporters, at the family fun day. Share the news! #LoughGillSwim

Saturday is the 12th annual Lough Gill Swim in honour of Neill McGarry and the NorthWest Hospice. Check out another snippet from Éania McGarry's short documentary entitled GILE. Can't wait to see you all at Doorly Park on Saturday from 12-4PM. 🌻 #LoughGillSwim

Last year's swim took place at midnight as the swimmers followed their last stars. This is a clip from Éania McGarry's forthcoming documentary, GILE. Reminder: this year's swim takes place on Saturday, the 12th of August. Come along for our family fun day! #LoughGillSwim 🌻🌻🌻

GILE is a short documentary by Éania McGarry that encapsulates the swim. Sam discusses the integral role the swim plays in both his and his family's life. Family Fun Day: Saturday from 12P-4PM at Doorly Park for the Lough Gill Swim Family Funday! Donate: linktr.ee/loughgillswim

Last chance! See you all today at Doorly park from 12-4PM 🌻 Let's break the €400,000 mark this year! Donate via the link: justgiving.com/fundraising/Lo… #LoughGillSwim #FamilyFunDay #Sligo #NorthWestHospice

Beautiful work from Neill’s cousin Éania showing Neill’s Uncle talking about the swim 💞

Super day at Doorly Park for the Lough Gill Hopsice Swim 😍💚

The weather was great at the Lough Gill Hopsice Swim in aid of North West Hospice Sligo. 🏊‍♀️🏊🏊‍♂️ Our volunteers Were there to provide first aid treatment to those who needed it. 🚑🚙 Soon a new team will deploy to provide cover for Sligo Rovers 🥳⚽️ #volenteering #northwesthospice

Huge well done to all members who took part in Lough Gill Hopsice Swim on Saturday. What a beautiful day for it. And for such a good cause North West Hospice #Sligo You can donate here: justgiving.com/fundraising/Lo…

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Most people are familiar with the wonderful work North West Hospice #sligo do but this wonderful short docu for Lough Gill Hopsice Swim goes a long way to showing how much it can help not just the patient & their loved ones too💞 youtu.be/bzxX7SHYMXY Irish Cancer Society #CancerAwareness

In the 1950s, Sligoman Joe Jennings – then a budding journalist & later gov press secretary – proposed that Yeats’ most famous poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree was inspired not by Innisfree but by Church Island / Inis Mór (pictured), the largest island on Lough Gill at c.40 acres.