Fergal Madden's guest appearances

Fergal Madden

Galway Bay fm - Sports

Tri Talking Sport

Lizzie Lee

Mark Allen

John Daly

David Burke

Tom Clancy

John Fleming

Mike Flanagan

Kevin Kelly

David Collins

Paul O’Brien

Brian Griffin

Rob Kearney

Tom Hughes

Gavin Lee

John Fogarty

OwlTail

Chairman of the Atlantic Masters Swimming Club in Galway Fergal Madden from Derrydonnell completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming last weekend when completing the Catalina Swim in Los Angeles in a time of 13 hours and 38 minutes. Fergal first swam the English Channel and last June, he completed the gruelling Manhattan 20 Bridges swim in 8 hours and 55 minutes.Following his successful swim in the US, Fergal returned to Renville at the beginning of the week where a large crowd welcomed home the first Connacht and only the 8th Irish swimmer to complete such a task and already, attention is turning towards other challenges. He spoke to John Mulligan on Wednesday evening.

Chairman of the Atlantic Masters Swimming Club in Galway Fergal Madden from Derrydonnell completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming last weekend when completing the Catalina Swim in Los Angeles in a time of 13 hours and 38 minutes.  Fergal first swam the English Channel and last June, he completed the gruelling Manhattan 20 Bridges swim in 8 hours and 55 minutes. Following his successful swim in the US, Fergal returned to Renville at the beginning of the week where a large crowd welcomed home the first Connacht and only the 8th Irish swimmer to complete such a task and already, attention is turning towards other challenges. He spoke to John Mulligan on Wednesday evening.

Galway’s Fergal Madden Completes Open Water Triple Crown

Dee Newell

Dee is a Galway Girl, based in Dublin, she is a Captain in the Irish Army and has a host of endurance and sporting challenges under her belt including: Ironman, marathon, kickboxing, bodybuilding and powerlifting.  Although she swam as a child she didn’t really fall in love with swimming until she took up marathon swimming in 2011, she now enjoys all forms of swimming from long distance to dips with friends to ice swimming in the depths of winter. Fergal is also a proud Galwegian and one of the founding members of Atlantic Masters Swimming Club. He took up swimming at the age of 29 and is proudly supported in his endeavours by his wife Norma and three children Ella, Jack &amp; Saoirse. Although Fergal couldn’t swim back then he stubbornly battled through many a swim lesson so that he could earn a PADI diving qualification.  His swimming career and success was built on the back of this initial interest in diving, he now has numerous long distance swimming and ice swimming events under his belt with big plans for the future.  Both swimmers provide fantastic insight, information and inspiration in this episode in telling their personal story of how they conquered the Channel. 

Dee is a Galway Girl, based in Dublin, she is a Captain in the Irish Army and has a host of endurance and sporting challenges under her belt including: Ironman, marathon, kickboxing, bodybuilding and powerlifting.  Although she swam as a child she didn’t really fall in love with swimming until she took up marathon swimming in 2011, she now enjoys all forms of swimming from long distance to dips with friends to ice swimming in the depths of winter. Fergal is also a proud Galwegian and one of the founding members of Atlantic Masters Swimming Club. He took up swimming at the age of 29 and is proudly supported in his endeavours by his wife Norma and three children Ella, Jack &amp; Saoirse. Although Fergal couldn’t swim back then he stubbornly battled through many a swim lesson so that he could earn a PADI diving qualification.  His swimming career and success was built on the back of this initial interest in diving, he now has numerous long distance swimming and ice swimming events under his belt with big plans for the future.  Both swimmers provide fantastic insight, information and inspiration in this episode in telling their personal story of how they conquered the Channel.

Dee Newell & Fergal Madden: Conquering The Channel 