Winners
| Year | Ladies Winner | Club |
| 1979 | Mairead Doran | Dublin SC |
| 1980 | M Carolan | Coolmine SC |
| 1981 | Louise Keough | Dublin SC |
| 1982 | Audrey Martin | Dundrum SC |
| 1983 | Janne Murphy | ESB SC |
| 1984 | Maeve Chaney | Half Moon SC |
| 1985 | Dolores Kenny | Atlanta SC |
| 1986 | Paula Kearns | Otter SC |
| 1987 | Brenda Howard | Dundrum SC |
| 1988 | Siobhan Hoare | Half Moon SC |
| 1989 | Ciara Byrne | Trojan SC |
| 1990 | Gillian Murray | Half Moon SC |
| 1991 | Siobhan Hoare | Half Moon SC |
| 1992 | Anne Hudson | Wicklow SC |
| 1993 | Jill Donaghey | Dublin SC |
| 1994 | Mary McDermott | Dublin SC |
| 1995 | Elaine Murphy | ESB SC |
| 1996 | Caroline Flemming | Tallaght SC |
| 1997 | Roisin Ryan | Barracuda SC |
| 1998 | Aishling Wadden | Wicklow SC |
| 1999 | Debbie Doyle | MMSC |
| 2000 | Ciara O’Sullivan | St. Paul’s SC |
| 2001 | Valerie Spollen | Phoenix SC |
| 2002 | Mary Rose Keegan | Otter SC |
| 2003 | Sandra Trappe | Dublin SC |
| 2004 | Colette Kelly | Guinness SC |
| 2005 | Molly Molloy | Dublin SC |
| 2006 | Claire Gavaghan | ESB SC |
| 2007 | Sandy Dowling | Eastern Bay SC |
| 2008 | Mary Kelly | Aer Lingus SC |
| 2009 | Sorcha Barry | Glenalbyn SC |
| 2010 | Deirdre Dunne | St. Vincent’s SC |
| 2011 | Maria Quintanilla | Dublin SC |
| 2012 | Clodagh Nolan | Carraig Masters |
| 2013 | Gina Murphy | Glenalbyn SC |
| 2014 | Rachel Lee | Guinness SC |
| 2015 | Orla Walsh | ESB SC |
| 2016 | Jennifer Gilbert | Swim4Life |
| 2017 | Anne Marie Bourke | Dublin SC |
| 2018 | Triona Muldoon | Clontarf SC |
| 2019 | Sinead Delaney | Phoenix SC |
Reference: [1-3]
Note: From 1936-1939 the race took part at the Bull Wall in Dollymount. [2]
References
Websites
[1] Leinster Open Sea (2018) Dublin City Liffey Swim [Internet] Available from: http://www.leinsteropensea.ie/liffey-swim/ [Accessed 23 August 2019]
[2] Irish Times (2019) The Liffey Swim: Dublin’s Hardy Annual Race has its 100th outing [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/over-600-swimmers-take-part-in-the-100th-liffey-swim-1.3976696 [Accessed 23 August 2019]
Sources
[3] Anon. (2019) “‘Never in a million years did we think he’d win – dad of 15-year-old Liffey champion” Sunday Independent. August 4, 2019. pg. News 5
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Caoimhe Mullaney
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