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Freezbury in remembrance of Conor Duffy

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For the 3rd year in a row we’re doing the Freezbury challenge in order to raise funds and awareness for men’s mental health. 

This year, we’re doing the challenge in remembrance of our special friend Conor Duffy. 

Conor tragically passed away in October 2023 and this year we want do the challenge in Conor’s memory. We want to remember all the good times we had with Conor while bringing all of Conor’s friends and family together by raising awareness for men’s mental health and the need to talk. Conor done the challenge with us in 2021 and 2022, so now it’s time to do the challenge for Conor. 

Here’s how the Freezbury challenge works:

The Freezbury challenge is to get into open, freezing water ( River or Sea ) everyday for the month of February. The time spent in the water is determined by the date. So for example:

February 1st = 1 minute in the water
February 14th = 14 minutes in the water
February 27th = 27 minutes in the water

The 5 of us who are going to do the swimming everyday are: 

Dylan Lynch
Barry Gray
Oisin Byrne 
Fionn Bergin 
Shane Buggy

This year though, there are two changes to how we’re going to run the fundraiser.

Firstly, we’re going to open up 3 days of the month where anyone can join us. For these 3 days we want to get as many people as possible to come swim with us, whether it be for 1 or 2 minutes, or the full time allocated to that date. The dates where we want everyone to join us will be announced a couple of days in advance, right here on the page and on our Instagram pages. 

As mentioned above, it doesn’t matter whether you do the right amount of minutes, we just want to get as many people as possible together to swim on those dates. 

Times and locations for the 3 swims will be finalised as soon as possible. 

Secondly, this year we’re going to encourage people to go by themselves, or meet up with friends and family and go for their own Freezbury swim in a river or sea that suits them, on any day that suits them. 

Conor was friends with people all over the country, whether it was his local club Tullow or the friends he made while playing for Leinster, and we understand everyone can’t make it to Dublin, so this way everyone can spread awareness for mental health and remember Conor when suits them best. 

If you’re going to complete the swim on your own, we ask that you post a picture to your Instagram story, with the link for the fundraiser attached. 

Lastly, if anyone wants to join the 5 of us on a random day, drop us a text or a phone call, and we will let you know the details of where we’re going and what time. 

Now that the serious information is out of the way, it’s time for the player profiles. Take everything you read with a pinch of salt, Dylan Lynch never lets a lie get in the way of a good story. First up are our 5 everyday swimmers. 

Dylan “ The Fridge “ Lynch 

The nickname suits this man for many reasons. Firstly, he’s the size of a double door American fridge and secondly, the fridge is his favourite place. Went viral in Greece for reasons we can’t name on a public domain, but it did involve a lot of English men and a lack of clothes. Fridge promises to put so much effort into this challenge that he may need to “crash on your floor” in March. Ladies, Lynch is known for falling asleep in your bathrooms, we promise he means no harm, if you find him, bring him back to the Clontarf 5th team, his home.

Barry Gray

Grayza has added to his impressive wilderpoo tally since last years event, and has big things planned for 2024. Can keep up with his endeavours at www.wipewithasock.com. His hairline is giving it the Tom Brady 'one more year' treatment, just hang up the boots son. The recent shave of the beard now means 95% of his hair resides on his back. The other 5% keeps his balls warm. Often seen in a baseball cap per request of nasa, as the glare off his head was interfering with their space stations visibility. Barry takes his recovery from rugby seriously, and often uses the downstairs sink to soak his small arms and legs in Epsom salts, don’t worry though, the boys make sure he doesn’t go near the deep end. Lastly, conspiracy theorists around the Moon landing now think that the whole thing was staged on Barry’s rig. 

Oisin Byrne 

We can consider ourselves lucky that the Greek police force haven't been able to make their way to Killeen, or our companion Oisin Byrne would be gone in a helicopter for his actions in future that night. In a completely unrelated note, his favourite superhero is the Flash. The lads have put in annual leave to his carer Roisin, to make sure we can get him for every day of February. Oisin is so generous that he even acts as a potential matchmaker for his friends and family, and team member Shane buggy gladly took him up on the offer. Fingers crossed there are no porsches parked in bull island that need a wash throughout this challenge.

Fionn Bergin

Fionn had a couple of reasons to take part in Freezbury, he wanted to get away from Miltown’s Colin O’Shea and he wanted to get closer to Shane Buggy’s Ciara. Fionn has a real fear of Kildare Junior championship semi finals, so thank god those are played in September, or he’d be a no show. Fionn is all for gender fluidity, and hence shows the same love to all of those in Ryan’s, even if he is unaware of how they identify in the past or the present. If you see Fionn running through Drumcondra at an unsociable hour, you can blame women and money. Since that event, Fionn has been celibate ( not by choice ).

Shane Buggy

The milkybar kid is back! Buggy got wind of Bergin’s participation this month and had to go one better, for Ciara. Shane’s addition makes it 5 ultras and 6 visible eyebrows. Once again, Shane will compete with Barry for the least amount of Eyebrow.  if we can get his aul lad down for the day we could certainly attract some female attention, but would somehow remain on 6 eyebrows. He probably is the worst county footballer Carlow has ever seen, harsh but true . Has a yearly subscription to the online version of the coffee shop in Kavos and was delighted to wake up Christmas morning and find a litre of SPF100 under his tree. This will last him for the entire first week of freezbury. 

Secondly, we will have a couple of celebrity guests joining us on random days throughout the month. These are: 

Micheal Sugrue 

Constipated? Sugrue has the cure, the good old scrape and flick method. Unfortunately sugrue can’t commit to making it everyday, as he has to visit his father in law in prison. 

Ciaran Burke

We hope it’s a calm February on Bull Island, one gust of wind and Burke’s hair is gone. Ciaran’s participation in the challenge will be done from UCD swimming pool, where his new girlfriend is a swim team member. Rumour has it Burke has a Celtic swimming hat, shorts and goggles, which match his entire personality. Summer of 2022, If you’re reading this, Ciaran wants his Jimmy Butler jersey back. 

Bryan McMahon

A poor man’s Conor Crowley, you probably know Bryan from Damien’s Facebook page. Females, if you see Bryan in Coppers, switch to southpaw and defend the headlock. In the space of time it took you to read this, Bryan has taken the title of “worst county footballer” from our fellow swimmer, Shane. 

Luke Gorman 

Luke has taken leave from building Conleths to come swim with us this month, with the hope the Texas swim team scout him. Our soft Marino man will most likely last 3 days before getting a cold, Mick Gorman’s son alright. 

George Hadden

Our boy pudz has switched allegiances to the south and is currently balling out in the Munster academy. Has been seen wearing his scrum cap to the shop to cover up his see through lid. George now lives over 200km away from the lads, but that's still just less than the distance between his nipples. Claims it's munsters year. SUAF.

Paul Deeny 

Big shout to Paul deeny who has return from Canada and will join up with the group whenever it is over 15 degrees and sunny. You'll all be delighted to know his Honda civic has been found and returned to him pretty impressive that he has managed to maintain his bench press 1 rep max of 60kg since last years freezebury. Has caught a case of the George Hadden cargo fever, and now wears them to chill out at home, we're looking into psychiatric treatment as we speak to counter this. Keeps his milk in the freezer so it doesn't go off.

Eoin Colleran 

The water of Bull Island will no longer be clean after Eoin gets in to wash himself, considering he has made all of the toilets in our house off limits. What Eoin lacks in hair, he also lacks in brain cells. It’s okay Eoin, we’re here for you. 





Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • €20
    • 11 mos
  • PJ Doyle
    • €40
    • 11 mos
  • Niamh Tormey
    • €20
    • 11 mos
  • Anonymous
    • €50
    • 11 mos
  • Cathal Duffy
    • €100
    • 1 yr

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