Many were cancers survivors, who used the mass naked swim as a way to overcome self-confidence issues related to mastectomy scars.
The organiser of a world record-breaking skinny dip, which saw more than 2,500 women strip off to the take the plunge, has hailed it an empowering experience in the fight against cancer.
Collectively, the nude bathers smashed a record previously held by Australian skinny dippers in Perth, despite the water temperature being about 10 degrees colder in Ireland. [Belfast Telegraph]