Despite some heavy rain showers, spirits were high as locals and visitors plunged into the cold sea.

There was good cheer at the famous bathing spot as punters braved the chilly weather.

Margaret Brown, from Sandycove in Dublin, has been organising the festive feast since 1986 after she and her late mother witnessed people at a scout hall eating lumpy soup and cold meat huddled around a gas-fired heater in a bid to keep warm.