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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Eamon Doggett

College lecturer becomes first Irish woman to row solo across Atlantic

Dr Karen Weekes has become the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Kilkenny native Weekes entered the water in Gran Canaria on 6 December before arriving in Barbados on Thursday, February 24, some 80 days later.

The college lecturer rowed an astonishing 3,000 miles in her vessel, Millie, named after her mother.

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