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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Mark Donlon

Former Leinster rugby star Damian Browne in good spirits two months into row across Atlantic Ocean

Former Leinster rugby player Damian Browne was in good spirits as he took to Instagram to update followers on his Atlantic Ocean row two months since he and Fergus Farrell departed from New York.

Browne and Farrell left New York's Chelsea Piers together back in June as they set their sights on rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from the Big Apple to Galway in record time.

However, 13 days into their expedition the duo's progress was halted as Fergus had to be extracted from their vessel Cushlamachree owing to severe exhaustion and a low blood oxygen percentage.

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