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Lurgan’s Oscar Black (15) receives civic recognition as youngest person to ever swim North Channel

Summary by Armagh I
A Lurgan teen who recently became the youngest person ever to swim the North Channel has received Civic Recognition for the record-breaking attempt. Fifteen-year-old Oscar Black completed the mammoth solo effort from the Gobbins in Northern Ireland to Portpatrick, Scotland in July of this year. The swim took him a total of 16 hours and 38 minutes, completing a distance of 46km in that time. That same week, ‘Awesome’ Oscar was also named as one o…
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Armagh i broke the news in on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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