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"Irish Channel" redirects here. For the neighbourhood of New Orleans, see Irish Channel, New Orleans. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2007) Relief map of the Irish Sea. The North Channel lies to the north of the Irish Sea, and the St George's Channel to the south. (Major ports shown as red dots. Freight-only ports as blue dots) The North Channel (known in Irish and Scottish Gaelic as Sruth na Maoile, and alternatively in English as the Straits of Moyle or Sea of Moyle) is the strait which separates eastern Northern Ireland from south western Scotland. It is part of the marine area officially classified as the "Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland" by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)[1]. In the nineteenth century, Alexander Keith Johnston's suggested name St Patrick's Channel had currency, but it was rejected by the hydrographic department.[2] The deepest part is called Beaufort's Dyke. The Channel connects the Irish Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, and was thus a favourite haunt of privateers preying on British merchant shipping in wars up to the 19th century; in 1778, during the American Revolutionary War it was also the site of a naval duel between American captain John Paul Jones's Ranger and the Royal Navy's Drake. It is crossed by a large number of ferry services. In 1953, it was the scene of a serious maritime disaster, the sinking of the ferry Princess Victoria. Unionist Northern Irish political leaders for decades lobbied the UK government to construct a rail-link tunnel under the North Channel, the better to integrate Northern Ireland with the rest of the United Kingdom. In August 2007 the Centre for Cross-Border Studies proposed the construction of a 34 km (21 mi) long rail bridge or tunnel, estimating that it may cost approximately £3.5bn.[3] This channel was formerly known as the Irish Channel.[4][5][6] Swimming The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association ILDSA has provided authentication observers for swimmers attempting to cross the approx 22mile span between North of Ireland and the Mull of Galloway. According to the ILDSA, this was first accomplished in 1947 by Tom Blower. Since that time, only 12 additional solo-swim attempts have been successful, accomplished by 9 different individuals.[7]: 1947-07-27 Tom Blower 1970-09-11 Kevin Murphy 1972-00-00 Kevin Murphy 1973-08-11 Ted Keenan 1988-08-22 Alison Streeter 1988-08-23 Margaret Kidd 1989-00-00 Kevin Murphy 1989-00-00 Alison Streeter 1997-00-00 Alison Streeter 1999-07-27 Paul Lewis 2000-07-21 Steve Price 2004-07-31 Colm O´Neill 2008-09-12 Colleen Blair References ^ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition". International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_1953.pdf. Retrieved 7 February 2010.  ^ Andrews, John Harwood (1997-01). Shapes of Ireland: maps and their makers 1564-1839. Geography Publications. p. 88. ISBN 9780906602959. http://books.google.com/books?id=DfcRAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 18 September 2010.  ^ Bridge to Northern Ireland mooted, BBC News Scotland, 22 August 2007 ^ A Friend (1824). Glympses Across the Irish Channel. http://books.google.ie/books?id=khAHAAAAQAAJ.  ^ Old Sailor (1820). A view of the British and Irish fisheries:. pp. 74. http://books.google.ie/books?id=ECUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74.  ^ Rooke, John (1838). Geology as a science applied to the reclamation of land from the sea. pp. 41. http://books.google.ie/books?id=jWMEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA41.  ^ "Irish Long Distance Swimming Association". http://www.ildsa.info/north-channel.  See also Straits of Moyle St George's Channel Coordinates: 55°03′27″N 5°37′19″W / 55.0575°N 5.62194°W / 55.0575; -5.62194