First Person: Gavan Hennigan

Gavan Hennigan, Picture: Michael Dillon

Gavan Hennigan 35, extreme environment athlete, Galway

On December 15, Gavan Hennigan will begin a solo row across the Atlantic as part of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, with the Galway man bidding to become one of only a handful of people on the planet to have rowed an ocean solo. Having struggled with alcohol and drug addiction at an early age before going into rehab at the age of 21, Hennigan has ...