Deirdre Sheehan

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Deirdre Sheehan (born 25 September 1957) is an Irish former swimmer. The holder of a number of regional and national records,{{cite news |url = https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19750308/034/0003 | newspaper = Ireland's Saturday Night | title = Deirdre is a 'Corker' with Style | first = Jack | last = Magowan | quote = A 17-year-old Cork girl [..] is the new queen of Irish swimming. Deirdre Sheehan, daughter of a university lecturer, reached for the summit again today when she won the 100m freestye final in great style | page = 3 | via = britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk }}{{cite news |url = https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19740603/186/0011 | title = Munster Swimming Records Broken | work = Irish Independent | quote = Record breakers at the fourth and final session of the Munster indoor swimming championships, in Cork yesterday were Deirdre Sheehan, Eglinton (2 min. 06.9 sec., women's 200 yard freestyle) | date = 3 June 1974 | page = 11 | via = britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk }}{{cite news |url = https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19750308/382/0014 | title = Cork Girl "Robbed" of Swim Gold | quote = Deirdre Sheehan and young Miriam Hopkins both cracked records in the women's 400 freestyle in a one-two finish | date = 8 March 1975 | newspaper = Belfast Telegraph | page = 14 | via = britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk }} she represented Ireland in three events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/deirdre-sheehan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/deirdre-sheehan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Deirdre Sheehan Olympic Results |accessdate=11 December 2016}}{{cite web|url = https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40125542.html | work = The Echo | title = Cork swimmer Deirdre Sheehan became an Olympian in 1976 | date = 7 May 2020 | accessdate = 1 April 2025 | first = Mary | last = Haughney }}{{cite news |url = https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005119/19760818/241/0012 | newspaper = Belfast Newsletter | title = Irish Swim Titles | quote = Wiliamson from Dublin, Cork's Deirdre Sheehan and Belfast's Robbie Howard have all entered and are expected to collect their fair share of goid medals [..] Howard and Miss Sheehan both set new Irish records in Montreal and will be out to improve on [that] | date = 18 August 1976 | page = 12 | via = britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk }}