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Rowing Ireland

{{short description|Governing body for rowing sports on the island of Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox sport governing body

|name =Rowing Ireland

|abbrev =

|logo = Rowing Ireland.svg

|logosize =

|sport =Rowing

|category =

|image =

|caption =

|jurisdiction = Ireland

|founded = {{Start date|1899}}

|aff = FISA

|affdate = 1948

|region =

|regionyear =

|headquarters = National Rowing Centre, Cork

|location =

|chiefexec = Michelle Carpenter

|president = Neville Maxwell

|vicepresident = {{flagicon|Connacht}} Connacht: Martin Hogan
{{flagicon|Leinster}} Leinster: Noreen Maguire
{{flagicon|Munster}} Munster: Pat Kinsella
{{flagicon|Ulster}} Ulster: Barry McWilliams

|secretary = Nessa Foley

|director = Philip Quinn
Aisling Carpenter
Aoibheann Treacey

|coach = HP Director: Antonio Maurogiovanni
Coaches: Fran Keane
Giuseppe De Vita
Dominic Casey

|key staff = Ceara O'Connor (Women in Sport lead)
Derek Bowen (Get Rowing lead)
Pat Kiely (Club Support Officer)
Alec Moffett (Financial Officer)

|url = www.rowingireland.ie

|countryflag = Ireland

}}

Rowing Ireland, formerly the Irish Amateur Rowing Union, is the governing body of rowing for Ireland.[http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/Governing_Bodies/Sports_Investment/Rowing/ Sport Ireland – List of Governing Bodies][http://www.sportni.net/governing_bodies/rowing/ Sport Northern Ireland – List of Governing Bodies] It is a cross-border organisation administering the sport in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Rowing Ireland is a member of the Olympic Council of Ireland{{cite web | url=http://olympics.ie/sports/rowing/3051-introduction-to-rowing.html | title=Olympic Council of Ireland: Introduction to Rowing | publisher=Olympic Council of Ireland | date=1 January 2010 | accessdate=9 January 2016 }} and the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA).[http://www.worldrowing.com/fisa/national-federations/irl World Rowing: National Federations: Ireland]

Membership

Over 100 clubs are affiliated to Rowing Ireland.[http://www.rowingireland.ie/about-us/ Rowing Ireland: About Us] These are from across the island and include schools, third level institutions and open clubs.

In 2019 Rowing Ireland launched its strategy until 2024. This has four pillars: Supporting clubs, High Performance, Rowing for all and Leading our sport.

National Rowing Centre

The National Rowing Centre (NRC) in Farran Wood, County Cork is the headquarters of Rowing Ireland and is also the base of the High Performance team. The centre has an eight-lane Albano course and hosts a number of regattas and the Championship Regatta each year. Every four years it hosts the Home International Regatta.[http://homeinternationalregatta.org/rules/default.html#DATE_and_VENUE Home International Regatta Rules of the Regatta: Date and Venue] It hosted the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 1999, 2008 and 2018.[http://www.rowingireland.ie/2018-coupe-de-la-jeunesse-awarded-to-ireland/ 2018 Coupe de la Jeunesse Awarded to Ireland, Rowing Ireland][http://www.sportswomen.ie/cork-set-host-prestigious-junior-regatta-2018/ Cork set to host prestigious Junior Regatta in 2018] Aifric Keogh 8 August 2015, Sportswoman.ie

Irish Championships

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Established in 1899 as the Irish Amateur Rowing Union, the association hosted its first championship in 1912. At the 1912 AGM, which was held in February, it was agreed that a cup be purchased for £100 for the Union to be presented for annual competition amongst senior eights. This would in time become known as "The Big Pot".

The inaugural Senior eights championship took place at Metropolitan Regatta in Ringsend on the Lower Liffey in July 1912 and City of Derry Boating Club were the winners.[https://books.google.com/books?id=xbVBAAAACAAJ&q=the+big+pot+johnston The Big Pot – The Irish Senior Championships 1912–1991] by Micheal Johnston, Shandon Books, 1992, {{ISBN|0-9519187-0-2}} It would be 1934 before the Junior (Intermediate) eights championship was added.[http://media.wix.com/ugd/074761_ad66ce0a768e4975a22f10b763c7aa0f.pdf Irish Rowing Archives – List of championship winners] Since then many additional championships have been added and 44 are now contested each year at the Championship Regatta.[http://media.wix.com/ugd/074761_e4fb6f002af649ba9980701c95a3abfe.pdf Irish Rowing Archives – List of Championship Events.] In 2017 it added the Irish Offshore Rowing Championship and in 2018 the inaugural Irish Coastal Rowing Championships took place. The results of all championships can be found at www.irishrowingarchives.com

National team

Rowing Ireland is responsible for the selection and management of the Irish national team, through its High Performance programme. Crews are selected for regattas such as the Olympic Games, World Rowing Championships, European Rowing Championships, and the World Rowing Cup.{{cite web |title=High Performance |url=https://www.rowingireland.ie/high-performance/ |website=rowingireland.ie |publisher=Rowing Ireland |access-date=25 August 2023}}

=National squad=

This was the team selected for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic regattas, held at Vaires-sur-Marne, France.{{cite web |title=Entries for the 2024 Olympic Regatta |url=https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/OG2024/OG2024_ROW-------------------------------_C32AX3100.PDF |website=World Rowing |publisher=World Rowing |access-date=16 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=Entries for the 2024 Paralympic Regatta |url=https://d3fpn4c9813ycf.cloudfront.net/pdfDocuments/PG2024/PG2024_ROW-------------------------------_C32AX1882.PDF |website=World Rowing |publisher=World Rowing |access-date=16 September 2024}}

{{updated|17 September 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=Emma |title=Olympic Team Official Selection |url=https://www.rowingireland.ie/olympic-team-official-selection-2/ |website=rowingireland.ie |publisher=Rowing Ireland |access-date=16 September 2024}}

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!Boat

!Name

!Date of birth (age)

!Club

W4-

|Emily Hegarty

|{{Birth date and age|1998|08|03}}

|Skibbereen

W4-

|Natalie Long

|{{Birth date and age|1990|06|13}}

|Lee Valley

W4-

|Imogen Magner

|{{Birth date and age|1998|07|08}}

|Carlow

W4-

|Eimear Lambe

|{{Birth date and age|1997|08|11}}

|Old Collegians

M2-

|Ross Corrigan

|{{Birth date and age|1999|01|04}}

|Portora

M2-

|Nathan Timoney

|{{Birth date and age|2000|09|06}}

|Enniskillen Royal

W2-

|Aifric Keogh

|{{Birth date and age|1992|07|09}}

|Gráinne Mhaol

W2-

|Fiona Murtagh

|{{Birth date and age|1995|07|11}}

|University of Galway

M2x

|Daire Lynch

|{{Birth date and age|1998|06|19}}

|Clonmel

M2x

|Philip Doyle

|{{Birth date and age|1992|09|17}}

|Belfast BC

W2x

|Zoe Hyde

|{{Birth date and age|1997|01|31}}

|Killorglin

W2x

|Alison Bergin

|{{Birth date and age|2002|02|25}}

|Fermoy

LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|{{Birth date and age|1996|11|23}}

|Skibbereen

LM2x

|Paul O’Donovan

|{{Birth date and age|1994|04|19}}

|UCC

LW2x

|Aoife Casey

|{{Birth date and age|1999|06|01}}

|Skibbereen

LW2x

|Margaret Cremen

|{{Birth date and age|1999|01|05}}

|UCC

PR2 Mix2x

|Tiarnán O'Donnell

|{{Birth date and age|1998|09|13}}

|Lee

PR2 Mix2x

|Katie O’Brien

|{{Birth date and age|1996|08|30}}

|Galway

=Personnel=

This was the coaching and management personnel selected for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic regattas, held at Vaires-sur-Marne, France.

{{updated|17 September 2024}}

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!Name

!Role

{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Maurogiovanni

|High Performance Director

{{flagicon|IRL}} David Breen

|Pararowing Coach

{{flagicon|IRL}} Dominic Casey

|Lightweight Coach

{{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe De Vita

|Women's Team Head Coach

{{flagicon|IRL}} Fran Keane

|Men's Team Head Coach

{{flagicon|ITA}} Nicolo Maurogiovanni

|Men's Team Coach

{{flagicon|NZL}} Ashlee Rowe

|Women's Team Coach

{{flagicon|IRL}} Orla Doolin

|Physiotherapist

{{flagicon|IRL}} Heather O’Brien

|Physiotherapist

{{flagicon|IRL}} Michael O’Rourke

|Team Manager

{{flagicon|IRL}} George Fuller

|Team Doctor

{{flagicon|IRL}} Cathal Sheridan

|Team Psychologist

{{flagicon|IRL}} Laura Mahoney

|Team Nutritionist

{{flagicon|IRL}} Pat Feerick

|Driver⁠

{{flagicon|IRL}} John Barrett

|Driver

Olympics and Paralympics

= Olympics =

Ireland first sent a boat to an Olympic regatta to the 1948 Summer Olympics, where they sent a men's eight.{{cite web |title=1948 Olympics And The Thin Green Line, Part 1 |url=https://heartheboatsing.com/2012/07/25/1948-olympics-and-the-thin-green-line-part-1/ |website=Hear The Boat Sing |publisher=Hear The Boat Sing |access-date=24 August 2023}} The IARU received its affiliation from FISA on the 3rd of August, 1948, two days before the start of the regatta, allowing Ireland to send a crew.{{cite web |title=Ireland’s Part in the Growth of the F.I.S.A. Family |url=https://heartheboatsing.com/2017/03/17/irelands-part-in-the-growth-of-the-f-i-s-a-family/ |website=Hear The Boat Sing |publisher=Hear The Boat Sing |access-date=24 August 2023}}

Ireland would not appear at an Olympic regatta until 1972, when Seán Drea entered the men's single sculls, coming seventh.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ROW/mens-single-sculls.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ROW/mens-single-sculls.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rowing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=18 August 2018}} Ireland would go on to field at least one crew at every Olympic regatta except 1984.{{cite web |last1=Kerr |first1=Kieran |title=Irish Rowing Olympians |url=https://www.irishrowingarchives.com/_files/ugd/074761_f0bfff41d931479c851dde0288d3109b.pdf |website=Irish Rowing Archives |publisher=Irish Rowing Archives |access-date=24 August 2023}} Four years later, Drea came fourth in the same event.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ROW/mens-single-sculls.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ROW/mens-single-sculls.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Rowing at the 1976 Monteral Summer Games: Men's Single Sculls |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=24 August 2018}}

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, the crew in the men's lightweight coxless four consisting of Derek Holland, Sam Lynch, Neville Maxwell and Tony O'Connor also came fourth.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ROW/mens-lightweight-coxless-fours.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015958/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ROW/mens-lightweight-coxless-fours.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=18 September 2018}}

It was not until 2016, when brothers Gary and Paul O'Donovan broke through and won Ireland's first Olympic medal in rowing: a silver in the men's lightweight double sculls.{{cite web |title=Relive the moment of rowing history in Rio |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2016/0812/808777-rowing-final-odonovans/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=24 August 2023}} The O'Donovans' relaxed interview style endeared followers and they became internet sensations in the wake of their success,{{cite web |last1=Slawson |first1=Nicola |title=Ireland's O'Donovan brothers become web sensations after medal win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/14/ireland-odonovan-brothers-internet-sensations-silver-medal-win-rowing-rio-olympics |website=theguardian.com |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=24 August 2023 |ref=guardian_odonovan_interview}} and they were invited on to The Graham Norton Show for its 2016 New Year's Eve special.{{cite web |title=Series 20, New Year's Eve Show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0880v0d |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 August 2023}}

At the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, Ireland entered thirteen athletes across six boats. The women's coxless four, consisting of Emily Hegarty, Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, and Fiona Murtagh, won a bronze medal,{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020: Irish rowing quartet battle their way to bronze |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2021/0728/1237659-tokyo-2020-irish-rowing-quartet-battle-to-bronze/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=24 August 2023}} and Paul O'Donovan joined Fintan McCarthy to win Ireland's first rowing gold in the men's lightweight double sculls.{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020: Gold for O'Donovan and McCarthy |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/rowing/2021/0729/1237888-tokyo-2020-gold-for-odonovan-and-mccarthy/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=24 August 2023}}

For the 2024 Summer Olympics, Ireland has qualified sixteen athletes across seven boats, more than any other Olympic regatta.{{cite news |last1=O'Riordan |first1=Ian |title=Ireland take four medals home from World Rowing Championships |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/2023/09/10/doyle-and-lynch-take-bronze-to-boost-irelands-medal-haul-to-four-at-world-rowing-championships/ |access-date=12 September 2023 |publisher=Irish Times |date=10 September 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Eoin |title=Women's four Olympic-bound but heartbreak for Sanita Puspure at final qualifier |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/rowing/2024/0521/1450405-womens-four-olympic-bound-but-heartbreak-for-puspure/ |website=RTE Sport |access-date=22 May 2024}} Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy successfully retained their gold medal in the men's lightweight double sculls, the last time the event would be held in an Olympic regatta,{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Ryan |title=Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy row into history with another Olympic gold |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/paris-2024/2024/0802/1463188-odonovan-mccarthy-olympics-rowing/#:~:text=Paul%20O'Donovan%20and%20Fintan,history%20with%20another%20Olympic%20gold&text=Paul%20O'Donovan%20and%20Fintan%20McCarthy%20rowed%20into%20the%20history,double%20sculls%20at%20Paris%202024. |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=RTE |date=5 August 2024}} and Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch won a bronze medal in the men's double sculls.{{cite news |last1=Diallo |first1=Raf |title=Paris 2024: Bronze for Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch in double sculls |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/paris-2024/2024/0801/1462979-paris-2024-bronze-for-doyle-and-lynch-in-double-sculls/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=RTE |date=1 August 2024}}

=Medal table=

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!Games

!Event

!Rower(s)

!Club

!Medal

rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro 2016

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Gary O'Donovan

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

|rowspan="2"|{{silver2}} Silver

Paul O'Donovan

|UCD Boat Club

rowspan="6"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo 2020

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

|rowspan="2"|{{gold1}} Gold

Paul O'Donovan

|UCC Rowing Club

rowspan="4"|W4-

|Aifric Keogh

|UCC Rowing Club

|rowspan="4"|{{bronze3}} Bronze

Eimear Lambe

|UCD Ladies Boat Club

Fiona Murtagh

|NUIG Boat Club

Emily Hegarty

|UCC Rowing Club

rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris 2024

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|rowspan="2"|Skibbereen Rowing Club

|rowspan="2"|{{gold1}} Gold

Paul O'Donovan
rowspan="2"|M2x

|Philip Doyle

|Belfast Boat Club

|rowspan="2"|{{bronze3}} Bronze

Daire Lynch

|Clonmel Rowing Club

=Paralympics=

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Ireland fielded a crew in the mixed coxed four.{{cite web |last1=Kerr |first1=Kieran |title=Irish Rowing Paralympians |url=https://www.irishrowingarchives.com/_files/ugd/074761_07692823109b4e2ba26257c2b5a97cf1.pdf |website=Irish Rowing Archives |publisher=Irish Rowing Archives |access-date=25 August 2023}} For the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Ireland has qualified a boat for the PR2 mixed double sculls.{{cite web |title=Katie O'Brien and Steven McGowan reach World final and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/rowing/2023/0905/1403526-obrien-and-mcgowan-reach-final-and-paris/ |access-date=12 September 2023}}

World Championships

Ireland has won seventeen gold, seven silver and fourteen bronze medals at the World Rowing Championships.{{cite web |title=Ireland medallists at the World Rowing Championships |url=https://www.irishrowingarchives.com/_files/ugd/074761_7d596f5597d94bca90c7a9a9451ac6bc.pdf |website=Irish Rowing Archives |publisher=Irish Rowing Archives |access-date=16 September 2024}}[http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/ FISA Athlete database]

= Gold medallists =

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!Year

!Event

!Rower(s)

!Club

{{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna 1991

|LM1x

|Niall O'Toole

|Commercial Rowing Club

rowspan="4"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Lucerne 2001

|LM1x

|Sam Lynch

|St Michael's Rowing Club

LW1x

|Sinead Jennings

|{{flagicon|SCO}} St Andrew Boat Club

rowspan="2"|LM2-

|Gearoid Towey

|rowspan="2"|Neptune Rowing Club

Tony O'Connor
{{flagicon|ESP}} Seville 2002

|LM1x

|Sam Lynch

|St Michael's Rowing Club

{{flagicon|NED}} Rotterdam 2016

|LM1x

|Paul O'Donovan

|UCD Boat Club

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|USA}} Sarasota 2017

|rowspan="2"|LM2-

|Mark O'Donovan

|rowspan="2"|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Shane O'Driscoll
LM1x

|Paul O'Donovan

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|BUL}} Plovdiv 2018

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Gary O'Donovan

|rowspan="2"|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan
W1x

|Sanita Pušpure

|Old Collegians Boat Club

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Ottensheim 2019

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|rowspan="2"|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan
W1x

|Sanita Pušpure

|Old Collegians Boat Club

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Račice 2022

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan

|UCC Rowing Club

PR2W1x

|Katie O'Brien

|Galway Rowing Club

rowspan="3"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Belgrade 2023

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan

|UCC Rowing Club

LW1x

|Siobhán McCrohan

|Tribesmen Rowing Club

{{flagicon|CAN}} St. Catherine's 2024

|LM1x

|Paul O'Donovan

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

European Championships

The European Rowing Championships were re-established in 2007, after a hiatus dating to 1973. At these, Ireland has won six gold, six silver, and five bronze medals.{{cite web |last1=Kerr |first1=Kieran |title=Rowing Ireland - European Championship Medals |url=https://www.irishrowingarchives.com/_files/ugd/074761_1d78af0ea9644203a4eced3fc2e8b0b0.pdf |website=Irish Rowing Archives |publisher=Irish Rowing Archives |access-date=24 August 2023}}

= Gold medallists =

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!Year

!Event

!Rower(s)

!Club

rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|GER}} Brandenburg 2016

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Gary O'Donovan

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan

|UCD Boat Club

rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Račice 2017

|rowspan="2"|LM2-

|Mark O'Donovan

|rowspan="2"|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Shane O'Driscoll
{{flagicon|SUI}} Lucerne 2019

|W1x

|Sanita Pušpure

|Old Collegians Rowing Club

{{flagicon|POL}} Poznań 2020

|W1x

|Sanita Pušpure

|Old Collegians Rowing Club

rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Varese 2021

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan

|UCC Rowing Club

rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|GER}} Munich 2022

|rowspan="2"|LM2x

|Fintan McCarthy

|Skibbereen Rowing Club

Paul O'Donovan

|UCC Rowing Club

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.rowingireland.ie/ Rowing Ireland Homepage]
  • [http://www.getgoinggetrowing.com/ Get Going...Get Rowing Homepage]
  • [http://www.irishrowingarchives.com/ Irish Rowing Archives Homepage]
  • [https://twitter.com/RowingIreland?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Rowing Ireland on Twitter]
  • [https://www.instagram.com/rowingireland/?hl=en Rowing Ireland on Instagram]

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