Organisation: Skibbereen Rowing Club

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<p>Islands of Ireland: Drishane Island regularly has a blue and white flag planted on it to celebrate Castlehaven GAA team</p>

outdoors

Drishane Island is a magnet for summer swimmers — but just get in and get out for the Christmas swim

Trag beach itself is a lovely, sheltered spot and has Blue Flag status

<p>Emily Hegarty on the bank of the River Ilen in Skibbereen: With rowing, you really get out what you put in. It’s not about luck, it’s about putting in the work.' Picture: Eddie O'Hare</p>

munster

5am starts and skipping her own 18th birthday: how Emily Hegarty prepared for her Olympic heroics

After a rocky start, Hegarty and her teammates secured a bronze, kickstarting a feelgood factor which has surrounded Team Ireland ever since

general

Four elite athletes on the steps they're taking to qualify for the Olympics

Ireland’s elite athletes have one ambition for 2020 — to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Sharon Ní Chonchúir talks to four contenders about the steps they are taking to foster a winning mindset.

farming

22.5 acres for sale near Skibbereen Rowing Club

news

Government invests €56m in grassroots sports facilities

news

Award lauds Sonia O’Sullivan’s role in Irish Olympic effort

The benefit of sport is more than just winning

Rowers Gary and Paul O’Donovan say benefits from sport far exceed the fleeting joy of a big win. Áilín Quinlan reports

Fri, 23 Jun, 2017

Medals glory for oar-inspiring Skibb rowers

Move over the O’Donovan Brothers, Skibbereen has new rowing stars — and they’re a pair of jokers also.

Mon, 29 May, 2017

Irish rowers meet the A standard in Belgrade tests

The Irish senior rowing team are currently fine-tuning performances at a camp in Varese, Italy after a successful opening World Cup event of the season.

Thu, 11 May, 2017

Strong Irish team heads for World Cup event in Serbia

The first World Cup event of the season looms large for Ireland’s senior rowers. World Cup One takes place in Belgrade, Serbia from May 5-7.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2017

Olympians put on a show in Skibbereen Regatta

Irish international rowers didn’t disappoint at last week’s hugely successful Skibbereen Regatta.

Thu, 13 Apr, 2017

This is what happens when you send the O'Donovan brothers shopping

Hope they didn't forget their shteak and spuds…

Wed, 11 Jan, 2017

This is what happens when you send the O'Donovan brothers shopping

We all know the O’Donovan brothers are great craic.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2017

Margaret Cremen and Cathal Cummins come out on top at UL indoors

As December arrives, winter training of weights, circuits and hours on the rowing machine is now becoming the norm for rowers across the country. 

Thu, 01 Dec, 2016

UCC shine at Skibbereen Head of the River

The annual Skibbereen Head of the River on the Marina in Cork city attracted 288 crews for the time trial.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2016

Relaxed O’Donovan brothers too busy for pressure

The O’Donovan brothers, Gary and Paul, believe their busy competitive schedule has helped them avoid any dramatic Olympic comedown following their success in Rio last August.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Watch as Cork's Olympic heroes reflect on life after Olympic glory and fame

Olympic silver medallists, Gary and Paul O’Donovan from West Cork, are ‘Cork Persons of the Month’ winners following their herculean efforts at the Rio Olympics in August and earlier this week they spoke candidly to Awards Organiser, Manus O’Callaghan.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

O’Donovan brothers’ rowing club investing in future champs

Olympic medallists Paul and Gary O’Donovan’s rowing club has revealed ambitious expansion plans to ensure a conveyor belt of champions.

Thu, 01 Sep, 2016

‘Gary and Paul’s crew’ come out in force to welcome O'Donovan brothers home to Cork

You can imagine the type of conversation between the blue and green channels in Arrivals as the O’Donovan brothers ambled through last night.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2016

Skibbereen to welcome Olympic heroes Gary and Paul O’Donovan

Up to 10,000 people are expected to throng the streets of a West Cork town next Monday to welcome home Olympic silver medalists Gary and Paul O’Donovan.

Wed, 24 Aug, 2016

‘Pull like a dog’ t-shirt to raise funds for O'Donovan brothers’ rowing club

Limited edition t-shirts bearing the slogan #PullLikeADog have been launched in honour of the Olympic silver medal-winning O’Donovan brothers so that much-needed funds can be raised to upgrade their home rowing club.

Thu, 18 Aug, 2016

No secret recipe to O'Donovan brothers’ Olympics success

The granny credited by Ireland’s Olympic rowing heroes for fuelling them through tough winter training sessions has dismissed rumours of a secret recipe.

Tue, 16 Aug, 2016

Watch as mother of Ireland's rowing heroes arrives home to Cork Airport

We were on hand to grab a few words with Trish O'Donovan, the mother of Olympic silver-medal brothers Gary and Paul, as she arrived home to Cork Airport earlier today.

Mon, 15 Aug, 2016

Dominic Casey helped the O'Donovans go from messers to masters

The low-profile coach credited as the driving force behind the O’Donovans’ silver medal success once banned Gary from Skibbereen Rowing Club for a week.

Sat, 13 Aug, 2016

The O'Donovan brothers are claiming the family silver in Rio

Skibbereen: Population: 2,000; 2016 Olympic Silver medal winners: 2; Time it took to win those medals: 6 minutes 31.23 seconds; Amount of celebratory sculling done in the West Cork town last night: Nobody’s business.

Sat, 13 Aug, 2016

PICS & VIDEO: Humble Skibbereen rowing club manages to produce Olympians against all the odds

Kenny McCarthy’s abiding memory of Leander Rowing Club, where the Thames smooth waters glide, are of marble counter-tops in the toilets of a splendid pavilion-style building where Britain’s leading oarsmen avail of the very best care a rower can get.

Sat, 13 Aug, 2016

Ex-national champion: I remember when the O'Donovans began, they were lunatics, full of beans

A 16-time national rowing champion has told how Paul O'Donovan had aimed to row in Rio since the age of 12.

Fri, 12 Aug, 2016

Wind with West Cork’s rowing O'Donovan brothers

The hashtag #Medalsforthewest was trending strongly yesterday as the people of West Cork got over one set of celebrations and got down to preparations for the next in the hope that rowing brothers Gary, 23, and Paul, 22, O’Donovan will continue their success today in the men’s lightweight double sculls.

Fri, 12 Aug, 2016

Fashion shop rows in behind Olympic hopefuls

Fashion shop owner Sean Murray has the measure of two of Ireland’s Olympic medal hopefuls.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

Skibbereen's Olympic rowers in fundraising push after qualifying for Rio 2016

The public is being urged to row in with support for a sporting club in West Cork with two Olympians already qualified for Rio 2016.

Thu, 21 Jan, 2016

Trading Up

MAYFIELD, CORK €275,000

Sat, 26 Jan, 2013

Medal hopes high as rowers reach Olympic final

Hopes are high that four athletes will win the first Irish rowing medal at the Olympics this weekend.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

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