Skib Rowing Club ‘high on life’ after O’Donovan and McCarthy claim gold

The Skibbereen pair were favourites from the off and lived up to that tag, overpowering Germany, their closest rivals

Golden boys: Ireland's Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan on the podium for the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire.

A West Cork town is celebrating after Ireland made history in the early hours of Thursday morning. 

Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy claimed Ireland's first-ever gold medal in rowing at the Olympics.