‘My heart hasn’t restarted yet’: Skibbereen celebrates O’Donovan and McCarthy's Olympic gold

Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy claimed Ireland's first-ever Olympics gold in rowing

Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy celebrate victory in the lightweight double sculls at Tokyo 2020 (Danny Lawson/PA)

Few members of Skibbereen Rowing Club in Cork have managed to get much sleep in the last 12 hours.

In a small polytunnel usually reserved for winter training, a small crowd of around 20 people gathered to watch local rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy in the lightweight double sculls in Tokyo.