Revealed: Here's when the homecoming for Skibbereen's Olympic rowers will take place

Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan celebrate with their gold medals. Picture: INPHO/James Crombie

After gold in the rivers of Paris, there will be celebrations on the banks of Skibbereen when the town's Olympic heroes are welcomed back on September 1.

The West Cork town's gold medalists, Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, as well as fellow Olympians Aoife Casey and Emily Hegarty, will be welcomed home with an open top bus parade through the town on Sunday week.