Dressed in gold: Irish rowers savour never-to-be-forgotten year at gala awards night

Rowing Ireland celebrates historic year at the Olympic celebration and annual awards night

SOMETHING IN THE WATER: Irish Olympic Rowers from left, bronze medallist Daire Lynch, Natalie Long, Fiona Murtagh, gold medallist Fintan McCarthy, Eimear Lambe, Alison Bergin, Margaret Cremen and gold medallist Paul O'Donovan at the Rowing Ireland's Olympic Celebration and Awards Night at Fota Island Resort in Cork. Pic: Matt Browne, Sportsfile

ROWING Ireland didn't do it, but might have been minded to advise on a non-gold dress code for the weekend's annual awards night at the glamorous Fota Island Hotel and resort in Cork. 

There was plenty of it about anyway.