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Mags Cremen and Fintan McCarthy celebrate after winning gold in the mixed double

Double gold for Irish rowers at World Championships

There was double gold joy for Ireland at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai as Fiona Murtagh in the women's singles and Fintan McCarthy and Mags Cremen in the mixed double sculls both assumed top place on their respective podiums.

Rowing • 28 Sep

1 June 2025; Fiona Murtagh of Ireland celebrates with a silver medal after the Women’s Single Sculls A Final at the 2025 European Rowing Championships at Plovdiv Canoe and Rowing Centre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo by Nikola Krstic/Sportsfile

Single scull a silver lining for crewless Murtagh

Fiona Murtagh has experienced the high and lows of Olympic competition. Now the Galway woman is back on the water as a single-sculler and loving the new lease of life.

Rowing • 27 Jun

Fiona Murtagh landed Ireland's second medal of the championships

Murtagh adds to Ireland's haul with silver in Plovdiv

Fiona Murtagh has claimed Ireland's second medal of the European Rowing Championships by taking silver in the single sculls in Plovdiv.

Rowing • 01 Jun

Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe and Imogen Magner are heading to Paris

Women's four Olympic-bound but heartbreak for Puspure

The Irish women's four of Emily Hegarty, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe and Imogen Magner will again fight for an Olympic medal after securing a place in Paris at the final qualification regatta.

Rowing • 21 May 24

Fiona Murtagh and Aifric Keogh pose with their silver medals

Murtagh and Keogh take World Cup silver in Italy

Irish crews picked up two medals at the World Cup I rowing event in Italy on Sunday morning.

Rowing • 14 Apr 24

(L-R): Eimear Lambe, Tara Hanlon, Aifric Keogh and Natalie Long with their silver medals

Women's four claim silver at European Championships

Ireland's Tara Hanlon, Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe and Natalie Long have won silver in the women's four at the European Rowing Championships in Munich.

Rowing • 13 Aug 22

Aoife Casey had over four seconds to spare when winning her heat

Ireland in three rowing finals, illness forces duo out

Three Irish boats have sealed final places at the European Championships in Munich, while Sanita Puspure and Zoe Hyde had to withdraw from their events because of illness.

Rowing • 13 Aug 22

The victorious quartet (l-r) of Emily Hegarty, Fiona Murtagh, Eimear Lambe and Aifric Keogh

Tokyo 2020: Meet the rowing bronze medallists

History was made in Tokyo on Wednesday as the Women's Four became the first female Irish athletes to win Olympic rowing medals.

Olympics • 28 Jul 21

Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty with their bronze medals

Tokyo 2020: Irish rowing quartet battle to bronze

Ireland have their first medal of the Tokyo Olympics after the quartet of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty produced a stunning finish to take the bronze medal in the women's four final.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Fiona Murtagh

Fiona Murtagh teams up with fellow Galway woman and Olympic Bronze medallist Aifric Keogh to contest the women's pair

Rowing • 22 Jul 24

The Irish boat has a date with destiny in Lucerne on Sunday morning

Irish quartet advance to final at Olympic qualifier

Ireland's women's four team of Emily Hegarty, Eimear Lambe, Aifric Keogh and Fiona Murtagh recorded an effortless win in their heat at the final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne this morning.

Rowing • 15 May 21

Fiona Murtagh

Double gold for Irish rowers at World Championships

Single scull a silver lining for crewless Murtagh

Murtagh adds to Ireland's haul with silver in Plovdiv

Women's four Olympic-bound but heartbreak for Puspure

Murtagh and Keogh take World Cup silver in Italy

Women's four claim silver at European Championships

Ireland in three rowing finals, illness forces duo out

Tokyo 2020: Meet the rowing bronze medallists

Tokyo 2020: Irish rowing quartet battle to bronze

Fiona Murtagh

Irish quartet advance to final at Olympic qualifier

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