Swim Ireland have announced a ten-strong squad of four men and six women for the up and coming European Short Course swimming championships write RTÉ sport’s John Kenny.
Veteran Donal O’Neill will lead the men's squad, which also includes Conor Leaney, Steven McQuillan and Michael Dawson for the event which will take place in Istanbul in Turkey from 10 to 13 December
Grainne Murphy, the Irish teenage swimming sensation, who won three gold medals at the European junior championships in Prague in July, is part of the Istanbul bound squad.
Also included are Limerick team-mates Nuala Murphy and Niamh O’Sullivan, Bangor’s Claire Dawson and Olympians Melanie Nocher and Aishling Cooney
The squad is without four US based swimmers, Andrew Bree Barry Murphy Karl Budis and Ryan Harrison who all swam in the world championships in Rome earlier this year.
Ireland will also have men’s and women’s relay squads in Istanbul.
Irish squad for Istanbul
Donal O’Neill - 50, 100 Back
Conor Leaney - 100, 200, 400 Free
Steven McQuillan -100 Free; 50, 100 Fly
Michael Dawson - 50, 100 Beastroke
Aisling Cooney - 100 Free; 50, 100, 200 Back; 50 Fly
Grainne Murphy - 400, 800 Free; 200, 400 IM
Melanie Nocher - 100 Free; 100, 200 Back
Nuala Murphy - 200, 400, 800 Free; 200 Back
Niamh O’Sullivan - 100, 200, 400, 800 Free
Clare Dawson - 50, 100, 200 Free
