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Fiona Murtagh claimed gold in the women's single sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai.

Paul Schofield will compete at the World Rowing Junior Championships in Lithuania, while Eoin O’Connaire has been selected to row at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Austria — both events taking place in August.

A student from Coláiste Iognáid has been called up to represent Rowing Ireland at the U19 European Rowing Championships 2025.

International participants have been confirmed for the Tribesmen rowing time trial event taking place on the River Corrib on March 15.

GAA heroics

GAA heroics

The Tribesmen Head of the River (THOR) rowing time trial event will take place on the River Corrib during St Patrick's weekend in 2025.

In 1934, a group of Jes boys gathered in Keogh’s shop, next to the school, to discuss the formation of a school rowing club. As there was no one on the staff to take charge, the school turned down the application but the boys were persistent and made another appeal. So, in October, 1934, the Jes Rowing Club was formed. They had to put together a crew, find a coach, get a boat and a base on the river so that they could get on the water.

Sports clubs across Galway are to receive a €15 million slice of the half billion euro sports funding pie announced by government ministers this week.

On this day 85 years ago, the fourth of July 1929, rowing history was made at Galway Regatta when a crew from the Menlo Emmetts Club brought the Senior Eights Championship trophy to Galway for the first time. All of the crew were from the small village a few miles up the Corrib, were native Irish speakers, and had lived locally and worked by the river all of their lives.