Rowing Ireland is delighted to announce the selected teams for the 2025 Junior Squad. Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches and clubs involved. Your hard work and commitment have brought you to this point. The standard of junior rowing in Ireland continues to rise each year and it is an exciting time to be part of the sport.
It has been a challenging year for trialling, with several cancellations early in the season due to adverse weather. We appreciate the patience and flexibility shown by athletes, coaches and clubs throughout the process. Looking ahead, we are currently finalising the plans for the 2025–2026 trialling process and will be in contact with all clubs before the new season begins to provide a clear outline of timelines and performance benchmarks.
While most of the squad has now been confirmed, there are still a few final selections to be made. Six junior women will take part in speed testing for the Junior Women’s Four for the World Championships. Athletes who are not selected for the World Championships will instead join the Coupe de la Jeunesse team.
At Cork Regatta, there will be one place available for a Junior Women’s Pair and two places available for Junior Men’s Pairs for the Home International Regatta. These places will be awarded to the fastest crews in the finals who have not already been named in the current squad selection.
Crews who wish to be considered for the final Home International positions must email clara.obrien@rowingireland.ie outlining the junior athletes who are looking to trial. These crews must be entered in the Women’s Division 1 2- or the Men’s Division 1 2- at Cork Regatta. It does not matter which category they enter under and composite crews may enter in the Senior category.
We thank everyone involved for their continued dedication and look forward to an exciting summer of junior international racing.
U19 World Championships – Trakai, Lithuania – August 6th – 12th
U19 Men’s Double
Jack Rafferty (St Michaels Rowing Club)
Jonah Kirby (Kenmare Rowing Club)
U19 Women’s Double
Sophia Young (Methodist College Belfast Rowing Club)
Aoife Hendy (Skibbereen Rowing Club)
U19 Men’s Quad
Harry McCartney (Methodist College Belfast Rowing Club)
Mattias Cogan (Skibbereen Rowing Club)
Bill Murphy (Cappoquin Rowing Club)
Evan O’Byrne (St Michaels Rowing Club)
U19 Men’s Four
Daniel Crozier (Methodist College Belfast Rowing Club)
Tommy Little (Neptune Rowing Club)
Richard Heaslip (Athlone Boat Club)
Paul Schofield (Colaiste Iognaid Rowing Club)
U19 Women’s Four
TBC depending on speed testing
Aida Hehir (St Michaels Rowing Club)
Cloda Phillips (St Michaels Rowing Club)
Naomi Robinson (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Isabella Wright (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Sarah Rockett (Athlone Boat Club)
Anna O’Grady (Athlone Boat Club)
Coupe de la Jeunesse – Linz, Austria – August 2nd & 3rd
Men’s Sculling Team
Sam Wheeler-O’Brien (Skibbereen Rowing Club)
Darragh Morris (Tralee Rowing Club)
Conal Gillard (Cork Boat Club)
Ronan Fahy (Muckross Rowing Club)
Darragh O’Mahony (Lee Valley Rowing Club)
Cian Scannell (Muckross Rowing Club)
Colin Creedon (Lee Valley Rowing Club)
Women’s Quad
Grace O’Sullivan (Tralee Rowing Club)
Eimear O’Flaherty (Lee Rowing Club)
Niamh O’Brien (Cork Boat Club)
Aoife Guiney (Lee Rowing Club)
Men’s Fours and Eight
Oisin O’Conaire (Colaiste Iognaid Rowing Club)
Emmett Villing (Neptune Rowing Club)
Hugh Curran (Neptune Rowing Club)
Jamie Waters (Neptune Rowing Club)
Evan Donaghy (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Ryan Topping (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Luke Bailey (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Austin Cassidy (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Cox: Abbey Wilson (Enniskillen Royal Boat Club)
Women’s Four
Abigail Fowler (Skibbereen Rowing Club)
Gracie Bates (Tara Rowing Club/Surbiton High School Boat Club)
Lorna McNamara (Castleconnell Boat Club)
Orlaith McEvoy (Tara Rowing Club/Wycliffe Rowing Club)
Men’s Pair
Darragh Collins (Athlone Boat Club)
Dominick Cunningham (Athlone Boat Club)
Home International – London, UK – July 26th
Men’s Sculling Team
Art Thornbury (St Michaels Rowing Club)
Michael Duke (Carlow Rowing Club)
Seán Harte (Waterford Boat Club)
Rory Keeley (Clonmel Rowing Club)
Women’s Sculling Team
Tara Payne (University College Cork Rowing Club)
Isabella Monahan (Shandon Boat Club)
Gaby Nagle (Fermoy Rowing Club)
Rachel Fuller (Muckross Rowing Club)
Men’s Sweep Team
Fionn Mowlds (Shandon Boat Club)
Harry Murphy (Shandon Boat Club)
Diarmuid Murphy (St Josephs Rowing Club)
Joseph Hedges (St Josephs Rowing Club)
Artur Siuda (Castleconnell Boat Club)
Donnacha Donnelly (Castleconnell Boat Club)
+ Two Pairs from Cork Regatta
Women’s Sweep Team
Ava Buckley (Shandon Boat Club)
Roisin Manning (Shandon Boat Club)
Isabelle Neff (Cork Boat Club)
Annabelle O’Sullivan (Cork Boat Club)
Juliette Ferte (Castleconnell Boat Club)
Meabh Kelly (Castleconnell Boat Club)
Amy Roberts (Castleconnell Boat Club)
Emily McIntee (Castleconnell Boat Club)
+ One Pair from Cork Regatta
Senior Men’s Sculling
Andrew O’Connor (Neptune Rowing Club)
Aaron Hurley (Commercial Boat Club)
+2 athletes from U23 Final Trial
Senior Men’s Sweep
Cathal Monahan (University of Galway Boat Club)
James Murphy (University of Galway Boat Club)
+8 athletes from U23 Final Trial
Senior Women’s Sculling
Cliodhna Nolan (University College Cork Rowing Club)
Niamh Kilgallon (Neptune Rowing Club)
Sarah Walsh (Sligo Rowing Club)
+1 athlete from U23 Final Trial
Senior Women’s Sweep
Aine O’Mahony (Fermoy Rowing Club)
Aine Gaffney (Shandon Boat Club)
Orla Gaffney (University of Limerick Rowing Club)
Tara Long (University of Limerick Rowing Club)
+6 athletes from U23 Final Trial
Para Team
PR3 Mix2x
Ella Keady (Tribesmen Rowing Club)
Nathan Guerin (Tralee Rowing Club)
PR1 1x
+1 from Cork Regatta
PR2 1x
+1 from Cork Regatta
