Inside Skibbereen Rowing Club - home to Olympic champions Paul O'Donovan & Fintan McCarthy

Skibbereen Rowing Club will send seven members to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Olympic Silver medallist from Rio, Paul O’Donovan, will look to go one better when he teams up with fellow Skibb oarsman Fintan McCarthy in the lightweight double.
Paul and Fintan were in the boat together when claiming World Gold in 2019.
Paul’s brother Gary, also a Rio silver medallist, will be held in reserve.
Emily Hegarty takes her seat in the women's four while Aoife Casey goes in the double. Aoife’s dad Dominic is on the Irish coaching ticket and reserve Lydia Heaphey makes up the magnificent Skibbereen seven.
Inside Ireland's greatest rowing club takes you behind the scenes at Skibbereen Rowing Club and attempts to answer just what makes the club so special.
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Inside Ireland's greatest rowing club is the third episode of The Big Story from The Southern Star.
It is written and produced by Southern Star sports editor Kieran McCarthy and Southern Star digital manager Jack McCarron.
It was edited by Jack McCarron with reporting also from, Kieran McCarthy.
Video production was from Séamus Ó Súilleabháin.
The series editor is Siobhan Cronin.
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[@philwhite5489]

Outstanding work. This club is punching well above its weight and producing world beaters.

[@easybee5778]

Skibbereen’s Rowing Club are tough to beat! I’ve rowed against them.

[@easybee5778]

@Razor Mouth I was with MCB rowing club, from Belfast. We rowed against Skibbereen at the Irish Champs down in Cork. I rowed in Women’s J16 coxed quads in 2006/7. We launched from Skibbereen and the lads ran down the slipway to help us in.

[@easybee5778]

It was a while ago, to be fair. But Skibbereen were always the ones to beat!

[@easybee5778]

@Razor Mouth It was National, teams from across Ireland competing! We’re so immensely proud of Fintan and Paul, even up here in the North!

[@gerardcorcoran6673]

Up Cork

[@concong4183]

Who's the eejit with the mask on? Don't you know it's the flu?