Fintan McCarthy

“We’ll be reunited soon.” Thousands of fans descended upon Dublin‘s O’Connell Street on Monday afternoon to welcome home Ireland’s Olympics team on their return from Paris. While most of Ireland’s athletes were in attendance, there were some notable absentees, the most outstanding being gold medalist Paul O’Donovan. The Skibbereen rowing champ raced to glory alongside […]

1 year ago

There’ll be no sleeping after that one. Paul O’Donovan and his double-sculls partner Fintan McCarthy have won the Olympic Gold medal after another brilliant row on the Tokyo water. Expectations were high heading into the final, and the men from Skibbereen didn’t disappoint, clawing back the German pace-setters before powering to victory in the final […]

4 years ago