Sligo’s Mona McSharry and Olympic gold medallist Daniel Wiffen will spearhead the Ireland team to compete at this August’s European Swimming Championships.
McSharry returns to the French capital for the first time since winning her Olympic bronze medal for Ireland in 2024.
The Euros will run from August 10-16th.
McSharry’s scholarship commitments in the United States have meant that she has been unavailable to compete at the European Championships in recent years – but she is ready to go for the 2026 edition.
Ireland is sending its largest ever team of swimmers (26) to the Euros.
The squad features a strong blend of proven performers and emerging talent, with European Short Course bronze medallist Evan Bailey, European U23 Champion Ellie McCartney, European U23 medallist Eoin Corby and European Junior medallist Grace Davison all earning selection.
Jack Kelly, fresh from a dominant Irish Open Championships where he secured all three Breaststroke titles, is set to make his senior Ireland debut on the European stage.
Olympians Darragh Greene, Conor Ferguson and Victoria Catterson also return to international competition, pulling on the green Ireland jacket for the first time since the Paris Olympic Games.
Adam Bradley, Alana Burns-Atkin, Cormac Rynn, Denis O’Brien, Jack Cassin, Danielle Farrell, Liam Custer, Lottie Cullen, Matthew Hamilton, Nathan Wiffen and Rosalie Phelan all bring international experience, while Jacob Armon is set to make his Ireland debut.
Nathan Wiffen has also opted to contest the Open Water event, which will take place in the River Seine prior to the pool programme — the same venue where his brother Daniel became Ireland’s first-ever Olympic Open Water swimmer in 2024.
Ireland team for European Swimming Championships 2026
Athlete Name
Home Coaching Programme
Coach
Jacob Armon
Swansea University
Graeme Antwhistle
Evan Bailey
University of Texas
Bob Bowman
Adam Bradley
Mount Kelly
Emma Collings-Barnes
Alana Burns-Atkin
National Centre (Ulster)
Kevin Anderson
Jack Cassin
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
Victoria Catterson
Sydney University Performance Centre
Richard Scarce
Eoin Corby
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
Lottie Cullen
National Centre (Ulster)
Kevin Anderson
Liam Custer
Stanford University
Dan Schemmel
Grace Davison
Ards
Curtis Coulter
Tom Fannon
National Centre (Dublin)
Steve Beckerleg
Danielle Farrell
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
Conor Ferguson
National Centre (Ulster)
Kevin Anderson
Darragh Greene
Gold Coast Performance Centre
Mel Marshall
Matthew Hamilton
Plymouth College
Roberto Pavoni
Danielle Hill
Larne
Peter Hill
Jack Kelly
Longhorn Aquatics
Bob Bowman
Ellie McCartney
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
Mona McSharry
University of Tennessee
Matt Kredich
Denis O’Brien
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
Rosalie Phelan
National Centre (Ulster)
Kevin Anderson
Cormac Rynn
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
John Shortt
National Centre (Limerick)
John Szaranek
Ellen Walshe
Templeogue
Brian Sweeney
Daniel Wiffen
National Centre (Dublin)
Steve Beckerleg
Nathan Wiffen
National Centre (Dublin)
Steve Beckerleg