Sligo’s Mona McSharry and Olympic gold medallist Daniel Wiffen will spearhead the Ireland team to compete at this August’s European Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n
McSharry returns to the French capital for the first time since winning her Olympic bronze medal for Ireland in 2024.<\/p>\n
The Euros will run from August 10-16th.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Ireland is sending its largest ever team of swimmers (26) to the Euros.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Adam Bradley, Alana Burns-Atkin, Cormac Rynn, Denis O\u2019Brien, 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.<\/p>\n
Nathan Wiffen has also opted to contest the Open Water event, which will take place in the River Seine prior to the pool programme \u2014 the same venue where his brother Daniel became Ireland\u2019s first-ever Olympic Open Water swimmer in 2024.<\/p>\n
Ireland team for European Swimming Championships 2026<\/p>\n
Athlete Name<\/p>\n
Home Coaching Programme<\/p>\n
Coach<\/p>\n
Jacob Armon<\/p>\n
Swansea University<\/p>\n
Graeme Antwhistle<\/p>\n
Evan Bailey<\/p>\n
University of Texas<\/p>\n
Bob Bowman<\/p>\n
Adam Bradley<\/p>\n
Mount Kelly<\/p>\n
Emma Collings-Barnes<\/p>\n
Alana Burns-Atkin<\/p>\n
National Centre (Ulster)<\/p>\n
Kevin Anderson<\/p>\n
Jack Cassin<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
Victoria Catterson<\/p>\n
Sydney University Performance Centre<\/p>\n
Richard Scarce<\/p>\n
Eoin Corby<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
Lottie Cullen<\/p>\n
National Centre (Ulster)<\/p>\n
Kevin Anderson<\/p>\n
Liam Custer<\/p>\n
Stanford University<\/p>\n
Dan Schemmel<\/p>\n
Grace Davison<\/p>\n
Ards<\/p>\n
Curtis Coulter<\/p>\n
Tom Fannon<\/p>\n
National Centre (Dublin)<\/p>\n
Steve Beckerleg<\/p>\n
Danielle Farrell<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
Conor Ferguson<\/p>\n
National Centre (Ulster)<\/p>\n
Kevin Anderson<\/p>\n
Darragh Greene<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Performance Centre<\/p>\n
Mel Marshall<\/p>\n
Matthew Hamilton<\/p>\n
Plymouth College<\/p>\n
Roberto Pavoni<\/p>\n
Danielle Hill<\/p>\n
Larne<\/p>\n
Peter Hill<\/p>\n
Jack Kelly<\/p>\n
Longhorn Aquatics<\/p>\n
Bob Bowman<\/p>\n
Ellie McCartney<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
Mona McSharry<\/p>\n
University of Tennessee<\/p>\n
Matt Kredich<\/p>\n
Denis O’Brien<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
Rosalie Phelan<\/p>\n
National Centre (Ulster)<\/p>\n
Kevin Anderson<\/p>\n
Cormac Rynn<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
John Shortt<\/p>\n
National Centre (Limerick)<\/p>\n
John Szaranek<\/p>\n
Ellen Walshe<\/p>\n
Templeogue<\/p>\n
Brian Sweeney<\/p>\n
Daniel Wiffen<\/p>\n
National Centre (Dublin)<\/p>\n
Steve Beckerleg<\/p>\n
Nathan Wiffen<\/p>\n
National Centre (Dublin)<\/p>\n
Steve Beckerleg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sligo’s Mona McSharry and Olympic gold medallist Daniel Wiffen will spearhead the Ireland team to compete at this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-422490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}