Performance

These are results from the Paris Olympics 2024:

Rowing: 

2 alumni Paul O Donovan & Fintan McCarthy took pride of place by coming home 1st in the Men's Lightweight double scull event, retaining the title they won in Tokyo.

Current student Margaret Cremen along with UCC alumnus Aoife Casey reached the Women's Lightweight double scull where they finished a credible 5th

UCC alumnus Aifric Keogh competed in the Women's Pair and secured an impressive second-place finish in the B Final and finishing eighth overall.

UCC alumnus Emily Hegarty competed in the women's 4 and they rounded off their Olympics by winning the B final. This finish placed the Women’s Four seventh overall at the Games.

Athletics:

One of the highlights of the Olympic Games on the track was the performance of the women's 4 x 400m relay team. UCC alumnus Phil Healy was a crucial member of this team who narrowly missed out on a medal finishing in 4th place in a National Record time.

There was a number of UCC students involved in Cork's victory in the All Ireland Senior Camogie Final 2024.

Molly Lynch (Sarsfields) was the captain of the senior team and others were Meadhbh Murphy (Ballinora), Pamela & Katrina Mackey (Douglas), Hannah Looney (Killeagh), Laura Hayes (St Catherine's), Aoife Healy (Aghada), Fiona Keating (Coursey Rovers), Amy O'Connor (St Vincent's), Hayley Ryan (Blackrock), Emma Murphy (Glen Rovers), Orlaith Mullins (Sarsfields), Clodagh Finn (Fr O'Neills), Ciara O'Sullivan (Newcestown), Meabh Cahalane (St Finbarr's), Ciara O'Leary (Cloughduv), Ciara Hurley (St Finbarr's), Niamh O'Leary (Brian Dillions), Olivia McAllen (Sarsfields), Meadhbh Ring (Aghabollogue), Avril Cashman (Youghal), Niamh O'Regan (St Catherine's), Cliona Dooley (Ballinora), Caoimhe Buckley (Inniscarra), Lucy Allen (Sarsfields), Eimear Duignan (Mallow) and Aisling Egan (St Finbarr's)

International Representation 2024-2025

Hockey:

• UCC students Julia McCarthy & Robyn Murphy were part of the Irish U21 hockey team who competed in the U21 Eurohockey Championships in Spain in July. Following their performances at these championships, the Irish team has now qualified for the U21 World Cup - a fantastic achievement for the Irish squad.

Rugby

• UCC RFC players Ben O’Connor and Sean Edogbo along with UCC student Danny Sheehan, were part of the Irish U20 squad for the U20 World Championships.

  Unfortunately, they were beaten by England in the semifinal on a scoreline of Ireland 20 - 31 England.

Sailing

• UCC Sailing Club represented the Irish third level institutions at the FISU World Sailing Championships which were held in Lake Garda, Italy from 6 – 10 June. The UCC crew was: Jack O Sullivan, Mia Murphy, Lena-Ellen (Leslie) Collins, Mícheál O Súilleabháin, Michael Carroll, Sally O Flynn. They performed extremely well and came a credible 7th overall.

Intervarsity Winners:

Taylor Heffernan made history, earning a bronze medal at the WAKO Senior European Championships in Athens, a first for the university in Kick Light.

Mags Cremen secured a silver medal in the lightweight single sculls at the European Rowing Championships in Hungary in April.

Hockey

• UCC Hockey Women's firsts were Munster Senior Cup Finalists

• They were unbeaten in the group stages of the EY League 2 and qualified for the promotion play-offs. This resulted in the team being promoted to EY League 1 for 2024/25.

• UCC students Robyn Murphy and Julia McCarthy were selected for the Irish U21s for the Europeans. Lauren Cripps was selected as a non travelling reserve.

Paralympics

• UCC Quercus Scholar Mary Fitzgerald secured a bronze medal at the European Para Games in her senior European debut in the shot put in May 2021.
• Quercus scholar Mary Fitzgerald represented Ireland at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo in shot put and finished in 6^th place.

• Mary Fitzgerald represented Ireland in the Paralympic games in Paris in 2024. She secured 8th position in the Womens Shot Put F40 with a throwing distance of 7.64 Meters.