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  Ellen Walshe recorded two top seed times and set a new Irish Record while Mona McSharry set a new Championship Record as the Irish Open Swimming Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials continued in Bangor on Friday morning.   Templeogue’s Walshe, already a double national champion in Bangor in the 200m Butterfly and 400m Individual […]

  John Shortt and Jack Kelly starred on the second night of finals at the Irish Open Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials in Bangor. The duo set new Irish and Championship records and joined several other swimmers in securing twenty-four consideration times across the European Aquatics Championships, Commonwealth Games, European Para Swimming Championships and European

  Records, qualification times and standout performances marked another strong session at the Irish Open Swimming Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials in Bangor, as Ireland’s leading stars and emerging talents booked their places in tonight’s finals and put themselves firmly in contention for this summer’s major international meets, including the European Aquatics Championships and Commonwealth

  The first night of finals at the Irish Open Swimming Championships and Commonwealth Games at the Bangor Aurora saw several of Ireland’s top swimmers, including Olympic Champion Daniel Wiffen, qualify for Summer International Meets including the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July and European Aquatics Championships in Paris in August.   Wiffen got the

  Swim Ireland’s Irish Open Swimming Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials got underway at the Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex on Wednesday morning with Grace Davison lighting up the pool with a new Irish Senior and Championship Record.   Davison, a Paris Olympian and 2025 European junior medallist, broke her own 2025 Irish Record of 54.80,

  At the Para Swimming World Series in Barcelona, Ireland capped off the week in golden fashion as Barry McClements, Dearbhaile Brady, Ellie Lynch and Luke O’Donoghue won gold in the 4x100m Freestyle Relay in 4:42.41.     O’Donogue (1:15.07) and Luke Brennan (1:22.59) closed out the weekend with fifth and seventh respectively in the

  In Barcelona, the penultimate day of the 2026 Para Swimming World Series concluded this evening, with both Luke O’Donoghue and Ellie Lynch competing in Youth Finals. O’Donoghue delivered the standout performance of the night, claiming a youth silver medal. The Kingdom man secured Ireland’s third medal of the meet, winning silver in the 100m

  Following last night’s medal success, Ireland were back racing in Barcelona for day two of the Para Swimming World Series, with five Irish Para swimmers on the blocks for this evening’s finals, including three Paris 2024 Paralympians. In Paris, Ellen Walshe, John Shortt and Ellie McCartney all won silver at the Giant Open Meet.

  The Barcelona stop of the 2026 Para Swimming World Series got underway today, with seven Irish Para swimmers racing against some of the world’s top talent on the Para swimming circuit. Ireland reached the podium on two occasions this evening, as Dearbhaile Brady won silver in the 50m Butterfly (S6) final, while Luke Brennan

Alliance Amateur Swimming Club is recruiting! Alliance ASC are looking for a Level 2 Coach to join their team. This new appointment will become a key member of our coaching group and help us build into the next phase of our development. The right candidate will lead delivery for our Development and Regional Squads and