About this club
St Michael's Rowing Club was founded in Limerick in 1901. Its city clubhouse is at O'Callaghan Strand, Limerick, V94 R2R4, on the River Shannon, and it also has a non-tidal training site at O'Briensbridge.
The club began in a small boathouse in the docks under first captain Michael Joyce. It moved to O'Callaghan Strand in 1940 and purchased the O'Briensbridge site in 2013.
St Michael's caters for rowers from junior 12 through to masters aged over 60, including both competitive and recreational participation. Its own site describes rowing throughout the year.
The published fleet includes five eights, six coxed fours or quads, five coxless fours or quads, six pairs or doubles and 12 single sculls. Training facilities include a gym, weights area and 15 Concept2 rowing machines.
The club's history records its first senior-eight national championship in 2007, 106 years after foundation and the first such Limerick win in 80 years. The same club account records 197 international selections, appearances at three World Championships and three Olympic regattas.
Among its international rowers, Sam Lynch won the lightweight single sculls World Championship in 2001 and 2002, and Sinead Jennings took World Championship silver in 2008. In 2025 Jack Rafferty and Jonah Kirby won European under-19 bronze and World under-19 gold.
St Michael's first staged its Head of the River in December 1981 with 34 crews. The event later grew beyond 500 entries, making it a major part of the Limerick rowing calendar.
Upcoming competitions hosted by St Michael's Rowing Club
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