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1977: Jes cadet eight, winners at the Galway Regatta. From left, Eoin O'Donnellan, Redmond O'Brien, Conor Brown, Rory Griffin, Conor Clifford, Eoin McCambridge, John O'Neill, Joe Maloney and Sean Carney (cox).
1975: The winning Jes Senior School Eights crew at the Galway Regatta.
Front row from left: Eamon Lawless (coach) Brendan O'Dea, Frank
Kinneen, (cox), and John Donovan. Standing from left: Cormac O'Neill, Donagh O'Leary, David Mullins, Vincent Rogan, James Kelly (captain)
and Colm O'Donnellan.
1975: The winning Jes Colt Eight at the Galway Regatta. From left, Frank Kinneen, John Lawless, Michael Kelly, Kieran Forde, David Donovan, John Curran, Kevin Byrne, Michael Reilly and (front) Brian Forde, cox.
1975: Trinity Regatta at Long Meadows Islandbridge with Trinity Boat club in the background. Vincent Rogan (stroke), Brendan O’Dea, James Kelly, Colm O’Donnellan, David Mullins, Donagh O’Leary, Cormac O’Neill and John Donovan (bow).
1975: The winning Galway Rowing Club Senior Four at the Galway Regatta. From left, Eamon Colclough, Jim Styke, Tony Walsh (cox), Tony Freeney and Billy Lawless. Not a Jes crew, but one with close connections to the Jes Club.
1974: The Jes Senior Eight. Eamonn Lawless (coach), Paul Lawless, John Murphy, Kennedy O’Brien, Joe Healy, Vincent Rogan, Colm O’Donnellan, James Kelly, Brendan O’Dea with Seamus Storan (cox) in front.
The Jes Eight defeated St. Joseph's College by two lengths in the Schoolboy Senior Eights for the Anderson Cup at the Corrib Regatta in June 1974 after a gap of sixteen years (1958).
1974: The champion CIRC Senior rowers being welcomed back from the Championships by the Mayor of Galway. Back row from left, Colm O'Donnellan, Donough O'Leary, John Murphy (stroke) Joe Healy, Vincent Rogan (captain) , Brendan O'Dea, Alderman Fintan Coogan T.D., Mayor of Galway. Front row from left, Paul Lawless, Séamus Storan (cox) and James Kelly.
The CIRC Senior Eight and Four pulled off the double Championship in Enniskillen to bring to the College, for the first time, the Senior Eights and Fours Schoolboy/Youth Championship of Ireland.
These crews were then honoured with Irish singlets and rowed for Ireland at the Homes International in Wales. CIRC beat Scotland and Wales and were just pipped by England in both events. They were the first Jes crews to represent Ireland at the Homes International Regatta.
In an email from Kieran Forde, now living in Saudi Arabia, Kieran was the first to report to us that the 1973/74 crew won the “senior schools” 8 and 4 at the National Championships.
1973: Limerick Regatta. Winners of the IARU Trophy. From left, Gerard Hannon, Vincent Rogan, Eamon Lawless (coach), Tony Freeney, Colm Dalton and in front, Seamus Storan (cox).
1973: The Jes Senior Crew. From left, Rev Eddie Diffley S.J., Christy Dooley, Paul Lawless, Kennedy O'Brien, Mairtin Phelan, Mick Kelly, Gerard Hannon, Vincent Rogan, Tony Freeney, Colm Dalton, Eamon Lawless (coach), and Seamus Storan. Photo taken outside the old CIRC clubhouse.
1970: A gathering of CIRC Colts and Cadets. From left, M. Power, J. Murphy, P.Moran, N. O'Donnellan, D. Conneely, D. O'Leary, C. Rogan, C. D'Alton, E. Rabbitte, D. Mannion, S. O'Rourke, D. Hynes, M. Phelan and R. O'Donnellan.
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