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Celebrating 90 years of Jes Rowing
Jes Rowing Goes From Strength to Strength
With 80+ members, Coláiste Iognáid Rowing Club is now one of the largest in the country.
The club's reputation and standing have been enhanced by successes in events around Ireland, including the national championships, and by the selection of Jes rowers to compete for Ireland in international events.
Achievements in 2023 - 2024 » 2022-2023 » 2021-2022 » 2020-2021 » 2019-2020 » 2018-2019 » 2017-2018
In the 2023-2024 season:
You may find more information in our 2023 - 2024 events archive.
In the 2023-2024 season:
- 2 of our senior rowers, Oisin O’Conaire and Paul Schofield, were selected for Ireland's crew in the Homes International Regatta.
- In what was dubbed the race of the regatta, the Jes MJ18 8+ led by inches, in the final of the National Championships, for most of the race, only to be pipped by the Bish by the narrowest of margins - a photo-finish showed the Jes crossing the line 0.1 seconds behind for Silver.
- CIRC's Womens' J16 8+ won the shools championships.
- The Jes MJ18 8+ staved off 2 Bish crews to win the hotly-contested Anderson Cup in the Galway Regatta.
- Grace Flaherty won the WJ14 500m sprint in the Irish Indoor Rowing Championships (IIRC) for the 2nd year in a row - in a time that would have earned her 2nd place in the WJ18 500m race.
- Our senior Crews competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the Youth (under 19) category.
W8+: Aoibheann Ni Dhonaill (Bow), Emma Tannian, Sadhbh Mannering, Caoimhe Brennan, Eva McCarthy, Ciara Mulry, Chloe Burke, Anna Trench (Stroke), Mactire Tighe (Cox)
M8+: Jack Mannion (Bow), Paul Schofield, Cuan Friel, Tomas O Fatharta, Frank O'Brien, Alex Bogue, Finnin Mc Cormack, Ygor Karr (Stroke), James Crawley (Cox)
Our womens 8+ (average age: 16.3) finished the course in 21m 24s - 4m 10s after the winners to earn them 82nd place out of 90 contestants.
Our mens crew (with an average age of 17.2), crossed the line after 17m 17s, only 2m 03s behind the winning crew to place them 58th (also out of 90).
You may find more information in our 2023 - 2024 events archive.
Former members of the club have gone on to successfully represent Ireland or their club at World U23 Championships, World University Games, Henley Royal Regatta, Women's Henley, National Senior Championships, World Senior Championships, and the Olympics.
The club's success is only possible because of the great team spirit and work ethic shown by the rowers, the coaches and the many people who support the club in so many different ways. The members of the club would like to thank everybody who has helped: the coaches who give so much of their time; the committee, who keep the club running smoothly and organise fundraising; parents, who help out in many ways; and the Principal and school, who support the club so well.
A Jesuit presence in Galway can be dated to as far back as the 1620's. An invitation in 1859 by the Bishop led to the establishment of St. Ignatius College in 1863. St. Ignatius College continued until 1926 and was re-established as Coláiste Iognáid in 1929.
The school still maintains its Jesuit ethos, although the staff is now predominantly made up of lay persons. The school, and by extension our rowing club, are equally well known locally as "the Jes".
The rowing club was founded in 1934 and has been at its current site at Earl's Island within the grounds of the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway) since the early nineteen fifties.
