Wicklow Team Smashes Round Ireland Rowing Record

5th July 2025

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The Row Hard or Go Home team on their boat Liberty celebrate upon their arrival into Baltimore after 15 days rowing around the coast of Ireland Credit: Row Hard or Go Home/Facebook

Four coastal rowers from Wicklow have smashed the record for the fastest unsupported row around Ireland.

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Row Hard or Go Home team — comprising Diarmuid Ó Briain, Tom Nolan, Mick Dowling and Cormac Conroy — set out from Baltimore in the early hours of 18 June to raise funds for Rathdrum Cancer Support and Vartry Rowing Club Wicklow.

They returned to a heroes’ welcome on Thursday 3 July after more than halving the previous circumnavigation record with an approximate time of 15 days and 16 hours, subject to ratification.

The effort involved a tremendous final push where the quartet skipped sleep for the last 24 hours to row 90 minutes on, 30 minutes off.

So far the fab four have raised more than €38,000 towards their €40,000 goal, and donations can still be made via their GoFundMe page.

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