A huge crowd gathered in Dublin’s city centre on Monday to welcome Team Ireland home from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Ireland’s 133 athletes brought home a record medal haul, making it our most successful Olympic Games in history.
This afternoon, the Team Ireland Olympians were welcomed home with a celebratory homecoming event on O’Connell Street.
Look at this for a welcome at our official homecoming! ✨🔥💚 pic.twitter.com/LCFClL2lb8
— Team Ireland (@TeamIreland) August 12, 2024
Paris 2024 saw the largest-ever Irish contingent travel to the Olympics, as 133 athletes competed across a wider array of sports than ever before.
Taoiseach Simon Harris was on hand to thank the athletes for inspiring the nation, and said there must now be a legacy from the Paris Olympics.
Team Ireland competed across 14 sports, winning seven medals in total.
The athletes came home with 4 golds and 3 bronze medals, making it the highest-ever medal tally by finishing 19th on the medal table.
Daniel Wiffen won gold in the men’s 800m final and also took home a bronze in the men’s 1,500-metre.
Rhys McClenaghan nabbed gold in the pommel horse final, becoming Ireland’s first medalist in artistic gymnastics.
Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy won the gold medal for Ireland in the men’s lightweight double sculls, defending their Olympic title after placing first in Tokyo.
Dubliner Kellie Harrington placed first in the women’s 60kg boxing event, also defending her gold medal title from the previous Games.
Mona McSharry won an Olympic Games bronze medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke, becoming the first Team Ireland athlete to win a medal for Ireland in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Philip Doyle & Daire Lynch also secured an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s double sculls final in the rowing.
Minister for Sport Catherine Martin said: “Team Ireland has made the nation so proud, our most successful team ever at an Olympic Games.”
“Over these past few weeks, thousands of Irish supporters travelled to France to loudly cheer on the team and it was clear that our athletes greatly appreciated this support.”
“We have invested at all levels, from the high-performance system right on down to the grassroots community level and we will continue to build on that investment in the years to come, to provide our athletes with the support they deserve.”
Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education Thomas Byrne added: “We sent our biggest-ever team to the Paris Games, and they have returned with our greatest-ever medal haul.
“What we have seen in Paris represents the very best of a strong Irish sports system that is delivering for a diversity of sports.”
