Swimmer Tom Fannon is one of the 133 athletes making up Team Ireland for Paris 2024.Team Ireland

The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games will be hosted in Paris, France on Friday, July 26, officially kicking off the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.

With 133 athletes, this will be Ireland’s largest-ever team competing at an Olympic Games.

Team Ireland - donning slick designs from Irish designer Laura Weber - will be among the 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) taking part in what is sure to be a spectacle on Friday night. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony will not take place in a stadium - instead, the parade of some 10,400 athletes will be held on the Seine with boats for each national delegation.

While celebrating its largest team ever, Ireland is also celebrating 100 years of competing as Team Ireland in the Olympic Games.

In 1924, a 48-person team represented Ireland as a nation in the Games, which also took place in Paris. This year, Team Ireland's 133 athletes are competing across 14 sports. 

Team Ireland noted ahead of the Opening Ceremony that while the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 boast a 50/50 gender balance, the Irish team almost replicates this with 64 female athletes and 69 male athletes – a 48/52 balance.

In terms of geographical breakdown, the counties with the largest representation on Team Ireland 2024 are Co Dublin (34 athletes), Co Cork (16 athletes), and Co Down (14 athletes).

Only two counties are missing from the ‘home county’ list – Co Westmeath and Co Leitrim, although both countries have tight connections with Team Ireland athletes.

History will be made by Irish marathon runner Fionnuala McCormack when she becomes Ireland’s first female athlete to compete in five Olympic Games.

Equestrian athletes Cian O’Connor and Austin O’Connor will become four-time Olympians.

There will be seven three-time Olympians, including Olympic Champion rower Paul O’Donovan. Thomas Barr, Ciara Mageean, Mark English (all athletics), Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow (both golfers), and Shane Ryan (swimming) complete the list.

The youngest team member is swimmer Grace Davison at 16 years old, while the oldest is soon-to-be four-time Olympian Austin O’Connor, who competes in eventing.

There are plenty of family connections within the team – Sophie O’Sullivan (athletics), is the daughter of Olympic medallist Sonia O’Sullivan.

Rachael Darragh (badminton) is the niece of three-time Olympian Chloe Magee, and Leona Maguire is the cousin of Ross Corrigan (rowing).

Siblings Aidan and Michaela Walsh (boxing) are both competing once more, and track athletes Jodie and Luke McCann.

A significant number of ‘twins’ are on the Irish team, with canoe slalom athletes Madison and Michaela Corcoran both competing – the daughters of 1992/1996 Olympian Mike Corcoran.

Athlete Brian Fay is Ireland’s first quadruplet, and seven athletes on the team are a twin - Noel Hendrick (whose twin narrowly missed qualification), Fintan McCarthy (whose twin Jake is also on the Irish rowing team), Daniel Wiffen (whose twin Nathan narrowly missed qualification), Leona Maguire (whose twin was her caddy previously), and David Harte (whose twin Conor competed in Rio 2016). Fiona Murtagh (rowing) and Clare Boles (rugby) also have a twin.

Read on to see all of the athletes who proudly make up Team Ireland for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

You can also follow along the schedule - and results! - of Team Ireland here.

Athletics 

  • Rhasidat Adeleke - Co Dublin
  • Thomas Barr - Co Waterford
  • Sophie Becker - Co Wexford
  • Lauren Cadden - Co Sligo
  • Andrew Coscoran - Co Dublin
  • Cathal Doyle - Co Dublin 
  • Mark English - Co Donegal
  • Eric Favors - New York / Co Mayo
  • Brian Fay - Co Dublin 
  • Roisín Harrison - Co Clare
  • Phil Healy - Co Cork 
  • Sarah Healy - Co Dublin
  • Sarah Lavin - Co Limerick 
  • Ciara Mageean - Co Down 
  • Clíodhna Manning (**NT Reserve) - Co Kilkenny 
  • Sharlene Mawdsley - Co Tipperary
  • Jodie McCann - Co Dublin
  • Luke McCann - Co Dublin
  • Rachel McCann - Co Down 
  • Fionnuala McCormack - Co Wicklow
  • Kelly McGrory - Co Donegal
  • Kate O’Connor - Co Down / Co Louth
  • Christopher O’Donnell - Co Sligo
  • Sophie O’Sullivan - Melbourne / Co Cork
  • Jack Raftery [*Reserve] - Co Dublin
  • Nicola Tuthill - Co Cork

Badminton

  • Nhat Nguyen - Co Dublin
  • Rachael Darragh - Co Donegal

Boxing

  • Dean Clancy - Co Sligo
  • Jude Gallagher - Co Tyrone 
  • Kellie Harrington - Co Dublin
  • Jennifer Lehane - Co Meath
  • Jack Marley - Co Dublin
  • Daina Moorehouse - Co Wicklow
  • Aoife O’Rourke - Co Roscommon
  • Aidan Walsh - Co Antrim
  • Grainne Walsh - Co Offaly
  • Michaela Walsh - Co Antrim

Canoe - Slalom

  • Madison Corcoran - Bethesda, Maryland / Co Dublin
  • Michaela Corcoran - Bethesda, Maryland / Co Dublin
  • Noel Hendrick - Co Kildare
  • Liam Jegou - Co Clare

Cycling - Road

  • Megan Armitrage - Co Offaly
  • Ben Healy - Stourbridge, UK / Co Cork
  • Ryan Mullen - Birkenhead, UK / Co Meath

Cycling - Track

  • Mia Griffin - Co Kilkenny
  • Lara Gillespie - Co Wicklow
  • Kelly Murphy - Birmingham / Co Roscommon
  • Alice Sharpe - Cambridge / Co Antrim
  • Erin Creighton (*Reserve) - Co Antrim 

Diving

  • Ciara McGing - London / Cos Donegal - Mayo
  • Jake Passmore - Bradford / Co Dublin

Equestrian

  • Abigail Lyle - Co Down
  • Susie Berry - Co Down
  • Sarah Ennis - Co Dublin
  • Austin O’Connor - Co Cork 
  • Aoife Clark (*Alternate) - Co Kildare
  • Daniel Coyle - Co Derry
  • Cian O’Connor - Co Meath 
  • Shane Sweetnam - Co Cork
  • Bertram Allen (*Alternate) - Co Wexford

Golf

  • Shane Lowry - Co Offaly 
  • Leona Maguire - Co Cavan
  • Rory McIlroy - Co Down
  • Stephanie Meadow - Co Antrim

Gymnastics

  • Rhys McClenaghan - Co Down

Hockey

  • Peter Brown - Co Down
  • Lee Cole - Co Dublin
  • Timothy Cross - Eaglemont, Melbourne / Co Antrim
  • Jeremy Duncan - Co Kilkenny
  • David Harte - Co Cork
  • Ben Johnson - Co Waterford
  • Kyle Marshall - Co Armagh
  • Johnny McKee - Co Down
  • Peter McKibbon - Co Antrim
  • Seán Murray - Co Antrim 
  • Matthew Nelson - Co Antrim
  • Shane O’Donoghue - Co Dublin
  • Nick Page - London / Co Dublin
  • Michael Robson - Co Down
  • Ben Walker - Co Dublin
  • Daragh Walsh - Co Dublin
  • Jamie Carr (*Reserve) - Co Dublin 
  • Ali Empey (*Reserve) - Co Dublin
  • Johnny Lynch (*Reserve) - Co Antrim

Rowing

  • Paul O’Donovan - Co Cork
  • Fintan McCarthy - Co Cork
  • Margaret Cremen - Co Cork
  • Aoife Casey - Co Cork
  • Philip Doyle - Co Down
  • Daire Lynch - Co Tipperary
  • Zoe Hyde - Co Kerry
  • Alison Bergin - Co Cork
  • Ross Corrigan - Co Fermanagh
  • Nathan Timoney - Co Fermanagh
  • Aifric Keogh - Co Galway
  • Fiona Murtagh - Co Galway
  • Emily Hegarty - Co Cork 
  • Natalie Long - Johannesburg / Co Cork
  • Eimear Lambe - Co Dublin
  • Imogen Magner - Cambridge / Co Cork
  • Holly Davis (*Reserve) - Co Cork 

Rugby Sevens

  • Niall Comerford - Co Dublin
  • Jordan Conroy - Co Offaly
  • Hugo Keenan - Co Dublin
  • Jack Kelly - Co Dublin
  • Terry Kennedy - Co Dublin
  • Hugo Lennox - Co Dublin 
  • Harry McNulty - Co Dublin
  • Gavin Mullin - Co Dublin 
  • Chay Mullins - Bristol / Co Meath
  • Mark Roche - Co Dublin
  • Andrew Smith - Co Dublin
  • Zac Ward - Co Down
  • Sean Cribbin (*Reserve) - Co Dublin
  • Bryan Mollen (*Reserve) - Co Dublin
  • Kathy Baker - Co Meath
  • Megan Burns - Co Offaly 
  • Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe - Co Tipperary
  • Alanna Fitzpatrick - Co Laois
  • Stacey Flood - Co Dublin
  • Eve Higgins - Co Kildare
  • Erin King - Co Wicklow 
  • Vicky Elmes Kinlan - Co Wicklow 
  • Emily Lane - Co Cork 
  • Ashleigh Orchard - Co Down
  • Béibhinn Parsons - Co Galway
  • Lucy Rock - Co Wicklow
  • Claire Boles (*Reserve) - Co Fermanagh
  • Amy Larn (*Reserve) - Co Kildare

Sailing

  • Finn Lynch - Co Carlow 
  • Eve McMahon - Co Dublin
  • Robert Dickson - Co Dublin
  • Sean Waddilove - Co Dublin

Swimming

  • Tom Fannon - Torquay, England / Co Galway
  • Danielle Hill - Co Antrim 
  • Mona McSharry - Co Sligo
  • Ellen Walshe - Co Dublin
  • Daniel Wiffen - Co Armagh
  • Victoria Catterson - Co Antrim
  • Grace Davidson - Co Down
  • Conor Ferguson - Co Antrim
  • Darragh Greene - Co Longford
  • Max McCusker - Glastonbury, England / Co Monaghan
  • Erin Riordan - Co Clare
  • Shane Ryan - Philadelphia, USA / Co Laois

Taekwondo

  • Jack Woolley - Co Dublin