IRELAND'S successful Olympic rowing team were greeted by family members at Dublin Airport today upon their return from Tokyo.
Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty secured bronze in the Women’s Four.
The quartet made history on Wednesday when they became the first women to win an Olympic rowing medal for Ireland.
Gold medallists Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, centre, with bronze medallists, from left, Emily Hegarty, Fiona Murtagh, Aifric Keogh and Eimear Lambe (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy also returned to a heroes’ welcome after securing gold in the Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls.
It was a first Olympic gold for Ireland since Katie Taylor’s success in London 2012.
With large gatherings restricted, only close family were permitted to greet the heroes.
Ireland’s Women’s Four rowing team, Emily Hegarty, Fiona Murtagh, Eimear Lamb and Aifric Keogh with their bronze medals (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)It didn’t seem to bother them however and they are the pride of the nation after their success in Tokyo.
Keep scrolling for more pictures from the homecoming.
Eimear Lambe is greeted at Dublin Airport following her return from Tokyo (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls gold medalists Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Aifric Keogh with family at Dublin Airport as Team Ireland's rowers return from the Tokyo (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Emily Hegarty with her mother Mary and father Gerry (Image: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)See More: Olympics, Rowing, Tokyo 2020
