▁It ▁participated ▁at ▁ 1 1 ▁subsequent ▁games . ▁The ▁Rio ▁games ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁were ▁its ▁most ▁successful ▁with ▁three ▁cre ws ▁particip ating ▁and ▁Ireland ' s ▁first ▁olymp ic ▁row ing ▁medal . ▁Gary ▁O ' Don ovan ▁and ▁Paul ▁O ' Don ovan ▁won ▁silver ▁in ▁the ▁L M 2 x . ▁Cla ire ▁Lam be ▁and ▁S ine ad ▁Jenn ings ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁women ' s ▁crew ▁to ▁make ▁an ▁Olympic ▁final ▁where ▁they ▁finished ▁sixth . ▁Due ▁to ▁weather ▁conditions ▁San ita ▁Pu š p ure ▁was ▁un fortun ate ▁to ▁only ▁finish ▁th ir teenth . ▁Prior ▁to ▁this ▁Ireland ' s ▁best ▁performances ▁had ▁been ▁fourth ▁place ▁on ▁two ▁occasions . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁Se an ▁D rea ▁came ▁fourth ▁in ▁Montreal ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁the ▁Light weight ▁four ▁also ▁finished ▁fourth ▁in ▁Atlanta . ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁Ireland ▁qualified ▁four ▁boats ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁Olympics ▁and ▁will ▁have ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁qual ify ▁further ▁cre ws ▁at ▁the ▁final ▁qual ifying ▁reg atta ▁in ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁The ▁boats ▁qualified ▁to ▁date ▁are ▁the ▁W 1 X , ▁W 2 -, ▁M 2 X , ▁L M 2 X . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Row ing ▁Ireland ▁Home page ▁ ▁Get ▁Go ing ... Get ▁Row ing ▁Home page ▁ ▁Irish ▁Row ing ▁Archives ▁Home page ▁ ▁Row ing ▁Ireland