Kieran’s comments- In response to Cork City Council licensing a new pontoon to the Lee Rowing Club:

This is most welcome news. The Lee Rowing Club celebrates 160 years in existence this year. Reputedly, it is the second oldest club in the country after Trinity College Rowing Club. Charles Stewart Parnell was one of the Lee Rowing Club’s honorary members.

The Club has also won the coveted Leander Trophy twice in the twentieth century and continues to hold regattas at his home in the most sacred haunts The Marina. An endorsement such as licencing a new pontoon to them not only endorses the important place the Club has in the history of Cork sport but also the continued legacy, the Club plays in actively taking part in international regattas and the importance of investing in our young people in providing them with as many opportunities as possible, so that they can make their mark.