Five north west Athletes have been named on the Ireland team for the European Championships in Germany later this month.
Former European medalist Mark English will run the 800m while three of his Finn Valley club-mates will also compete, Brendan Boyce in the 35k Walk, Elish Flanagan in 3000m and Roisin Flanaghan in the 5000m.
Letterkenny AC’s Ann Marie McGlynn will take on the Marathon in Munich and Teresa McDaid is Team Manager.
Tir Chonaill’s Kelly McGrory has been named as a reserve for the 4x400m women’s relay team.
With 31 individual athletes selected , this is the largest Ireland team ever sent to a major championship.
The Europeans run from the 15th to 21st August in Munich, Germany.
Full Team:
| Athlete | Event | Club | Coach |
| *Fionnuala McCormack | Marathon | Kilcoole AC | Alan McCormack |
| Rhasidat Adeleke | 400m & 4x400m Relay | Tallaght AC | Edrick Floreal |
| Thomas Barr | 400mH | Ferrybank AC | Hayley Harrison |
| David Kenny | 20km Walk | Farranfore Maine Valley | Robert Heffernan |
| Louise Shanahan | 800m | Leevale AC | Phil O’Dell & Ray Shanahan |
| Sarah Healy | 1500m | UCD AC | Eoghan Marnell |
| Kate O’Connor | Heptathlon | Dundalk St. Gerards AC | Michael O’Connor |
| Chris O’Donnell | 400m | North Sligo AC | Benke Blomkvist |
| Sarah Lavin | 100mH | Emerald AC | Noelle Morrissey |
| Mark English | 800m | Finn Valley AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Luke McCann | 1500m | UCD AC | Clark McCann |
| Hiko Haso | 10,000m | DSD AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| *Brendan Boyce | 35km Walk | Finn Valley AC | Robert Heffernan |
| Brian Fay | 5000m | Raheny Shamrock AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Darragh McElhinney | 5000m | UCD AC | Emmett Dunleavy |
| Andrew Coscoran | 1500m | Star of the Sea AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Eilish Flanagan | 3000mSC | Finn Valley AC | Damon Martin |
| Michelle Finn | 3000mSC | Leevale AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Efrem Gidey | 10,000m | Clonliffe Harriers AC | Peter McDermott |
| *Aoife Cooke | Marathon | Eagle AC | Alan Storey |
| Phil Healy | 400m & 4x400m Relay | Bandon AC | Shane McCormack |
| Ciara Mageean | 800m & 1500m | City of Lisburn AC | Helen Clitheroe |
| John Fitzsimons | 800m | Kildare AC | Joe Ryan |
| *Ann Marie McGlynn | Marathon | Letterkenny AC | Emmett Dunleavy |
| *Hugh Armstrong | Marathon | Ballina AC | Feidhlim Kelly |
| Sophie Becker | 400m & 4x400m Relay | Raheny Shamrock AC | Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell |
| Marcus Lawler | 200m & 4x100m Relay | Clonliffe Harriers AC | Shane McCormack |
| Alex Wright | 35km Walk | Leevale AC | Lauren Wright |
| Israel Olatunde | 100m & 4x100m Relay | UCD AC | Daniel Kilgallon |
| Roisin Flanagan | 5000m | Finn Valley AC | Damon Martin |
| Eric Favors | Shot Put | Raheny Shamrock AC | Dane Miller |
| Sharlene Mawdsley | 4x400m Relay | Newport AC | Gary Ryan |
| Cliodhna Manning | 4x400m Relay | Kilkenny City Harriers AC | Peter Lyons |
| Roisin Harrison | 4x400m Relay | Emerald AC | Eoghan MacNamara |
| Joseph Ojewumi | 4x100m Relay | Tallaght AC | Daniel Kilgallon |
| Mark Smyth | 4x100m Relay | Raheny Shamrock AC | Kay Bannon |
| Colin Doyle | 4x100m Relay | Leevale AC | Alan Mahoney |
| Leon Reid | 4x100m Relay | Menapians AC | James Hillier |
| Paul Costelloe | Non-travelling reserve – 4x100m Relay | Emerald AC | Liam O’Hora |
| Kelly McGrory | Non-travelling reserve – 4x400m Relay | Tir Chonall AC | Drew & Hayley Harrison |
* Hugh Armstrong, Fionnuala McCormack, Ann Marie McGlynn, Aoife Cooke, Brendan Boyce all previously selected.
