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Two Clare swimmers have been included on Swim Ireland teams announced this week that will represent Ireland and Northern Ireland at this summer’s international meets. There will also be a Clare representative on the Irish Paralympic swimming team for the European championships. Two years out from the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, swimmers will compete in European Championships and Commonwealth Games. Shannon native and Ennis swimming club member Chris Bryan who is also part of the UL Swimming Club, will be competing at the European swimming and open water championships in Berlin on August 13 and 14. Rory McEvoy from the Ennis club will be in Montreal with the Irish team for the Canadian age group championships from July 23 to 28. A member of the same team will be Ciara Doran from Limerick swimming club. Meanwhile, Killaloe’s Jonathon McGrath, a member of Limerick swimming club, will be part of the Irish Paralympic team for the European championships where he …

GORT  swimmer Ciara Doran will represent Ireland in the Canadian Age Group Championships later this year. This will be the 14-year-olds first time swimming for Ireland in the competition in Winnipeg from July 23 to 27. To make the Irish team Ciara had to achieve certain qualifying times, which she did at the National Senior Championships last month. “She is over the moon. This is a dream coming true for Ciara. This really makes the early mornings worth it for her,” said her dad Patrick Doran. “She wants to get to the Olympics and this is a huge step forward for her.”