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The Olympic Federation of Ireland is the new name for the Olympic Council of Ireland, since 15 September 2018. The Irish Olympic Council was founded in 1920, while the Irish War of Independence was pitting the Irish Republic proclaimed by Sinn Féin against the Dublin Castle administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Officials, including the President and the International Olympic Committee Delegate, of the National Olympic Committee for the island of Ireland, which has been known over time as the Irish Olympic Council (IOC), Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), and Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).
The council is proud that, like the Irish rugby team, it represents the island of Ireland. Ireland is unusual, in Olympic terms. The council is not the Olympic committee of the Republic of Ireland – it is the Olympic Council of Ireland. We have responsibility for the North of Ireland. We can thank my predecessor, Lord Killanin, for that.
[1] [5] He was elected to the executive committee of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 1981 and was in successive Irish Olympic delegations from Los Angeles 1984. [1] He became president of the OCI in 1989 on the recommendation of Lord Killanin, former president of the OCI and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [3]
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[1] [2] It is a cross-border organisation administering the sport in both the Republic of Ireland [1] and Northern Ireland. [2] Rowing Ireland is a member of the Olympic Council of Ireland [3] and the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA). [4]
Sarah Keane is the first female President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, having been elected to that role in February 2017. [1] [2] She is a former member of the Irish water polo team, [3] and is CEO of Swim Ireland, [4] a position she has held since 2004.
The Irish Canoe Union, known as Canoeing Ireland since 2012, [3] is the governing body for paddlesports (canoeing and kayaking) in the Republic of Ireland. [4] It has been affiliated with the Olympic Federation of Ireland since 1964. [5] It is a member of the International Canoe Federation. [6]