Success

Ferrybank AC is one of the most successful juvenile clubs in Ireland

Recipient of 10 National Juvenile Club of the Year awards and National Senior Club of the Year 2013, Ferrybank AC has provided fertile roots for international success across a wide range of disciplines.

Learn more about Ferrybank AC's top athletes and club success below.

Women's Club Records

Men's Club Records

Olympics

Thomas Barr - 400mH

2024 Olympics, Paris (4x400m Mixed)
2021 Olympics, Tokyo - Semi-Finalist
2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro - Finalist

European Championship Record Holder (4x400m Mixed)
National Record Holder (400mH, 4x400m Mixed)
12 x National Senior Champion
2024 European Championships (400mH Semi-Finalist, 4x400 Finalist)
2022 World Championships - Semi-Finalist
2022 European Championships - Semi-Finalist
2021 World Relays (4x400m Mixed)
2019 World Championships - Semi-Finalist
2019 European Indoor Championships
2018 European Championships - Bronze
2017 World Championships - Semi-Finalist
2016 European Championships (400mH Semi-Finalist, 4x400m Finalist)
2015 World Relays (4x400m)
2015 World Championships - Semi-Finalist
2015 World University Games - Gold
2014 European Championships (400mH Semi-Finalist, 4x400m Finalist)
2013 European U23 Championships - Finalist
2012 European Championships - Semi-Finalist
2011 European Junior Championships - Finalist
2 x National U23 Champion (400mH)
2 x National U23 Indoor Champion (400m)
2011 National Junior Champion (400mH)

Jessie Barr - 400mH

2012 Olympics, London (4x400m)

2 x National Senior Champion
2013 World University Games - Finalist
2012 European Championships - Finalist
2011 World University Games
2011 European U23 Championships - Finalist
2008 World Junior Championships
2007 European Junior Championships - Semi-Finalist
5 x National Junior Champion (100mH, 400mH, TJ)
2 x National Junior Indoor Champion (TJ, 400m)
3 x Irish International School Caps (Pentathlon, HJ, TJ)
5 x National Juvenile Champion (100mH, 400mH, TJ)
3 x Irish Schools Champion (400mH, TJ, HJ)
2 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion (LJ, 400m)

European & World Senior Championships

Kelly Proper

National Senior Indoor Record Holder (LJ)
Former National Senior Heptathlon Record Holder
Former National Senior LJ Record Holder
17 x National Champion (60m, 200, LJ)
18 x National Indoor Champion (60m, 200, LJ)
2015 World Championships (200m)
2014 European Championships (200m SF, 4x100)
2011 European Indoor Championships (LJ)
2010 World Indoor Championships (LJ)
2010 European Championships (LJ)
2009 European U23 Championships (LJ Finalist)
2009 European Indoor Championships (LJ Finalist)
2007 European Junior Championships (LJ Finalist)
2006 World Junior Championships (LJ)
2005 World Youth Championships (LJ)
5 x National U23 Champion (100m, 200m, LJ)
2 x National Junior Champion (LJ)
2 x National Junior Indoor Champion (LJ)
2 x Irish International Schools Caps
7 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion
6 x National Juvenile Champion
4 x Irish Schools Champion (LJ, TJ)

Niamh Whelan

2 x National Champion (200m)
3 x National Indoor Champion (60m, 200m)
2019 Minsk European Olympic Games
2017 World University Games (100m Semi-Finalist)
2016 European Championships (4x100m)
2013 World University Games (200m Semi-Finalist)
2011 European U23 Championships (200m SF, 100m)
2010 European Championships (200m Semi-Finalist, 4x100m)
2009 European Junior Championships (200m Finalist, 100m Finalist, 4x100m Finalist)
2009 European Indoor Championships (60m)
2008 World Junior Championships (200m Semi-Finalist, 100m)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival - Bronze
4 x National Junior Champion (100m, 200m)
5 x National Junior Indoor Champion (60m, 200m)
4 x Celtic Games International Caps
3 x Irish International Schools Caps (100m, 200m)
8 x Irish Schools Champion (100m, 200m)
7 x National Juvenile Champion
7 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion

Billy Ryan

2012 National U23 Champion (800m)
2010 World Indoor Championships (4x400m)
2010 National U23 National Champion
2009 European Junior Championships (400m, 4x400m Finalist)
2009 National Junior Champion (200m)
2009 National U20 Champion (200m)
2008 World Junior Championships (4x400m)
2 x Irish International Schools Caps

National Senior Champions

Máiréad Murphy - Hurdles

Former National Senior Heptathlon Record Holder
2 x National Indoor Champion
2012 National Senior Champion
2011 European U23 Championships
2008 World Junior Championships
2007 European Junior Championships
3 x National Junior Indoor Champion (60m, 60mH)
2 x National U23 Champion
2 x National Junior Champion
8 x Irish International Schools Caps
5 x Celtic Games International Caps
19 x National Juvenile Champion
16 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion
4 x Irish Schools Champion

Bríd Hallissey - Heptathlon

Former National Senior Heptathlon Record Holder
11 x National Senior Champion
10 x National Senior Indoor Champion
Most Successful Irish Underage Athlete in History
5 x National U23 Champion
6 x National Junior Champion
2 x National Junior Indoor Champion
6 x Celtic Games International Caps
4 x Irish International Schools Caps
21 x National Juvenile Champion
6 x Irish Schools Champion
2 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion

Niall Tuohy - 800m

2014 National Senior Indoor Champion (800m)
2011 National U23 Champion (400m)
2008 National Junior Indoor Champion (3,000m)
2007 European Junior XC Championships
2007 National Junior Champion (800m)
3 x Celtic Games International Caps
2 x Irish International Caps (800m, XC)
3 x National Juvenile Champion
3 x Irish Schools Champion (800, 1500m)

Chris Russell - 200m

2 x National Senior Indoor Champion
2011 European U23 Championships
2010 National U23 Champion (100m)
2007 European Youth Olympic Festival
3 x National Junior Indoor Champion (60m, 200m)
2 x Celtic Games International Caps
4 x Irish Schools Champion
4 x National Juvenile Champion
2 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion

Cara Kennedy - Hammer

5 x National Senior Champion
2 x National U23 Champion
2011 European Junior Championships
2 x National Junior Champion
2 x Celtic Games International Caps
3 x National Juvenile Champion

John Hallissey - Pole Vault

10 x National Indoor Champion
2 x National Senior Champion
6 x National U23 Champion
1990 National Junior Champion
3 x National Junior Champion (PV, HJ)
2 x National Juvenile Champion

Youth, Junior & U23

Shane Quinn

2013 European U23 Championships
2013 European U23 XC Championships
2011 European Junior XC Championships
2010 European Junior XC Championships 2010
2008 European Junior XC Championships
2 x National Junior XC Champion
5 x Irish International Schools Caps (1500m, XC)
11 x National Juvenile Champion
7 x Irish Schools Champion(1500m, XC)

Kalyn Sheehan - 400mH

2011 European U23 Championships
2009 National U23 Champion (400mH)
2008 World Junior Championships
2007 European Junior Championships
2006 World Junior Championships
10 x Irish International Schools Caps
2 x National Junior Champion (400m, 400mH)
14 x National Juvenile Champion
9 x Irish Schools Champion
9 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion

Ben Kiely - 400mH

2016 National U23 Champion
2013 European Junior Championships - Finalist
2012 World Junior Championships - Semi-Finalist
2011 European Youth Olympic Festival - Gold
2 x National Junior Champion
3 x National Juvenile Champion (400m, 400mH)
3 x Irish Schools Champion (400m, 400mH)

Megan Kiely - 400mH

2011 National Junior Champion (400mH)
2011 National Junior Indoor Champion (400m)
2011 European Youth Olympic Festival - Bronze
2011 World Youth Championships - Semi-Finalist
5 x Irish International Schools Caps
4 x Celtic Games International Caps
6 x National Juvenile Champion
5 x Irish Schools Champion
2 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion

Ciara Giles Doran

2011 National Juvenile Indoor Champion (200m)
2011 European Youth Olympic Festival - 200m Finalist
2 x Irish International Schools Caps
14 x National Juvenile Champion
11 x National Juvenile Indoor Champion
7 x Irish Schools Champion

Niamh McNicol - 200m

2014 World Junior Championships
2014 National Junior Indoor Champion
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival
3 x National Juvenile Champion (100m, 200m)
2 x Irish Schools Champion (100m, 200m)

Jake Bagge - 800m

2022 National U23 Indoor Champion
2018 European Youth Championships (Estonia)

Olly O'Brien - Javelin

2015 European Youth Olympic Festival
2 x Irish International Schools Caps
6 x National Juvenile Champion
2 x Irish Schools Champion

Orna Murray

2014 European U23 Cross Country Championships

International Club Championships

2011 European Senior Champion Clubs Cup (Group B) - Silver

Achieved National 4x100m Club Record (Máiréad Murphy, Ciara Giles Doran, Niamh Whelan & Kelly Proper)

Team: Kelly Proper (100m, LJ), Niamh Whelan (200m), Megan Kiely (400m), Mary O'Connor (800m), Niamh Ryan (1500), Patricia Barry (3,000m), Liz Egan (3,000m S/C), Dani Nimmock (5,000m), Máiread Murphy (100mH, Shot Put), Jessie Barr (400mH), Sorcha Murphy (HJ), Nicola Power (TJ), Nikita Savage (PV), Clare Fitzgerald (Discus, Javelin), Cara Kennedy (Hammer), 4x100m (Máiréad Murphy, Ciara Giles Doran, Niamh Whelan, Kelly Proper), 4x400m (Jessie Barr, Megan Kiely, Ciara Giles Doran, Niamh Whelan). Read more.

2007 European U20 Champion Clubs Cup (Group B) - Silver

Team: Niamh Whelan (100m, 200m), Máiréad Deevy (400m), Lorraine McCarthy (800, 1500), Patricia Barry (3,000m), Grainne Quinn (3,000m S/C), Máiréad Murphy (100mH, HJ), Jessie Barr (400mH, TJ), Kelly Proper (PV, LJ), Claire Fitzgerald (Shot Put, Javelin), Katie O'Shea (Discus, Hammer), 4x100m (Nicola Power, Kelly Proper, Hayley Murphy, Máiréad Murphy), 4x400m (Jessie Barr, Niamh Whelan, Mary O'Connor, Máiréad Deevy). Read more.

2006 European U20 Champion Clubs Cup (Group C) - Gold

Team: Haley Murphy (100m, Hammer), Niamh Whelan (200m), Máiréad Deevy (400m), Mary O Connor (800m), Niamh Ryan (1500), Patricia Barry (3,000m), Grainne Quinn (3,000m S/C), Máiréad Murphy (100mH, Shot Put), Kalyn Sheehan (400mH), Jessie Barr (HJ, TJ), Kelly Proper (LJ, Javelin), Sinead Donnelly (PV, Discus), 4x100m (Niamh Whelan, Kelly Proper, Hayley Murphy, Máiréad Murphy), 4x400m (Jessie Barr, Kalyn Sheehan, Mary O'Connor, Máiréad Deevy). Read more.

2005 European U20 Champion Clubs Cup (Group C) - Silver

Team: To be confirmed.

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