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Ireland’s U20 women’s  team finished their European Championships campaign on a high today, securing a hard-earned victory over Romania to cap a week of valuable international experience in

This season of water polo national leagues has officially come to a close, with all eight leagues completed and champions being crowned.   In the men’s division, North Dublin secured […]

Last weekend saw the best water polo clubs in Ireland come together for three days of action in Bangor for this season’s Irish Senior Cup. In the women’s side, Tribes […]

🚨 FIXTURE RESCHEDULING UPDATE 🚨 Due to a number of recent fixture postponements across several leagues, the Competitions Committee is pleased to confirm that many of these fixtures have now

We are pleased to announce that the Irish Senior Cup 2026 schedule has been finalised! Three days of action across both men’s and women’s matches will take place from May […]

The draw for the 2026 Water Polo Irish Senior Cup has been made and the groups are confirmed 🤝 Men’s Groups                    […]

The draw for the 2026 Irish Senior Cup will be taking place at 16:00 on Saturday 18th April at Kingfisher Club NUI Galway. Competition Committee member, Eamon Caulfield and National […]

Last weekend saw this season’s U16 Cup action in Lisnasharragh, with tight matches and excellent competition across the three days. Congratulations to both Corrib WPC and Half Moon on winnin

The National Water Polo Committee and wider Swim Ireland Water Polo community are deeply saddened by the passing of 2018 Swim Ireland Hall of Famer Wally Clarke — a lifelong […]

This seasons final leg of the U14 Blitz Series gets underway from May 2nd-3rd 2026   The dates and venues for both are as follows: U14 Blitz Boys – Saturday […]

It’ll be a busy few days for Irish Water Polo, as we gear up for two very important dates in our calendar – The 2026 Competitions Workshop and Annual Conference. […]

Last weekend saw the 2025 U19 Cup take place at University of Limerick from November 28th-30th. This competition saw teams across both boys & girls compete from all over the […]

As part of Swim Ireland’s continued commitment to organisational excellence we have introduced a digital pass for club members holding any appointed role. The digital pass will display infor

Last weekend saw the men’s and women’s NL Division 1 Cup action take place at Bangor Aurora from November 15th – 16th, with Cathal Brugha and Tribes taking home the […]

Day 2 sees the end of the 2025 U14 Cup here in Galway. After two days of tight group games and knockout ties, Tribes & Clonard came out as Cup […]

The Swim Ireland Awards 2025 took place on Saturday November 1st at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Blanchardstown in Dublin. Among the many winners of these awards were water polo’s best! […]

Day 1 has concluded for the 2025 U14 Cup, full of great games and a wonderful atmosphere from start to finish at Kingfisher in NUIG. At the end of the […]

For all of this season’s cup competitions, please see below some important information regarding applying for accreditations and team sheets: Accreditations Coaches/Team Managers All officia

The Under 14 Cup is taking place Saturday November 1st and Sunday November 2nd 2025.   This cup will see seven clubs from across Ireland compete for both […]

Water Polo Coaches’ Conference 2025 2nd September 2025 Swim Ireland’s Water Polo and Clubs team are delighted to announce a return to our annual coaches’ conference this October. With a […]

17th August 2025 Welcome to the 2025/2026 Ireland Water Polo Season. The National Water Polo Committee is delighted to announce that the 2025/2026 season fixtures have now been finalised and

European Aquatics Camp 2025 2nd July 2025 Members of our 2011/2012 National Training Squads have recently attended the inaugural EA Development Camp in Kranevo in Bulgaria. This camp  provid

Team Announcement – European Aquatics U18 Championships 18th June 2025 Swim Ireland is proud to announce the selection of the Under 18 girl’s Water Squad that will represent the nation […]

Team Announcement – European Aquatics U18 Championships (Boys) 17th June 2025 Swim Ireland is proud to announce the selection of the under 18 boy’s Water Polo Squad that will represent […]

Wexford SC win U12 Mixed Cup title 16th June 2025 Wexford SC took home the trophy of the U12 Mixed Cup for the first time ever! The team emerged victorious […]

12th May 2025 St Vincents Complete Cup Double  St. Vincents Water Polo Club have completed a unique double with both their Women’s and Men’s Team winning the 2025 Irish Senior […]

Respecting Officials Statement April 2025 Swim Ireland recently held a mandatory meeting with all Water Polo club chairpersons to address a very serious issue running through the sport of Wa

Sandycove and Corrib win U15 Cup titles 28th April 2025 Sandycove won the girls U15 Cup title after beating follow Dublin club Half Moon in yesterday evenings final. The two […]

02nd April 2025 The draws for the 2025 Irish Senior Cup’s took place on Saturday 29th March in Dublin. This years competition is in Limerick on the 8th, 9th and […]

Water Polo Annual Conference 2025 28th January 2025 The Swim Ireland Water Polo Virtual Annual Conference 2025 will take place on Monday 24th February 2025 via Zoom Webinar commencing at […]

Clonard & Tribes win U17 Cup 2025 titles 20 January 2025 Clonard emerge victorious at the 2025 Irish Boys U17 Cup! Both finalists were unbeaten heading into the final as […]

2025 Irish NLD1 Cup 14 January 2025 The Irish National League Division 1 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 31st January, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February 2025 in […]

2025 Irish U17 Cups (YOB 2008) 12 December 2024 The Irish Under 17 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 17th, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th January 2025 in Lisnasharragh, […]

Corrib & Tribes win U13 Cup 2024 titles 2nd December 2024 Corrib retained their Boys U19 Cup title for a third year running, after beating Belfast club Clonard in what […]

Swim Ireland Awards 2024 18th November 2024 The annual Swim Ireland Awards took place Friday, 8th November, at the Dunboyne Castle Hotel and among the award winners were some of […]

2024 Irish U19 Cups (YOB 2005) 2nd November 2024 The Irish Under 19 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December in University […]

Sandycove & Half Moon win U13 Cup 2024 titles 29th October 2024 After a fantastic weekend of water polo, Sandycove have come away with the U13 trophy after beating fellow […]

2024 U13 Irish Cups (YOB 2011) 8th October 2024 The U13 Irish Cup competitions will take place in Lisnarsharragh in Belfast on Friday 25th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of […]

Oonagh Garry appointed to European Aquatics TWPC 6th September 2024 We are thrilled to announce that Oonagh Garry,  has been selected for the newly appointed European Aquatics Technical Wate

Water Polo Coaches’ Conference 2024 6th September 2024 Swim Ireland’s Water Polo and Education team are delighted to announce a return to our annual coaches’ conference this September. With

31st July 2024 Welcome to the 2024/2025 Ireland Water Polo Season. The National Water Polo Committee is delighted to announce that the 2024/2025 season fixtures have now been finalised and [

Half Moon win U12 Mixed Cup title 17th June 2024 Half Moon adds another team to Swim Ireland Water Polo’s roll of honour. They emerged victorious in a well fought […]

City of Loulé Tournament Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to participate in the upcoming City of Loule Tournament. The Senior Men will travel to Loule, Portuga

National League Winners 23/24 With the conclusion of the last round of leagues games for the 23/24 season, Ireland Water Polo would like to congratulate all of the winning teams […]

2024 U12 Mixed Cup (YOB 2012) 17th May 2024 The U12 Mixed Cup competition will take place in the NAC on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of June for group […]

2024 Irish Senior Cups 8th May 2024 The 2024 Irish Senior Cup’s will take place on Thursday 8th, Friday 9th and Saturday 10th May in Bangor. Competition format: Men There […]

Clonard and Tribes win U15 Cup titles 28th April 2024 Clonard won the Boys U15 Cup title after beating 2023 winners Corrib in this evenings final. The two finalists had […]

2024 U15 Cups (YOB 2009) 22nd February 2024 The U15 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th February in Galway. Competition format: Boy’s There […]

The new updated table officials course is now online and open for bookings. This course is open to both players and parents for bookings, the online module covers the theory […]

North Dublin & St Vincent’s – Division 1 Cup Champions 11th February 2024 North Dublin ladies was the story of the weekend as they beat defending champions St Vincent’s with […]

28th January 2024 The draw’s for the 2024 Irish Senior Cup’s took place on Saturday 27th January in Galway. This years competition is in Bangor on the 9th, 10th and […]

2024 NLD1 Cups 19th January 2024 The NLD1 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 9th, Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th February in Lisnasharragh, Belfast.. Competition format: Men’s There

Corrib and Tribes win U17 Cup titles 14th January 2024 Corrib retained their Boys U17 Cup title after beating Dublin club St. Vincent’s in what was a repeat of the […]

2024 Irish U17 Cups (YOB 2007) 2nd January 2024 The Irish Under 17 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th January in Lisnasharragh, Belfast.. […]

Corrib and Tribes win U19 Cup titles 3rd December 2023 Corrib retained their Boys U19 Cup title after beating Dublin club St. Vincent’s in what was a repeat of the […]

20th November 2023 Last weekend saw ten teams head to Walsall, UK aiming to be crowned U14 Boys Inter-Regional champions at Walsall Gala Baths. The West Midlands Region hosted the competitio

Ireland Water Polo with National Head Coach, Goran Sablic, is delighted to launch its first ever National Squad Pathway. The document has been compiled following consultation with National a

The National Water Polo Committee would like to congratulate the athletes who have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming ASA Inter Regional Tournaments in the UK. The boys […]

2023 Irish U19 Cups (YOB 2004) 13th November 2023 The Irish Under 19 Cup’s competition will take place on Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December in University of […]

Outstanding Contribution to Water Polo – Eamon Caulfield Congratulations to Eamon Caulfield who received the award for Outstanding contribution to Water Polo at the 2023 Swim Ireland Awards

Half Moon and Corrib win U13 Cup titles 29th October 2023 As Half Moon celebrate their 125th anniversary next week, they will have another trophy to add to their roll […]

2023 Irish U13 Cups (YOB 2010) 23rd October 2023 The Irish Under 13 Cup’s competition will take place this coming weekend, Saturday 28th/Sunday 29th October, in NUIG Galway. Competition form

4th August 2023 The Irish U17 girls team have finished 15th at the European U17 Championships which was held in Manisa, Turkey from the 30th July to the 5th August […]

31st July 2023 Welcome to the 2023/2024 Ireland Water Polo Season. The National Water Polo Committee is delighted to announce that the 2023/2024 season fixtures have now been finalised and [

Ireland Water Polo are saddened at the news of the passing of Liam Smyth.   Liam was a founding member of Corrib WPC in 1980 going on to become […]

17th July 2023 The Irish U15 boys team have finished 24th at the European U15 Championships which was held in Podgorica, Montenegro from the 8th July to the 15th July […]

30th June 2023 The Irish U15 girls team have finished 13th at the European U15 Championships which was held in Zagreb, Croatia from the 24th June to the 30th June […]

Corrib win Irish U12 Mixed Cup 18th June 2023 Corrib WPC won the Irish U12 Mixed Cup beating St Vincent’s in this evenings final. In what was a closely fought […]

Irish U12 Mixed Cup 2023 (YOB 2011) 6th June 2023 The Irish Under 12 Mixed Cup competition will be played over two days in the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday […]

23rd May 2023 The Ireland Senior Women’s team have won the 2023 Home Nations Tournament defeating England Scotland and Wales  in their three games played in the NAC, Dublin over […]

13th May 2023 St Vincents claim Irish Senior Cup Double St Vincents Men and Women claimed the 2023 Irish Senior Water Polo Cups at the Aurora Aquatics Complex in Bangor […]

St Vincents & Cathal Brugha – Division 1 Cup Champions 19th February 2023 St Vincents ladies took home the trophy after beating Drogheda in this evenings final. St Vincents topped […]

NLD1 Cups 2023 23rd January 2023 The competition will be played over three days in Belfast on Friday 17th/Saturday 18th/Sunday 19th February 2023 in the Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre. Competi

Irish U17 Cups 2023 (YOB 2006) 16th December 2022 The Irish Under 17 Cup’s competition will be played over three days in Belfast on Friday 20th/Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd January 2023 […]

Junior Boys (U14) finish 2nd at Inter Regionals 28th November 2022 Congratulations to our Junior Boys who have finished 2nd at the U14 Inter-Regionals this weekend in Walsall. The boys […]

Corrib and Cathal Brugha win U19 Cup titles 20th November 2022 Corrib won the Boys U19 Cup beating reigning champions St. Vincent’s in this evenings final. Both finalist had been […]

10th November 2022 Swim Ireland is delighted to announce an initiative to encourage more young girls to try out Water Polo in a safe and fun environment. We are offering […]

Official Irish National Team Announcement! 4th November 2022 Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Ireland in the upcoming U14 Inter Regional Champions

Irish U19 Cups 2022 (YOB 2003) 24th October 2022 The Irish Under 19 Cup’s competition will be played over three days in UL on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th […]

Corrib and Tribes win U13 Cup titles 23rd October 2022 Corrib retained their Boys U13 cup title beating Sandycove in this evenings final. Both sides were unbeaten winning all of […]

Ireland Water Polo are delighted to announce the release of our new fixtures and results app which will provide up to date fixtures, results and league tables for all National […]

Outstanding Contribution to Water Polo Congratulations to Ian Hanrahan who received the award for Outstanding contribution to Water Polo at the 2022 Swim Ireland Awards today (8th October) i

Irish U13 Cups 2022 (YOB 2009) 28th September 2022 The Irish Under 13 Cup’s competition will be played over two days in the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday 22nd and […]

History was made in the National Aquatic Centre today when the Irish Water Polo leagues were played in the full size 50m pool for the first time, the international standard […]

Ireland Water Polo are saddened to hear of the passing of Cathal Brugha Club President and former Ireland Water Polo President, Gerry O’Neill.   Gerry was a former Chair, Secretary […]

FINA Water Polo Development School Swim Ireland and Ireland Water Polo are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a FINA Water Polo Referee Development School on the 1st […]

Ireland Water Polo are saddened to hear of the passing of lifelong Cathal Brugha member and former Ireland Water Polo President, Gerry Hanna. Gerry was a former Cathal Brugha Coach, […]

Junior Boys (U16) Win Inter Regionals 3rd July 2022 Congratulations to our Junior Boys who have won the U16 Inter Regionals after beating North West 9-7 in the final in […]

30th June 2022 Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to participate in the U16 Boys Inter Regionals Championships this weekend at the Millfield School, Somerset wit

Junior Girls (U16) finish 2nd at Inter Regionals 26th June 2022 Congratulations to our U16 Junior Girls who have finished 2nd at the U16 Inter-Regionals this weekend in Liverpool. The […]

Clonard win U12 Mixed Cup 20th June 2022 Clonard won the U12 Mixed Cup for the first time, beating current holders Corrib in the final. Both teams were unbeaten going […]

Irish U12 Mixed Cup 2022 (YOB 2010) 29th May 2022 The Irish Under 12 Mixed Cup competition will be played over one day in the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday […]

St Vincents and Tribes win U15 Cup titles 22nd May 2022 St Vincents won the Boys U15 cup for the first time since 2017, beating pre tournament favourites and current holders […]

Home Nations Tournament Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to participate in the upcoming Home Nations Tournament. The Senior Men will travel to Coventry, UK on

St. Vincents and Cathal Brugha Retain Irish Senior Cup Titles St Vincents Women and Cathal Brugha Men claimed the 2022 Irish Senior Water Polo Cups at the UL Sport Arena […]

Semi-Finalists Decided for Irish Senior Water Polo Cups 13th May 2022 The eight semi-finalists for the 2022 Irish Men and Women’s Senior Water Polo Cups have been decided at UL […]

The 2022 Irish Senior Cups will start Thursday 12th May. The competition will take place at the UL Arena in Limerick from 12th to 14th May 2022. Semi-finals and Finals […]

The Boys Under 14 league play offs for the season 2021/22 will be held on Sunday the 29th of May 2022 in Kingfisher pool in the University of Galway (formerly […]

The Irish Under 15 Cup competitions for Boys and Girls will be played over three days in the Leisureland pool Salthill, and the Kingfisher pool NUIG, Galway on Friday 20th […]

EU Nations Junior (U17) Girls Tournament Congratulations to the players who have been selected to participate in the upcoming EU Nations. The tournament will take place in Brno on the […]

Best of luck to our Junior Boys as they compete at the EU Nations in Brno this weekend. The team will be lead by Jim Tracey, Gareth Bowden and Team […]

Congratulations to the players who have been selected to participate in the upcoming EU Nations Tournament The tournament will take place in Brno, Czech Republic from 14th to 17th of […]

The draw for the 2022 Irish Senior Cups have taken place for both the Men and Womens Cups.   The finals will take place on the 12/13/14 May in University […]

The draws for the 2022 under 15 cups (YOB 2007) have taken place for both the Boys qualifying round and Girls final round.   There are 8 girls teams entered […]

Best of luck to our Junior Girls as they compete at the U18 Division 2 Inter-Regionals in Bolton this weekend. The team will be lead by Stevie Nolan, Goran Sablic, […]

ASA Inter-Regional Tournament Congratulations to the players who have been selected to participate in the upcoming U18 Girls ASA Inter-Regional Tournament. The tournament will take place in

It’s game day for our Senior Women as the European Qualifiers commence! All matches are being streamed live and can be followed at the link below http://www.len.eu/?p=19100 Please note that

Best of luck to our Senior Men & Women as they embark on their journey to the LEN European Qualifiers this weekend. The Senior Women are competing in Romania and […]

LEN European Qualifying Tournaments Congratulations to the players who have been selected to participate in the upcoming Senior Men’s & Women’s LEN’s European Qualifying Tournaments. Both to

Friday 14th January saw the first of our cup competitions for 2022 with the long awaited return of the U17 Cups to Lisnasharragh, Belfast for the first time since January […]

Notice is hereby given that the Ireland Water Polo Annual Conference will be held on Tuesday 15th February 2022 on the Zoom Virtual Platform. The Annual Conference is an extremely […]

The National Water Polo Committee would like to offer our deepest condolences to the Fitzgerald family on the passing of Helen. Wife to Dave and Mum to Daniel, Gary and […]

Under 17 Cup 2022 – 14th – 16th January 2022 The under 17 cup is due to take place in Lisnasharragh, Belfast. The cup competition pack can be found here […]

Bert O’Brien 1942-2021 Ireland Water Polo are saddened to hear of the passing of lifelong Coach and former Ireland Water Polo President,  Bert O’Brien, on Saturday 6th November. Bert was […]

Saturday 11th September 2021 saw the long awaited return of the Ireland Water Polo National Leagues in Lisnasharragh, Belfast. A mix of senior and junior matches saw clubs from North […]

It has been a long wait, a grand total of 475 days to be exact, but we are back! Saturday 26th June 2021 saw a return to water polo action […]

St Vincents Water Polo Club made a splash on Sunday last when they traveled to the model county to take to the warm waters of Bunclody Outdoor Swimming Pool Having […]

Cathal Brugha had a great first night of open water polo at Let’s Go Hydro Resort with their Junior and Senior Water Polo teams. Brugha have collaborated with Lisburn City […]

Ireland Water Polo are saddened to hear of the passing of Half Moon Swimming and Water Polo Club President,  Ben Kealy, on Friday 28th May.   Ben was one of […]

A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change Swim Ireland are gearing up for International Women’s Day 2021 on Monday, March 8, and asking you, our […]

Clonard Swimming and Water Polo Club’s Kevin Armstrong was on Tuesday evening elected President of the Ireland Water Polo Committee, in an historic year for his Belfast-based club. Clonard’s

Ireland Water Polo have teamed up with Denise Walsh of Pilates & More with Denise to offer a tailored 6 week Pilates programme to Water Polo members. The aim of […]

The Ireland Water Polo Annual Conference will take place on Tuesday 9th February 2021 at 7.00pm The conference will be held on the virtual GoToWebinar platform. Details on the conference […]

The Swim Ulster Virtual Coaching Conference takes place on Saturday 16th January 2021.  All registered Swim Ulster Members will be partially subsidised by Swim Ulster but registration for Co

This year has been challenging to say the least. Covid-19 has affected our lives in many different ways, how we work, how we live and most of all how we […]

The NWPC are delighted to introduce their newly designed website which will act as the main form of communication and information hub for the Water Polo community. Together with the […]

The NWPC in conjunction with Swim Ireland will be hosting Referees & Table Official’s courses. There will be two courses held in the coming weeks; the first a refresher course […]

Congratulations to Corrib Water Polo Club who recently hosted their Annual Connaught Prom Swim from Blackrock to Seapoint, in aid of Croí. The proceeds of this year’s event were donated […]

Following months of hard work, culminating in a virtual club visit, Cathal Brugha WPC have been awarded Clubmark status again. Well done to the committee and coaches for achieving this […]

Congratulations to Lynn Hanna Short, winner of the Belfast Sports Awards Female Coach of the Year 2020. A proud member of Cathal Brugha, Lynn is a very experienced coach looking […]

Ireland’s U17 Girls National Team has been selected for the upcoming EU Nations Tournament in Brno, Czech Republic, 13th – 15th March 2020. Irish U17 Girls Team 1. Meabh McGurk, […]

Cathal Brugha last weekend won the 2020 Brother Philip Cup at UL Sport, fighting out a tight final against North Dublin. In a change to format, the tournament ran in […]

Ireland Water Polo are delighted to announce the appointment of our new National Head Coach Goran Sablic. Goran is currently the Irish Junior Girls Coach and Men’s Senior Coach, where […]