Andy McDonough competed in the men's coxless four at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games alongside Martin Feeley, Jaye Renehan and Iain Kennedy, a crew that was eliminated at the repechage stage. The crew was a more fluid combination than the established coxed four.
They were required to qualify for the final selection at Amsterdam - a mission accomplished - and were the first time Ireland's Olympic rowing squad comprised three crews. A member of the Garda SÃochána Boat Club (GSBC), McDonough was part of the remarkable GSBC senior eight that dominated Irish rowing in the mid-1970s.
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