Mona McSharry will be officially welcomed home from the Paris Olympic Games next week.
Two events will take place for the Bronze medallist, one in her native Grange and another in Ballyshannon, where she honed her craft as a swimmer before relocating to the USA.
McSharry will be welcomed back to Grange on Tuesday, August 27th, with Grange Car Park set to host it’s second homecoming in two weeks, after athlete Chris O’Donnell returned home last Wednesday.
Proceedings will get underway there from 8pm.
On Wednesday, August 28th, McSharry will lead a parade on entering Ballyshannon along the Bundoran Road, crossing Allingham Bridge on to Main Street through the Gables and back towards the Market Yard where an event stage and giant screen will await.
Local musicians from the Phil Rooney Branch CCE will perform with many other local artists and Irish Dancing at the Market Yard (Festival site) from 6pm.
McSharry made history at the Olympic Games in Paris when she dramatically claimed a Bronze medal in the Women’s 100 metres breaststroke final, beating the USA’s Lily King and Italy’s Benedetta Pinato by just one-hundredth of a second.
She won Ireland’s first Olympic swimming medal since 1996 and claimed the first of 7 medals for Team Ireland at the Paris Games.
