Irelands Mona McSharry and Daniel Wiffen won gold and silver medals in the women's 200m breaststroke and men's 800m freestyle respectively on the final day of competition at the inaugural European U23 championships at the National Aquatic Centre.
Ireland finished top of the medals table with six golds and two silver compared to Great Britain who took five golds, four silver and four bronze.
McSharry completed the hat-trick of gold medals, as she was crowned champion in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke during the first two days and added the 200m crown today for a breaststroke treble in 2:25.49.
Wiffen who recently set the European record for the 800m, had to be content with silver, finishing behind Germany's Sven Schwartz, the European Short course champion who took gold in 7:41.77 to Wiffen's 7:45.59
The University of Tennessee based McSharry eased into the final of the 200m with the fastest time of the morning heats and in the decider, the Irish Olympic finalist won easily by .88 of a second from Britain’s Liz Booker and Croatian Ana Blazevic.
McSharry paid tribute to organisers afterwards, saying: "Honestly, fair play to the staff and the other athletes here, it’s been awesome, really enjoyable, cheering us on, great atmosphere and I think that’s made the world of difference.
"Time for a rest, swim in the sea and feed my dog."
Ellen Walshe competed against a strong field in the women’s 50m butterfly, qualifying for her fourth final as she finished fourth in the decider in 26.64 seconds just outside the medals.
"It’s been a tough couple of months, coming back from illness, I’m delighted to be back on the world stage and then to finish off with a home crowd, it’s really, really nice," said Walshe.
Maria Godden, finished fifth in her third final - 200m backstroke - coming home as the fourth of the Europeans as American Isabelle Stadden won in 2:09.31.
Elsewhere Grace Hodgins was lapped in the 1500m freestyle final with Germany's Marie Isobel Gose (16:02.80) winning gold.
Victory in the two blue riband races of the night, the 100m freestyle, went to the American Patrick Sammon in the men’s (48.53 seconds) while Slovenian Janja Segal won the women’s race in 54.66 seconds.
