Irish Figure Skaters Set To Close Out Season At Nationals
The top figure skating talent from Ireland take to the ice this weekend (7-8 June) for the Irish National Figure Skating Championships which will be held at the Dundee Ice Arena. A total of seven skaters compete at the championships across four separate categories.
Dillon Judge (Co. Antrim) is the 2023 Senior Men’s champion. He was unable to compete at last year’s championships due to injury. This season he finished third at the Lõunakeskus Trophy in Tartu, Estonia. He is coached by Barbara Luoni at Ice Lab in Bergamo, Italy, an ISU Centre of Excellence.
Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus (Co. Wexford) are two-time Irish ice dance champions. The team picked up a bronze medal at Edusport Trophy in Otopeni, Romania back in December. They represented Ireland at both the 2025 European and World Championships earlier this year. The husband and wife duo train in Toronto, Canada with Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs and Marc Andre Servant.
Julianna Farrell (Co. Cork) makes her Irish Championships debut this year in the Junior Women’s category. Born in the United States of America to a north County Cork born father, she remains close with her relatives in Cork, Limerick and Mayo. She is coached by Alex Zahradnicek at IceWorks Skating Club in Aston. Pennsylvania and Irina Romanova at the Skating Club of Wilmington, Delaware.
Eeva O’Brien (Co. Wicklow) is also appearing in the Junior Women’s event at her first ever Irish Championships. She was born in Switzerland to a Finnish mother and an Irish father from Glenealy, Wicklow. She moved from Switzerland in 2022 to the United States of America and now trains in Montclair, New Jersey with coaches Alex Beletsky and Igor Lukanin. She is a member of the Skating Club of New York.
Lexie Graham (Co. Carlow) skates in the Advanced Novice Girls event in her first ever Nationals. Born in Albertville, France to an Irish father with family in Borris and Dublin, she works with Laëtitia Hubert and Laëtitia Gaiddon at the Olympic Glace Club Albertville (OGCA).
Regular updates from the Irish National Figure Skating Championships will be posted on the Ice Skating Association of Ireland’s social media accounts.
