Kate also works privately with athletes from individual sports such as golf and athletics, as well as players from a broad range of team sports.

She has attended both the London and Rio Olympic Games as a member of Team Ireland’s support staff, and her contribution to Annalise Murphy’s Olympic silver medal through their long-standing work together has been widely acknowledged.

Kate also possesses considerable expertise in the area of athlete career and lifestyle management. Through her current work as a personal development consultant for the Gaelic Player’s Association and in her previous position at Rugby Player’s Ireland, she has supported the dual careers of many high-performance athletes and helped them through their transition out of elite sport and into the next phase of their working lives.

Kate has featured regularly in Irish print and broadcast media, speaking generally about her experiences in high performance sport and specifically, her role in assisting Annalise Murphy to her silver medal success at the Rio Olympics.

She has a lot of experience in the corporate sector also, having collaborated with companies such as Deloitte, BNY Mellon and Irish Life Health. Her presentations at large-scale events such as Wellfest, Generation X and Huddle Dublin conferences have been very well received.

Throughout her career, Kate has been invited to speak at sport psychology and sport science conferences worldwide, including North America, Africa and around Europe. She also has many years of lecturing experience in third level institutions throughout Ireland.

Originally from Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Kate now lives in Dublin with her husband and 2 young children. In her free time she enjoys playing tennis, running and reading.

Dr Kate Kirby

Olympic Sport Psychologist

Dr. Kate Kirby is currently the Head of Performance Psychology at the Sport Ireland Institute. She has worked at the highest level of sport for over a decade and has provided her expertise to numerous governing bodies, including the IRFU, Irish Sailing, Irish Rowing, Hockey Ireland, Tennis Ireland, Horse Sport Ireland and numerous inter-county GAA teams.

 

Kate also works privately with athletes from individual sports such as golf and athletics, as well as players from a broad range of team sports.

She has attended both the London and Rio Olympic Games as a member of Team Ireland’s support staff, and her contribution to Annalise Murphy’s Olympic silver medal through their long-standing work together has been widely acknowledged.

Kate also possesses considerable expertise in the area of athlete career and lifestyle management. Through her current work as a personal development consultant for the Gaelic Player’s Association and in her previous position at Rugby Player’s Ireland, she has supported the dual careers of many high-performance athletes and helped them through their transition out of elite sport and into the next phase of their working lives.

Kate has featured regularly in Irish print and broadcast media, speaking generally about her experiences in high performance sport and specifically, her role in assisting Annalise Murphy to her silver medal success at the Rio Olympics.

She has a lot of experience in the corporate sector also, having collaborated with companies such as Deloitte, BNY Mellon and Irish Life Health. Her presentations at large-scale events such as Wellfest, Generation X and Huddle Dublin conferences have been very well received.

Throughout her career, Kate has been invited to speak at sport psychology and sport science conferences worldwide, including North America, Africa and around Europe. She also has many years of lecturing experience in third level institutions throughout Ireland.

Originally from Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Kate now lives in Dublin with her husband and 2 young children. In her free time she enjoys playing tennis, running and reading.

Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

  • Lessons from elite sport applied to business
  • Building a high performance culture
  • Reaching and sustaining peak performance levels
  • Fostering youth sport
  • Women in sport
  • The psychology of doping in sport
  • Life after sport: managing the transition out

We reached out to Kate to run a panel session for our department with a focus on mental strength and resilience. Kate ran the session in front of a captivated audience of approx. 500 people in the Convention Centre. The topics ranged from training approach, personal challenges and ways to deal with pressure, and overall feedback from the discussion was hugely positive. The whole session resonated really well with the group and Kate did an excellent job of relating the professional sporting world to the dynamic of the workplace environment.

Deloitte

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