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Jean Heggan participated in numerous rowing races along the Antrim coast in her recreational rowing boat. She raced competitively as an individual and in two-person women only races.In the 1931 Islandmagee Regatta, she won the ladies race rowing with Miss M Jeffries. Her boat was a 14' plank built skiff called 'Flora'. It has a painted green hull with black along the gunwhale and two sets of thole pins. Her boat was donated to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum by the Heggan family.

Rowing regattas also take place today across Northern Ireland with one of the largest being held in Portadown but smaller events take place throughout the year across County Down. Coastal rowing clubs are active all along the Irish coast with the Antrim coast covered by the Antrim Coast Rowing Association (ACRA).