Personal profile
Research interests
Research interests include physiological attributes and their influence on (i) workload, fatigue, and the subsequent timeline of recovery in team sport athletes, and (ii) performance in ageing master athletes.
Since completing his PhD in 2022, Dr Daly has been developing research programmes in these areas, presently collaborating with a wide range of national and international research groups.
Personal profile
Lorcan Daly is a lecturer in sport and exercise science and a physiologist studying human performance, ageing, and cardiopulmonary function in master athletes and team-sport populations. His work examines master athletes as a model of successful ageing and how athletes across sports can maximise performance and recovery. He applies integrative methods such as oxygen uptake kinetics, power-duration modelling, exercise biochemistry, spirometry and psychophysiological assessments of performance, endurance physiology, fatigue and recovery.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Physiology - Performance Attenuation and Recovery in Gaelic Games
… → 2022
Bachelors Degree, Sport Science with Exercise Physiology (1.1)
… → 2017
External positions
Inter-county Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach, (GAA) Gaelic Athletic Association
21 May 2021 → 22 Mar 2022
Keywords
- QP Physiology
- Physiology
- Endurance
- Ageing
- Master athletes
- Near infrared spectroscopy
- Oxygen uptake kinetics
- Blood lactate
- Spirometry
- Muscle damage
- Neuromuscular
- Nutrition
- Health
- Critical power
- Power-duration
- Metabolism
- Hydration
- Heathspan
- Ventilation
- Muscle fatigue
- Cardiovascular
- Ischemic preconditoning
- Exercise biochemistry
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiling the Physiological and Performance Attributes of Young Male Gaelic Football Players: From Adolescence to Adulthood
Daly, L., Cregg, C. J., Forde, D., Kelly, D. T. & Ó Catháin (Jnr), C., 30 Sep 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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A synthetic data-driven machine learning approach for athlete performance attenuation prediction
Cordeiro, M. C., Cathain, C. O., Daly, L., Kelly, D. T. & Rodrigues, T. B., 2025, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 7, 1607600.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Profiling External Training Load in Starting Male Youth Football Players in Brazil: Do Age and Position Matter?
Augusto, D., Gonet, D. T., Daly, L., Anthony, L., Nunes, M., Ribeiro, C. H. & Vasconcellos, F. V. A., 15 Feb 2025, In: Human Movement. 01149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Profiling the Physical Conditioning Attributes of Young Male Gaelic Football Players: From Adolescence to Adulthood
Daly, L., Cregg, C. J., Forde, D., Ó Catháin (Jnr), C. & Kelly, D. T., 8 Aug 2025, In: International Journal of Strength and Conditioning. 5, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sprints, Decelerations and Turns Most Commonly Precede Goals in Soccer: Analysis of 6 FIFA World Cups
Daly, L., Caulfield, P. & Martínez-Hernández, D., Dec 2025, In: European Journal of Sport Science. 25, 12, e70085.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
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Physical Conditioning Development and Preparation: From Youth to Elite
Daly, L. (Speaker)
13 Nov 2025Activity: Talk, presentation, live performance, residency › Invited talk
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Health and Longevity: Insights from Ageing World Champion Rowers
Daly, L. (Speaker)
11 Nov 2025Activity: Talk, presentation, live performance, residency › Invited talk
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International collaboration - Influence of Power-Duration Characteristics on Physiological Durability
Daly, L. (Participant)
1 Jul 2025Activity: Other
Prizes
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Toward the Limits of Human Aging Physiology: Characteristics of the 50-, 60-, and 70-yr+ Male Indoor Rowing World Champions - featured article in MSSE
Daly, L. (Recipient), 18 Jan 2025
Prize: Other distinction
Press/Media
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Better with Age, Episode 14, Discussing Lorcan Daly's paper with Paul Gallen and Denis Crowley
3/06/25
1 item of Media coverage
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4 tips for getting fit at any age, from a sports scientist who studies athletes as old as 92
13/05/25
1 Media contribution
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A sports scientist switched from weightlifting to rowing as his main workout. He says it's the perfect exercise to start later in life.
25/03/25
1 Media contribution
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Datasets
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Physiological Characteristics of a 92-Year-Old 4-time World Champion Indoor Rower
Daly, L. (Creator), Van Hooren, B. (Creator) & Jakeman, P. (Creator), Open science framework, 2 Dec 2024
DOI: https://osf.io/h6vaf/?view_only=87838d9becbf4eec8fe4ed8770e4e5aa
Dataset
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Toward the Limits of Human Aging Physiology: Characteristics of the 50-, 60-, and 70-yr+ Male Indoor Rowing World Champions
Daly, L. (Creator), Open science framework, 2 Aug 2024
DOI: https://osf.io/d4jp2/overview?view_only=ba53514a787d437fabf6059f11e61be6
Dataset
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Sprints, Decelerations and Turns Most Commonly Precede Goals in Soccer: Analysis of 6 FIFA World Cups
Daly, L. (Creator), Caulfield, P. (Creator) & Martinez-Hernandez, D. (Creator), Open science framework, 8 Nov 2025
DOI: https://osf.io/wnh3y/overview?view_only=611a7bc4a9fe43cfa91554dc4aa4f94e
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Thesis
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Attacking the Physiological Limits of Endurance: A Systematic Review of World-class Calibre Rowers’ Characteristics and Theoretical Model of Performance
Larsen, J. V. (Author), Daly, L. (Author) & Nybo, L. (Author), 2025Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Longevity and Successful Ageing: Master Athletes' Physiology and Enhancing Elderly Health
Meira, G. A. (Author), Ó Catháin (Jnr), C. (Author), Kelly, D. T. (Author), Rossiter, H. (Author) & Daly, L. (Author), 2028Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis