Cathal Sheridan.

Cathal is the Head of Sport & Performance Psychology with Munster Rugby and also serves as the lead Performance Psychologist with Rowing Ireland, working with the team for the Paris games in 2024 where the team had their most successful ever Olympic Games. Most recently in 2025, he worked as Performance Coach for both the Tipperary Senior Hurlers, as well the Kerry Men’s Senior Footballers as both teams went on to win All Ireland titles in the same year. He is also a former professional rugby player with Munster Rugby. Cathal has and continues to work closely with Rugby Players Ireland, with a specific focus on on their mental health campaigns.

Cathal Sheridan delivers engaging keynotes and workshops that equip individuals and teams to perform at their best. He speaks on building belief through vision, self-confidence and effective goal setting, as well as thriving under pressure by understanding its roots and preparing to stay calm in challenging moments. Cathal also covers high performance principles and teamwork, helping groups avoid common thinking traps and focus on controllable factors. He works with leaders to develop effective skills using lessons from elite sport, while his resilience training provides practical strategies for both individuals and organisations. Cathal reframes adversity as a driver of growth and shares how values and character influence effective decision making, especially under pressure.

1. Building Belief: How To Create & Work Towards A Vision

A critical foundational skill for sustained performance is the ability to create and work towards a vision.

Cathal speaks on our ability to develop deep rooted self-belief, and implement effective gaol setting strategies that will assist in achieving your vision.

 

2. Thriving Under Pressure – Training Calm

Cathal discusses the core elements to help us understand where pressure comes from. He highlights the necessary skills, as well as facilitating the environment for people and organisations stay calm and perform under pressure. A key focus here is on the importance of preparation. 

 

3. High Performance Principles & Teamwork

In this session, Cathal focuses on the critical High Performance Principles that contribute to achieving success in a Team.

Acknowledging common thinking traps that lead to underperformance, as well as narrowing the lens on controllable factors that contribute to Teams maximising their potential. 

 

4. Developing Leaders: Training Effective Leadership Skills

This interactive session is aimed at those in a leadership/management capacity. Using real life examples from High Performance sport, Cathal facilitates a session for current & aspiring leaders to step into the next stage of their growth.

 

5. Resilience Training

Removing the jargon and focusing on what Resilience really means, Cathal speaks to how we can actively put in place strategies to train Resilience. The focus is on both individual Resilience, as well as organisational Resilience.

 

6. Adversarial Growth: How To Make Adversity Your Ally

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and underutilised performance enhancers out there, Adversity is something that can accelerate growth and performance exponentially, if the right tools are in place.

In this session, Cathal discusses how real Adversarial Growth is accessible for us all.

 

7. Effective Decision Making: How Our Values & Character Impact Our Decision Making

Each of us are unique, but often times we don’t know how to express what our values are, and how to understand our colleagues. By delving a little deeper into our personal values & philosophy, we can put in place effective strategies to make better decisions, especially when under pressure.