Nick Maxwell (in the order in which they are mentioned)National Athletics and Cycling Association of Ireland (NACA), founded in 1923 as an all-Ireland body.International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), the international athletics organisation founded in Stockholm in 1912.Irish Amateur Athletics Association (IAAA), founded in 1885 as an offshoot of the English AAA. GAA Athletics Council, founded in 1906.Irish Cycling … Read more
The South Sea Bubble: a parable for our own time The South Sea Company, a joint stock company, was established in 1711 by British lord treasurer Robert Harley as a device for servicing government debt, which had ballooned as a result of the ongoing War of Spanish Succession and previous wars with Louis XIV’s France. … Read more
Mexico 71 Ireland 9 Iran 49 Ireland 22 Cuba 88 Ireland 25 France 73 Ireland 14 Great Britain 46 Ireland 21 Switzerland 55 Ireland 12
The Kilkenny to Thomastown line, part of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, opened on 12 May 1848; it was subsequently extended from Thomastown to Jerpoint Hill, opening on 29 May 1850. This relatively short section required the construction of a viaduct over the River Nore, consisting of timber lattice girders supported on heavy masonry abutments, … Read more
Irish basketball panel for 1948 Olympic Games Lt Paddy Crehan Eastern Command Air Corps, GormanstownSgt Christy Walsh Eastern Command McKee BarracksLt Donal O’Donovan Curragh Command Curragh CampLt James Flynn Curragh Command Curragh CampLt Frank O’Connor Western Command Custume Barracks, AthloneSgt Bill Jackson Western Command Custume Barracks, AthlonePte Tommy Keenan Western Command Custume Barracks, AthloneSgt … Read more