Team Ireland’s Olympic debut

Episode 3: Commemorating the first ever official Team Ireland at the Olympics 100 years ago and its significant GAA links, most notably in Larry Stanley who won football All-Irelands with Kildare and Dublin and won the High Jump event to mark the official opening of Wembley Stadium. Seán Lavin was a brilliant handballer and footballer from Mayo who in 1923 performed the solo run for the first time ever in a match at Croke Park and was a sprinter in 1924 and 1928. Behind it all was the remarkable JJ Keane from Limerick, a football All-Ireland winner and a remarkable administrator who secured a place for Ireland in the Olympic Games. Historian Tom Hunt joins Mick Foley and Cian Murphy to salute these icons.

Lords of the Rings: The GAA’s Olympics Story is a podcast available today from gaa.ie, Spotify and usual platforms, produced by Andrew Foley and GAA Digital Manager Niamh Boyle.

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