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How a 1903 race in the Irish Midlands changed global motorsport (opens the original)
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Analysis: The Gordon Bennett Cup was an entirely new spectacle for the Irish people and paved the way for modern Grand Prix racing In July 1903, the world's eyes turned to Ireland as it staged motor racing’s greatest prize. In a series of firsts for both Ireland and international motor racing, the Gordon Bennett Cup race, which took place in Carlow, Laois, Kildare and Westmeath, paved the way for modern Grand Prix racing. James Gordon Bennett Jr (1841-1918) was a successful businessman who owned
Meet Deirdre Gogarty, the boxing champ who inspired Katie Taylor (opens the original)
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Analysis: Gogarty was the first Irish woman to win a boxing world title and was a huge source of inspiration for Taylor when she was starting out In 1997, an 11-year-old girl aspiring to become a boxing champion wrote a letter to her sporting hero. Deirdre Gogarty had just become the world featherweight champion and the first Irish woman to win a boxing world title. The girl who wrote the letter? Katie Taylor, a future multiple world title holder and icon of women's sport. This is an intertwinin
A short history of the All-Ireland Poc Fada competition (opens the original)
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Analysis: It's a piece of GAA history and tradition spiritually and culturally rooted in the wild foothills of the Cooley mountains Like many parts of Irish sports history, Poc Fada has proud and heroic ancient origins. When Cú Chulainn set out to his uncle King Conor Mac Nessa's palace, he shortened the road for himself by hurling the ball ahead of him and thus set up the first cross country long puck record. Likewise, Fionn MacCool is said to have pucked a ball from Fair Head in Antrim to Mize
The story behind the controversial painting of Roger Casement (opens the original)
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Analysis: the painting embodies many of the complexities that deny a simple representation of modern Irish history This article is now available above as a Brainstorm podcast. You can subscribe to the Brainstorm podcast through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts . Irish painter John Lavery's monumental High Treason, Court of Criminal Appeal: The Trial of Sir Roger Casement 1916 measures ten feet wide by six feet high and engulfs any wall on which it is hung. The
GAA curses: myth, magic or excuse? (opens the original)
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Opinion: there is a tradition in the GAA of blaming defeat on a force greater than human sporting abilities Curses and superstitions are common in the history and folklore of the GAA. They intensify most often when teams wish to explain away a frustrating lack of success. Win and the curse is broken and banished forever. Lose and that curse will follow a team until they can prove otherwise. After their first ever championship win in 1923, the Galway hurlers experienced a series of losses, which
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