60 acast.com Greatest Irish Olympic Stories Never Told https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told en The Irish Times Olympics,Paris ,Ireland ,Storytelling,The Irish Times ,Athletics ,Boxing ,Swimming ,Walking The Irish Times

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]]> false The Irish Times declan.conlon@irishtimes.com 6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f/1720692313781-2364601f70e705179698e3d9a4a68117.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told Greatest Irish Olympic Stories Never Told <![CDATA[Ireland's most unexpected Olympic medal]]> Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:00:31 GMT 14:48 6691432b96deb6dc3d905ebb false https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told/episodes/irelands-most-unexpected-olympic-medal 6691432b96deb6dc3d905ebb 6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f irelands-most-unexpected-olympic-medal full In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph and tragedy, and in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode five, Ian O'Riordan tells the story of Ireland's most unexpected medal.


You can read all the stories here. 

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]]> In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph and tragedy, and in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode five, Ian O'Riordan tells the story of Ireland's most unexpected medal.


You can read all the stories here. 

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]]> The Irish legend whose potential went unfulfilled The Irish legend whose potential went unfulfilled Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:50:33 GMT 12:07 669142f77da3e06c5ed6bc74 false https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told/episodes/the-irish-legend-whose-potential-went-unfulfilled 669142f77da3e06c5ed6bc74 6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f the-irish-legend-whose-potential-went-unfulfilled By Sean Moran full In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph and tragedy, and in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode four, Sean Moran tells the story of Fanahan McSweeney, the amazing character whose potential went tragically unfulfilled. 


You can read all the stories here. 

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]]> In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph and tragedy, and in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode four, Sean Moran tells the story of Fanahan McSweeney, the amazing character whose potential went tragically unfulfilled. 


You can read all the stories here. 

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]]> The Irish race walker who overcame calamity to compete The Irish race walker who overcame calamity to compete Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:00:58 GMT 12:03 669142627da3e06c5ed6a43f false https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told/episodes/the-irish-race-walker-who-overcame-calamity-to-compete 669142627da3e06c5ed6a43f 6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f the-irish-race-walker-who-overcame-calamity-to-compete By Malachy Clerkin full In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph and tragedy, and in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode three, Malachy Clerkin tells the story of a race walker who overcame calamity to compete. 


You can read all the stories here. 


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]]> In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph and tragedy, and in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode three, Malachy Clerkin tells the story of a race walker who overcame calamity to compete. 


You can read all the stories here. 


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]]> The meteoric rise and notorious fall of a long-distance runner The meteoric rise and notorious fall of a long-distance runner Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:15:17 GMT 13:40 6699077b3bbdd745dccac48a false https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told/episodes/the-meteoric-rise-and-notorious-fall-of-a-long-distance-runn 6699077b3bbdd745dccac48a 6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f the-meteoric-rise-and-notorious-fall-of-a-long-distance-runn By Paul Howard full In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn’t know. This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors.


In episode two, Paul Howard tells the story of an Irish athlete who in a year went from being barely known outside his native Cork to preparing for the 2004 Athens Olympics as the fastest non-African in the world over 10,000m. It really was too good to be true.


Listen to Episode 2 here or on your podcast app. You can read all the stories in the series here.

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]]> In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn’t know. This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors.


In episode two, Paul Howard tells the story of an Irish athlete who in a year went from being barely known outside his native Cork to preparing for the 2004 Athens Olympics as the fastest non-African in the world over 10,000m. It really was too good to be true.


Listen to Episode 2 here or on your podcast app. You can read all the stories in the series here.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ireland's first Olympic medal ]]> Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:21:18 GMT 9:53 669141917da3e06c5ed67cc5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-greatest-irish-olympic-stories-never-told/episodes/irelands-first-olympic-meda 669141917da3e06c5ed67cc5 6683d12b4cb273e4612d435f irelands-first-olympic-meda By Malachy Clerkin full In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph, tragedy and, in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode one, Malachy Clerkin tells the story of how Ireland won its first ever Olympic medal in an unusual category. 


You can read all the stories here.

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]]> In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Irish Times sports journalists have looked back at the Irish Olympic stories you didn't know. 


They are stories of triumph, tragedy and, in some cases, notoriety. 


This podcast series brings you a selection of those pieces, as read by their authors. 


In episode one, Malachy Clerkin tells the story of how Ireland won its first ever Olympic medal in an unusual category. 


You can read all the stories here.

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