John McNally Archives - Irish Boxing

The Irish Boxing family, is this evening mourning the passing of Belfast’s John NcNally, Ireland’s first Olympic medallist McNally, who

REVISED – Ireland’s Olympic Boxing Medal Winners

Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 29 Olympic Games. Before Tokyo Irish boxing boasted

Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 28 Olympic Games. Fifteen fighters, sixthteen Olympic medals,

By Bernard O’Neill It appears to be generally accepted that Gentleman John McNally wrote Irish boxing into the history books

2006: Bray’s Katie Taylor won her first of five World Championships golds in New Delhi, India. The Wicklow woman Taylor

1952: Bantamweight John McNally defeated Korean Joon-Ho Kang to secure a silver medal for Ireland at the Helsinki Olympics. The

By Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Helsinki 1952 It appears to be generally accepted that Belfast’s John McNally wrote

Boxing has long been Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, taking in 16 of our 28 medals in total. However, the

Ireland take on Italy tonight in Lille in their final group game at Euro 2016 and know that victory is

‘It was the last day of the Games and the host nation had not yet won a gold medal, so