Irish Boxing mourns the passing of Ireland’s first Olympic medal winner
The Irish Boxing family, is this evening mourning the passing of Belfast’s John NcNally, Ireland’s first Olympic medallist McNally, who
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John McNally
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
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Those That Went Before – Ireland’s Olympic boxing medal winners
Boxing accounts for more than half the medals Ireland have won across 28 Olympic Games. Fifteen fighters, sixthteen Olympic medals,
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IRELAND’S FIRST OLYMPIC BOXING MEDAL
By Bernard O’Neill It appears to be generally accepted that Gentleman John McNally wrote Irish boxing into the history books
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On This Day: November 23rd
2006: Bray’s Katie Taylor won her first of five World Championships golds in New Delhi, India. The Wicklow woman Taylor
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On This Day: August 1st
1952: Bantamweight John McNally defeated Korean Joon-Ho Kang to secure a silver medal for Ireland at the Helsinki Olympics. The
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Ireland at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
By Bernard O’Neill – IABA Press Officer Helsinki 1952 It appears to be generally accepted that Belfast’s John McNally wrote
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5 Olympic Robberies against Irish boxers
Boxing has long been Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, taking in 16 of our 28 medals in total. However, the
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How Irish boxers have fared against Italy
Ireland take on Italy tonight in Lille in their final group game at Euro 2016 and know that victory is
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Remembering John McNally winning Ireland’s first Olympic Boxing medal 63 years ago
‘It was the last day of the Games and the host nation had not yet won a gold medal, so
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