It is not that long since the Phoenix Park in Dublin's City Centre was the scene for motor car racing each year, where large crowds gathered to see the excitement. Back in 1929, the Irish International Grand Prix was a major event in the motor racing calendar, and the Ternan family have captured so much of the excitement and the scene in this assembly of photographs!
Photographer: Ternan family
Date: 1929
NLI Ref.: ALB162
FÓGRA: Photographs in our Albums are generally not individually catalogued, so if you want to examine this photo in the NLI catalogue, just scroll to image 44 of 57 in this Ternan Photographic Album.
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Tags: National Library of Ireland National Photographic Archive Irish International Grand Prix Phoenix Park Dublin Ireland Racing cars drivers mechanics 20th Century 1920s Leinster Location Identified Ternan Ternan Family Ternan Photographic Album Grand Prix 1929 Ivanowski
Remembering our former Olympians today and as this is coming to the end of the games we have yet another legend of Irish sport to end our tribute.
There are some sports people who just stand out, not only for their wins but for their courage, talent and total determination not to give up and John Treacy was one of those. His run in the marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics was just such a race. He had never run a Marathon before and was part of a field of superb Marathon runners but he was battling right to the end and his finish with the British runner showed his class.
Photographer: Colman Doyle, 1932-
Collection: Colman Doyle Collection
Date: Saturday, 12 August 1984?
NLI Ref: CDOY1
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Tags: 20th Century Ireland Location Identified National Library of Ireland Waterford Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984 Marathon race John Treacy Silver medallist
Continuing the practice of posting medals commemorating Irish Olympians we have a photo of Irelands first Gold Medal winning boxer Michael Carruth. Michael won gold at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and anybody who watched the fight will remember his reaction when his victory over his Cuban opponent was announced! He jumped up into the air as though he was never going to come down again!
Photographer: Colman Doyle, 1932-
Collection: Colman Doyle Collection
Date: Saturday, 8 August 1992?
NLI Ref: CDOY2
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Tags: Dublin Ireland National Library of Ireland Olympic Games Olympic Gold Medal Michael Carruth Barcelona Olympics Spain Irish Defence Forces Boxing Saturday August 1992 1990s Colman Doyle Colman Doyle Collection
... no surname necessary! To celebrate the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, we present for your enjoyment an Irish sporting great, Sonia O'Sullivan, known everywhere in Ireland by her first name alone. Do you remember this Autumn day in 2000?
This morning at 09:05 (in Dublin), Sonia's daughter Sophie O'Sullivan is running in Heat 1 of the Women's 1500m. We wish Sophie (and Sarah Healy too) Bonne Chance!
p.s. delira to be featuring a living photographer from our NLI archives. We've admired his work only once before, but hope to feature more...
Photographer: Colman Doyle, 1932-
Collection: Colman Doyle Collection
Date: Monday, 25 September 2000, around 21:00
NLI Ref: CDOY3
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Tags: Sonia Sonia O'Sullivan 5000m Olympic Games Olympics Sydney Australia 2000 Sydney 2000 Athletics Women's 5000m Colman Doyle Colman Doyle Collection National Library of Ireland Sophie O'Sullivan Accor Stadium Edwin Flack Avenue Sydney Olympic Park New South Wales Cobh Monday September 21:00
The famous Links Golf Course at Portmarnock in North County Dublin apparently taken before it was famous? The rough looks very rough and the green doesn't look much better though the attendance seem very interested in the proceedings. Will anybody score a hole in one by identifying the hole in the image! One of Ms. Maddock's renowned sticky buns with extra stickyness for the one who does!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_07482
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Tags: Robert French William Lawrence Lawrence Photographic Studio Glass Negative National Library of Ireland 20th Century Dublin Ireland Lawrence Photograph Collection Leinster Golf Links Portmarnock North County Dublin green competition taking the putt gentlemen lady Black & White