DR TOM HUNT is a social and sports historian. He is a native of Clonea-Power, County Waterford and holds a PhD in history. He has contributed numerous articles to books and history journals in the USA, UK and Ireland and is the author of
Portlaw, County Waterford, 1825-1876: Portrait of an Industrial Village and its Cotton Industry and
Sport and Society in Victorian Ireland: The Case of Westmeath.
Did you know? On 6 July 1924, high jumper and legendary Gaelic footballer Larry Stanley became the first athlete to represent independent Ireland in an Olympic athletics competition. Tom Kiely, arguably Ireland's greatest athlete, won in excess of 1,000 prizes, five AAA hammer titles...
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