Ireland’s Tailteann games: forgotten Gaelic ‘Olympics’ that shaped a democracy - The Guardian

A century ago as the country emerged from civil war, an event that rivalled the 1924 Paris Games helped establish a viable nation

In the summer of 1924, Ireland did something extraordinary: it hosted the biggest sporting event in the world that year bigger, even, than the Paris Olympics. Thousands of competitors and tens of th… [+6001 chars]

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