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Why this could be the year that Ireland finally shine at Olympics
After the 1924 Olympic Games had concluded and Ireland’s first appearance as an independent nation was boxed away for posterity, Dr Robert Rowlette set to writing his final dispatch for the Irish Times from Paris. Along with his sideline as an Olympic …