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The story of Nenagh’s Olympic hero Bob Tisdall is to feature in a TG4 documentary tonight.
Tisdall, who attended primary school in Nenagh, won the Gold medal at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in the 400 metres hurdles, despite being a relative rookie in the event.
His preparations for the Olympics saw him rest for 15 hours a day in bed, and he was also massaged using a mixture of olive oil and poitín ahead of the races.
The documentary called ‘Laochra Thar Lear’ is about Ireland’s Olympic achievements in the first 60 years of the modern games.
Belfast boxer and Ballymena athlete feature in documentary about Ireland s early Olympic successes John McNally, who won silver in boxing in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
Ballymena-born athlete Maeve Kyle with her daughter Shauna
THE stories of a Belfast boxer and a Ballymena athlete are among those celebrated in a new documentary about Irish Olympic successes in the first 60 years of the modern games.
John McNally, who won a silver medal in boxing in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and Maeve Kyle, regarded as a pioneer for women in sport, are both featured in Laochra Thar Lear (Heroes Abroad) on TG4. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the crowds in Belfast, Mr McNally recalls in the documentary.