Linenhall Library hosted a fantastic event on Wednesday about the tremendous contributions the city of Belfast has made to the world of amateur and professional boxing.
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.