100 Years Of Team Ireland

Olympian Spotlight – Fionnuala McCormack

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Few Irish athletes embody endurance, resilience, and sheer love of sport quite like Fionnuala McCormack. With a remarkable career spanning nearly two decades, she has represented Ireland at five Olympic Games—from Beijing 2008 right through to Paris 2024—and capped it all with her highest-ever global finish, 9th place at the 2025 World Championships. In this

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Olympian Spotlight – Julie Parkes & Carol-Ann Heavey

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Swimmers Carol-Ann Heavey and Julie Parkes at Dublin airport before departing for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. More than 1,000 people have represented Ireland at the Olympic Games since our nation first participated in Paris 1924. In the second of an ongoing series exploring the personal stories of Ireland's Olympians, Julie Brown (nee

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100 YEARS OF TEAM IRELAND CELEBRATED AT CENTENARY OLYMPIC BALL

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PHOTOS Last night, over 700 guests gathered for the special Team Ireland Centenary Olympic Ball, at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin. In 1924 the first team competed for Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris, and throughout the evening athletes and performances spanning the one hundred years were celebrated.   The unique event was

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Olympic Athletes to be Honoured at Olympic Ceremony This Weekend

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This weekend will mark a special occasion for the Irish Olympic movement. Athletes who have represented Ireland at the Games throughout the years will be recognised at an Olympic Ball which will take place at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road (9 November). The event will celebrate one hundred years of Team Ireland, along with the

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Team Ireland | Shane O’Driscoll Centenary Print

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To mark 100 years of Ireland's participation at the Olympic Games, artist Shane O'Driscoll has created a special artwork that encapsulates a momentous occasion in Irish sporting history. The artwork celebrates Ireland's Olympic heritage, utilising colours and shapes that symbolise both Ireland and the Games. Shane O'Driscoll is an Irish visual artist who specialises in

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Laura Weber | Multidisciplinary Fashion Designer

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Getting to know a three-time Irish Olympian, ahead of one of the biggest days in her life away from sporting arena, was the genesis for Irish fashion designer Laura Weber designing Team Ireland’s uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies in Paris 2024. Weber, a textile graduate from NCAD, first came to international prominence when

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The Design Story of Team Ireland’s Official Wear Collection

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This summer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Team Ireland athletes will feature in LW Pearl formal wear in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The partnership will feature the best of Irish athletes in the best of Irish design, created and manufactured by New York based Dubliner, Laura Weber. Background Above all Laura wanted the

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Unique Hard Court History | 100 Years Of Team Ireland

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Two things resulted in Ireland’s only Olympic participation to date: the proximity of the London Olympics in 1948 and the founding of the Irish Amateur Basketball Asociation (ABAI) in 1945. The foreign game of basketball was primarily played by the army within Ireland up to the 1940s and the ABAI reasoned that Olympic participation would

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