100 Years Of Team Ireland

Laura Weber | Multidisciplinary Fashion Designer

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

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

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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Team Ireland Celebrates Centenary at St. Patrick’s in Dublin

A global audience, plus half a million people in-person witnessed Ireland's Olympians as they celebrated Team Ireland's Centenary on St Patrick's Day. A showpiece of famous Olympians, Team Ireland mascots, colourful performers representing Olympic sports; and a full class of school children who have completed the Dare to Believe programme marched through the streets of

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Team Ireland Kickstart Centenary Celebrations at Trinity College Dublin

Yesterday, the Olympic Federation of Ireland brought together a number of Olympians to kickstart our centenary celebrations at Trinity College Dublin. Last night's function was the first in a series of events that Team Ireland has planned throughout our Centenary year to celebrate our Olympians, recognise their achievements and inspire the next generation of athletes to

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Official Opening of the Centre Culturel Irlandais 100 Year Exhibition

Yesterday marked the official opening of the Centre Culturel Irlandais (@cc_irlandais) 100 Years Exhibition of Team Ireland at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. ‘Just a few hundred metres from the Irish cultural centre, 130 years ago at the Sorbonne, Pierre de Coubertin worked to persuade the world to unite through sport. We need to celebrate

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100 YEARS OF TEAM IRELAND TO BE CELEBRATED AT ST PATRICK’S FESTIVAL IN DUBLIN, SUPPORTED BY PTSB

A global audience will witness Ireland’s celebration of 100 Years of Olympic participation next month when Team Ireland plays a central role in the National St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin on 17 March 2024. Ireland first competed as a nation in the Olympic Games in Paris 1924, and St. Patrick’s Day will serve as

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100 YEARS OF TEAM IRELAND – OLYMPIAN RECOGNITION PROGRAMME UNVEILED

Celebrating 100 Years of Team Ireland, Olympian Recognition Programme Unveiled Schools, Clubs, and Communities invited to celebrate their Olympians with a Team Ireland plaque As part of the Team Ireland celebrations to mark its centenary, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has launched an Olympian Recognition Programme which allows schools, universities, clubs, and communities to celebrate

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CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS FOR TEAM IRELAND UNVEILED

One hundred years of Irish participation at the Olympic Games will be celebrated this year with a series of events highlighting the achievements and rich history of Team Ireland’s Olympic athletes. A century after the fledgling Irish State first took its place among the family of nations at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, the Olympic

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