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Tom Kiely: Erin´s Champion
Kevin McCarthy
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Tom Kiely strode majestically through the Irish sporting scene, brushing aside all challengers, collecting championships by the score, smashing Irish, Scottish, British and European and world records on all sides. He created a blazing chapter of sporting history that still burns as brightly today as it did in the early years of the century’ (David Guiney, Ireland and the Olympic Games)
Thomas F. Kiely was widely regarded as the greatest all-around athlete worldwide 1890s and early 1900s. Never beaten in an all-round competition, many would regard Tom as the father of the modern decathlon. His career is ... Read more
Tom Kiely strode majestically through the Irish sporting scene, brushing aside all challengers, collecting championships by the score, smashing Irish, Scottish, British and European and world records on all sides. He created a blazing chapter of sporting history that still burns as brightly today as it did in the early years of the century’ (David Guiney, Ireland and the Olympic Games)
Thomas F. Kiely was widely regarded as the greatest all-around athlete worldwide 1890s and early 1900s. Never beaten in an all-round competition, many would regard Tom as the father of the modern decathlon. His career is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781781177112
SKU
9781781177112
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-6
About Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy is a former history teacher, now a retired post-primary school inspector of History he has written a number of school textbooks and contributed to several books about his home place, Cappoquin. His first love is sports history. His book, Gold, Silver and Green: The Irish Olympic Journey 1896-1924 was awarded the Karl Lennartz Memorial Award by the International ... Read more
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