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Dr. Joss Lynam, Author of the Sport Feature
Dr. Joss Lynam, Author of the Sport Feature
Dr. Joss Lynam (1924-2011) was a civil engineer by profession, who worked on projects in Britain and India as well as in Ireland, however he is better known for his life-long involvement in Adventure Sports. He was a founder member of the IMC, the first mountaineering club in Ireland in 1948. Returning in the sixties from working abroad, he was also a founder and the first Hon. Secretary of the Association for Adventure Sports in 1969. Concentrating on mountaineering, he was on fourteen expeditions to the Himalayas and many other great ranges, and was the founder and editor of the magazine Irish Mountain Log for 14 years. Dr. Lynam was particularly well-known for the walking guidebooks in Ireland. In 2001, Dublin University recognised his work for mountain and hill sports in Ireland with an Honorary Doctorate in Law.
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Camille Jenatzy - The Winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup Race
Camille Jenatzy - The Winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup Race
Camille Jenatzy - The winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup Race.
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Handball Illustration
Handball Illustration
This image shows handball scenes from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 16 Feb. 1884. This newspaper published in London (1874-1943) occasionally featured illustrations of Irish Interest. This image was published alongside an article which explained the rules and methods used when playing Handball.
Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
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Malahide Marina
Malahide Marina
Situated just a few miles north of Dublin. Malahide Marina is the perfect location from which to enjoy sailing the waters of the Irish Sea and to admire this scenic stretch of Ireland's coastline. The marina caters for 350 fully serviced berths in a well-protected inlet, Vessels of up to 75m can be accommodated. The boatyard has hard standing for some 170 vessels with a modern 30-ton mobile hoist.
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Map of North Kerry
Map of North Kerry
Map of North Kerry Way(Slí Chiarraí Thuaidh).The walk is 48kms in length.
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boat
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yacht returning to port
yacht returning to port
yacht returning to port
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Ross Castle,Killarney
Ross Castle,Killarney
A romantic and romanticised postcard of Ross Castle.The swans and fishing boat are almost certainly additions to appeal to the visitor. There is an element of improving on pecfection in this photograph.
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A group of Male Swimmers awaiting the start of the race.
A group of Male Swimmers awaiting the start of the race.
Photograph of the Liffey Swim
By kind permission of Brian Mongey
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Boat race - mid-nineteenth century
Boat race - mid-nineteenth century
Image of a boat race taken from the Illustrated London News 1848.
Carlow County Library



