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Can anyone caption the 1912 Irish Olympic cycling team?

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  • 24-12-2023 12:31am
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    Rechuchote
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    1912 Irish Olympic cycling team 1912 including Walker brothers.jpg

    Would there be any relatives here of the team that cycled for Ireland in the 1912 Olympics who could help to caption this?

    Michael Walker is in the centre - he was the 50-mile champion of Ireland at the time; the photo also has his brother John Walker, Richard J Mecredy (always known as Arjay; there's a photo of him here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Mecredy and a couple more on the cover of a recent book about him), Matthew Walsh and Bernard Doyle.

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    Rechuchote
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    Arjay - RJ Mecredy - died aged 63 in 1924, so fair play to him being an Olympian at the age of (counts on fingers)…



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    CramCycle
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    There inventor of cycle polo, well I never knew that. A wonderful sport to watch, seen a few lads playing on track bikes over in Eamonn Ceannt park.



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    Rechuchote
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    Bicycle polo championship 1908.jpg

    The 1908 bicycle polo championship.



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