"Ned Boulting delves into the history of Irish road cycling.
Ep.1 tonight ITV4 at 8.00pm
I don't know if this is new or not.
Might be worth a gander.
Yeah looks to be new
I enjoyed that. Pity not more on Shay O'Hanlon. 3 Rás wins overall, and in yellow from stage 1 to finish each time. He would surely have won in Europe too (as a pro). A total gentleman and still going strong. Unsung hero.
I don’t have ITV 4 on Sky.
it use to be available through other channels section but that is no available on Sky Q box.
well, that was a pain in the arse. set it to record (on virgin); hit play on it about a quarter of an hour after it ended, 'we're sorry, for copyright reasons this service is not available in your location'
That's a pity SKY have now disabled it. It was always crappy they buried it on a sub menu.
How far into it did you watch?
I got that on VM but it was a spillover from the earlier TDF coverage. Skipped about 60 seconds in and it played the documentary.
oh, you're kidding me? we deleted the recording assuming it was for the documentary about irish cycling.
Fraid not :(
Possibly your VM box set to start recording 1 minute before the programme, I think that's the default setting.
Hopefully it'll be repeated and someone might bump the thread if spotted in the listings.
Anyway....
A decent program and great to see some old faces from races through the years. Nicely done programme.
Hmm ironic this is an ITV production.
Would be great if an Irish station did something like Top 10 moments in Irish Cycling
To be honest, I'd prefer the better production standards and achieve footage from ITV and it really doesn't matter to me who produces it once the content is of interest. ITV also ensures a bigger audience.
Some of the roads in the film looked great, the scenery spectacular
And how nice Sean Kellys house by the sea in Galway ?
Kudos for ITV4 and to the eagle eyed listings scanners for the headsup.
Being greedy, I was hoping for more archive footage, especially of Kelly in the 80s classics or Nico's Vuelta for Saxo :(
Honestly I would’ve loved if it was twice the length. Thought it was a decent programme, but a bit light touch.
It was very light considering some of the stories in Irish Cycling but many wouldn't talk to him if he pushed the truth too much. A lovely show and great advert for Irish Cycling, the amount of riders who'll be taking training trips to Carrick as opposed to Spain next season will be interesting.
TV listings a bit unreliable this far out but I see this down for a repeat - lunchtime Monday 18th July on ITV4 (must be a rest day!).
Plenty of foreign cyclists call into the bike shop in Carrick, every summer, who like to cycle the roads Kelly (and Bennett) trained on!
Spaniards, especially!
I've been on a few via Audax in the past, lovely part of the world
On again now ITV 4
EDIT: The shop shown briefly with all the Elliot memorabilia is Quay Cycles in Drogheda.
It's a shame Duffs in Bray was bought out. Great spot, no music and cycling gear everywhere. Alas it was bought by one of the local big business families. Music, waiting staff who ask are you okay every two minutes, no cycling memorabilia. Ned would have undoubtedly visited.
This auto recorded on my box (presumably series linked to the TDF highlights).
watched it the other evening. Great and very enjoyable watch. Agree, shame it wasn’t longer.
pity he didn’t sit down for chats with Dan, Early or Kimmage.
by the way, any of you old timers remember a lad called Denis Brennan?
I remember Denis Brennan very well.
Why do you ask?
He’s my dads first cousin. Only met him a few times. Apparently he was up there with Kelly etc back in the day and was destined for good things but as I understand it, he may have been leading the RAS or something big enough when a nun reversed her car out onto the road taking him out and leaving him with such bad injuries that left him unable to continue at the highest levels.
now that might not be the entire truth because my old man is a damn good story teller and you know what they say about not letting the truth get in the way of a good story 😂
A quick Google found this. Kinda obvious to see where the crash came along
100% It was my second favourite pub in Bray growing up. And I wasn't even interested in Cycling when I was a nipper. Ken was a gent.
Yes. I thought the way the Documentary basically started and finished in Bray that he might have featured.
good read about him here. I don’t think the stories my dad was telling were far off the mark
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-10099242.html
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