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Paudie Fitzgerald [1] cyclist . He won the Rás Tailteann in 1956.[2] Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics .
Early life
Fitzgerald is a native of Lispole .[3]
Career
Fitzgerald started his career at grass track racing.
His first big win was a race from Dublin to Galway to Dublin, for which he won a battery for a bicycle light .
Fitzgerald competed in the first Rás, in 1953.[4]
In the 1956 Rás Tailteann , Fitzgerald won two stages and the overall prize.[5]
1956 Olympics
Fitzgerald, along with Tommy Flanagan and Tom Gerrard , attempted to compete for Ireland at the team road race event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne . They were chosen by the 32-county National Cycling Association (NCA), which was not internationally recognised (instead, there was Cumann Rothaíochta na hÉireann and the Northern Ireland Cycling Federation ). They aimed to "gate-crash" the race, remove Union Jack flags and extinguish the Olympic flame ; they succeeded in none of these, but did attract international attention to the NCA's plight.[6]
Later life
Fitzgerald retired from cycling in 1957. He ran a hardware shop, Fitzgerald's Homevalue, in Dingle.[7] Paul Geaney is one of his grandchildren.[citation needed
He lived in Dingle and was President of Dingle Cycling Club and organised "Ride Dingle" a new Dingle-based cycling race.[8]
Fitzgerald died on 3 December 2020, aged 87.[9]
References
^ Fogarty, Weeshie (1 October 2012). "My Beautiful Obsession - Chasing the Kerry Dream" . The Collins Press – via Google Books.
^ "PAUDIE FITZGERALD INTERVIEW" . www.irishcycling.com .
^ "Rás Tailteann - 1950's" . www.rastailteann.com .
^ Tomkins, Shea. "Not all Memories from 1956 Melbourne Olympics are Golden" . Ireland's Own . Holten, Anthony (1 April 2014). "Of Other Days" . Anthony Holten – via Google Books. {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: url-status (link )"Terrace Talk :: Interviews :: Paudie Fitzgerald" . Terrace Talk ."An Olympic tale that deserves re-telling" . The Kerryman . Ireland. 23 November 2012.
^ Master, Web. "Fitzgerald's Homevalue" . dingle-peninsula.ie .
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^ Mac an tSíthigh, Seán (3 December 2020). "Kerry cycling legend Paudie Fitzgerald dies aged 87" . Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) . Retrieved 5 December 2020 .
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