Lot of talk about golden generations - especially about recent Irish Rugby teams - from our cosy one-dimensional media
The recent closure of the Belfield running track in UCD got me thinking about this group - a real golden generation from Ireland that actually won stuff
O’Mara, O’Sullivan, Flynn and Coghlan just after breaking the world 4 X 1 mile record at Belfield in 1985.
The “B” team (including John Treacy) came in not far behind them.
Kiernan, Hooper, Griffin etc. were all in their pomp then too, regularly banging out world-class marathon times.
No cliche-ridden hype - they just got on with it
The recent closure of the Belfield running track in UCD got me thinking about this group - a real golden generation from Ireland that actually won stuff
O’Mara, O’Sullivan, Flynn and Coghlan just after breaking the world 4 X 1 mile record at Belfield in 1985.
The “B” team (including John Treacy) came in not far behind them.
Kiernan, Hooper, Griffin etc. were all in their pomp then too, regularly banging out world-class marathon times.
No cliche-ridden hype - they just got on with it
