‘Meh’ writes:
There’s a claim by Gerry Boyle (played by Brendan Gleeson), in The Guard that he swam the 1500m an the 1988 Seoul Olympics and finished 4th.
Don Cheadle is hugely sceptical but Gleeson/Boyle describes the final from a competitor’s point of view in a very laid-back, blasé way that implies he is used to people not believing him, but there you go.
Anyway – Wikipedia currently has the answer, and it’s different than it was 2 weeks ago….
what’s more amazing is he didn’t place in the prelims…
What’s MORE amazing is that it links to the novelist Gerry Boyle, and not a garda.
Cute. But who is the African American gentlemen in the video, drinking with Darren Clarke?
That’d be that Tiger Woods chap.
That brings me back. I remember Wayne McCullough carrying the tricolour at the opening ceremony that year. Ireland had a poor Olympics overall but Gerry Boyle raised our hearts with his gutsy swim in the 1500m. final. He came from nowhere that year, but I believe he opened the door for another unknown swimmer, Michelle Smith, in Atlanta 1996, where she brough immense pride and patriotism to our beloved country with her richly-deserved three golds and one bronze. You could even say she stood on the shoulders of one Gerry Boyle to reach that pinnacle of achivement.
And it’s changed back again, as it will be everytime someone changes it.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrilliant! :)