What a year for our athletes ... and Crosshaven

I take my hat off to a wonderful new generation of brilliant young Irish, who represent us so gallantly at the London Olympics.

Emerging from such a small country in mostly minority sports such as sailing and boxing, for me it’s been an emotional rollercoaster.

I live in the small, charming village of Crosshaven on Cork harbour, which is honoured by yet another Olympian, Peter O’Leary following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Somers Pain, Harold Cudmore and Mark Mansfield in previous games.