Clodagh Finn is a journalist, writer and collector of stories. Her recent book, The Irish in the Resistance, co-authored with John Morgan, shines a light on the forgotten contributions of the Irish who resisted Hitler during WW2.
When library assistant Mary Vaughan saw an ad for archery lessons in 1980, she thought she’d give it a try. She went along to St Enda’s school in Limerick, and so impressed her teacher that he said she would go to the Olympics.
Mary Vaughan shrugged off the praise — “he said the same to everyone!” — but a few years later she was indeed on her way to the Olympics, one of only two Irish archers to go to Los Angeles in 1984.
This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? Sign in
