Champion remembered

Ronnie Delaney has been invited to unveil a full sized memorial statue to Paddy Ryan, winner of a gold medal and a silver insignia for the 16lb hammer throw and 56lb weight, respectively at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, in 1920.

Champion remembered

The unveiling will take place in the late Mr Ryan’s birthplace of Pallasgreen, county Limerick, at 3pm Saturday.

Present at the ceremony will be Paddy Ryan’s five daughters, Mrs Josephine Kilban, New York, Mrs Bernie O’Dwyer, Cashel, Mrs Mary Weatherhead, Pallasgreen, Mrs Catherine O’Grady and Mrs Chrisse O’Donovan, both living in Limerick.

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