Great post, David. I totally mis-read the bit about Jack Yeats and thought he'd won a medal for swimming at the age of 53! I thought, There's hope for me yet, but no, there probably isn't. Interesting to see Oliver Gogarty won a bronze medal at the same Olympiad for his "Ode to the Tailteann Games". I didn't know about the Olympic art competitions at all.
Thanks Peter! To be fair, I could have probably formulated it a little more clearly. I think the Olympics went downhill once they got rid of the art competitions!
Great post, David. I totally mis-read the bit about Jack Yeats and thought he'd won a medal for swimming at the age of 53! I thought, There's hope for me yet, but no, there probably isn't. Interesting to see Oliver Gogarty won a bronze medal at the same Olympiad for his "Ode to the Tailteann Games". I didn't know about the Olympic art competitions at all.
Thanks Peter! To be fair, I could have probably formulated it a little more clearly. I think the Olympics went downhill once they got rid of the art competitions!