The Tailteann Games, a sporting and cultural festival, were re-imagined and modernised from the ancient games of the same name and held for the first time in 1924 as Ireland’s version of the Olympic Games.

The games helped to showcase the Irish Free State’s newly gained independence and were a celebration of Irish identity shortly after the ending of the Civil War.

Presented by Cormac Moore, Dublin City Historian in Residence.

Details here.

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