Ron Delany, Runner Who Won Olympic Glory for Ireland, Dies at 91

As a Villanova student, he captured the 1,500-meter event in the 1956 Games in Melbourne. No Irish athlete since then has won ...

Ron Delany dead at 91: Olympic champion and history-maker dies as tributes pour in for ‘colossus or Irish athletics’

OLYMPIC legend Ron Delany died on Wednesday in Dublin at the age of 91 following a short illness. Delany made a name for ...

Funeral details confirmed for ‘true Irish Olympian’ Ronnie Delany whose death ‘will be felt far beyond athletics world’

FUNERAL details have been confirmed following the death of 1956 Olympic gold medalist Ronnie Delany. The legendary Irishman ...
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‘He competed and, at the highest level, he triumphed’ – Ronnie Delany’s son delivers eulogy at funeral of Olympic champion

Irish Olympic icon Ronnie Delany’s funeral mass remembered a proud sportsman who delivered glory to Ireland and who “won his second gold medal” by marrying the love of his life.This morning, a single ...
World Athletics

1956 Olympic 1500m champion Delany dies

World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Ireland's 1956 Olympic 1500m champion Ron Delany died on Wednesday (11) at ...

Ronnie Delany hailed as ‘leading figure in Irish sporting history’ as tributes paid to Olympics legend following death

IRISH athletics legend Ronnie Delany has died at the age of 91. The Arklow-born runner famously won Olympic gold in the 1500 ...

Olympic gold medallist Delany dies aged 91

Irish Olympic 1500m gold medallist Ronnie Delany dies aged 91.

Ronnie Delany, Ireland’s Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, has died aged 91

The death has taken place of Ronnie Delany at the age of 91, the athlete indelibly associated with his Olympic 1,500 metres ...
Kilkenny People

RIP: Did you know Irish Olympic hero Ronnie Delany had a strong Kilkenny connection?

The County Wicklow athlete won gold for Ireland in the 1956 Melbourne Games in the 1,500m event. At the age of just 21 he set ...

‘Kind, elegant and a beast on the track’: Giants of Irish athletics remember Ronnie Delany

Fellow Irish Olympians Eamonn Coghlan and John Treacy have paid tribute to Ronnie Delany, Ireland’s Olympic 1,500 metres champion from 1956, who died on Wednesday at the age of 91. Coghlan followed in ...

Tributes flow after Melbourne Olympics hero Ron Delany dies aged 91: ‘Colossus of Irish athletics’

Ireland’s Melbourne 1956 Olympics hero Ron Delany has died, just five days after his 91st birthday, following a brief illness. The middle-distance runner etched his name in history when he claimed a ...
Irish Central

Irish Olympians: The Athletics Club, the Whales, and Irish Sports in New York

Editor's Note: The following piece has been shared with IrishCentral from the American Irish Historical Society's (AIHS) Treasures of Time, stories from the collections and archives of the American ...