Rás Tailteann
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Rás Tailteann, often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as a five-day event held
Rás Tailteann logo
Zbigniew Głowaty, pictured after winning the 1963 Rás
Tailteann Games (ancient)
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The Tailteann Games, also known as the Tailtin Fair, Áenach Tailteann, Aonach Tailteann, Assembly of Talti, Óenach Tailten, Fair of Taltiu or Festival of Taltii, were funeral games associated with the
Rás Tailteann
…By naming the race Rás Tailteann the original organisers, members of the National Cycling Association (NCA), were associating the cycle race with the Tailteann Games, a Gaelic festival in early medieval Ireland. The event was founded by Joe Christle in 1953 and was organised under the rules of the National Cycling…
Programme cover of the first modern Tailteann Games held by the Irish Free State in August 1924