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Dublin bid for the 1936 Olympics

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    Pisco Sour
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    LOL

    How on earth could Dublin bid for an Olympics.

    Our facilities are brutal!!


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    deco1610
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    04072511 wrote: »
    LOL

    How on earth could Dublin bid for an Olympics.

    Our facilities are brutal!!



    Well back in the 30s the standard of Olympiads wasn't exactly up to today's standard


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    Rodgeb
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    I saw this before and while it is mentioned in a few places I could not find any details. There was also a 1940 bid.

    I guess it was a cheap way of raising the profile of the newly founded Irish Free State internationally.


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