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Champions Ave ( or should that be Champions' Ave ) Dublin 1

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  • 31-03-2014 6:59am
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    Davidth88
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    Guys
    In the course of my work I had to visit Larkin College in Champions' Ave . ( next to the Cleary's Car Park )

    I got chatting to the caretaker , I mentioned that I loved the name of the road . He told me it was called Champions' Ave because when that area was tenaments 3 boxing champions came from that same area , and when the tenaments were demolished it was decided to call the road Champions' Ave in their honour.

    Does anyone know any more details , ie who these chaps were , and what did they win ?

    Thanks ?


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    spurious
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    Some of them are the McCormack Brothers (including Spike, but I think they all boxed- one of them works in the college), John 'Blinky' Gifford and 'Blackman' Doyle.

    There's a bit about Blinky Gifford on page 11 of this pdf. There are Giffords still on the avenue. I don't know if they are related.


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    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Great stuff , thanks .......

    Love things like that .......


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