Pole vaulting from the back garden into the Irish record books
As a young man, our father, T. P. "Tom" Murphy, of Limerick, Ireland, enjoyed playing team sports and was a member of CBS Limerick Senior Schools rugby team of 1932 and 1933. He rowed successfully with Limerick Boat Club.
He later switched to track and field and was Munster Decathlon Champion on a number of occasions. His greatest talent was in the Pole Vault, where he harbored ambitions to repr…
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- Marie, Helen, Senan and Jean Murphy (Children of Tom Murphy)
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- Limerick
- Rugby
- Limerick Boat Club
- Pole vaulting
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- Sport
- Olympic Games
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Contributors
- Marie, Helen, Senan and Jean Murphy (Children of Tom Murphy)
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- Limerick
- Rugby
- Limerick Boat Club
- Pole vaulting
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- Rugby
- Sport
- Olympic Games
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Places
- Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland
- Killarney, Kerry, Ireland
- Limerick
- Republic of Ireland
- Limerick
- Limerick city
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- eng
- en
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- Europeana Sport - Ireland's stories
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- Europe
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Timestamp created
- 2020-06-09T08:07:32.987Z
Timestamp updated
- 2022-04-29T10:37:58.631Z