THE ROAD IS an exhibition that takes us into the lives of the elite high performance athletes of the Institute of Sport. And with days until the curtain is raised on the London Olympic, offers an insight into how some of our athletes for there.
The show will run at the Atrium, Department of Justice & Equality, 51 St Stephenโs Green, Dublin 2 from today until Friday, 24 August. Open weekdays from 9.30am to 5pm. Admission is free.
Caroline Ryan
Darren O'Neill
Derval O'Rourke
Eoin Rheinisch
Kenneth Egan
Mark Rohan
Orla Barry
- The Roadโ by Patrick Bolger was commissioned by the Nationals Sports Campus under the percentage of Art Scheme for the Irish Institute of Sports Building. Bolger is a photographer based in Dublin. He worked as a sports photographer from 1996 โ 2005, during which time he covered many international sporting events including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. In 2000 he published the book โRunning to Stand Stillโ documenting Sonia OโSullivanโs journey to her Olympic Silver Medal. In 2005 he left sports photography and set up his own photographic business in Dublin. In recent years he has moved into film-making and in 2011 his first short documentary film โThe Fishermanโ (in conjunction with Areaman Productions) was completed with funding from the IFB Reality Bites scheme. โThe Roadโ is his first solo photographic exhibition.
As an Ireland and Ipswich Town fan that man was a fantastic servant, and genuinely nice guy. Great read and memories
I remember the day off the nederlands game.I couldnโt get a ticket. I was in a bar in Dublin. Got talking to a English guy for a few hours . Little did I know it was Matt Hollands brother. Until Matt came in later that evening. He bought me a drink to thank me for looking after his brother
@Simon Dwyer: nice one , Iโd say he was was in great form too
Good read and a great player for Ireland.
At least he didnโt walk out on Ireland in a World Cup.
@dublindamo: cant recall anyone ever doing that .
@David Higginbotham: one thing you can bet your house on is a bitter comment like that on any article heโs mentioned
@David Higginbotham: I believe heโs talking about Zlatko Zahoviฤ, who once famously walked out on the 2002 Slovenian world cup squad
@Luke: was talking about Ruud Gullit but then realised it was the wrong Holland. My bad
He was quality for Ireland,a great servant and always gave us everything.
I canโt believe he took Roy Keane so seriously. Holland declared for ireland, but heโs still English. Heโs entitled to sing the anthem of the country of his birth. Plenty of Irish people have taken US citizenship and they hardly refrain from singing AnB. Itโs possible to feel attached to two countries.
@Michael Keary: in all honesty tho he played for us as England was never a possibility. Done well for us but probably one of most English players we ever had.
Was lucky enough to meet him last summer at Lords at the third (and final) day of first ever Ireland โ England cricket test match. Always liked him as a player and a person, from what I saw and heard from him. A grafter, always put a shift in for club and country. And heโs articulate and thoughtful type of player too, a natural born leader (zero ego). Had never met him before, but it was genuinely nice couple of minutes easy chat with him. Heโs fit as a flea still, looks like he could pull on a pair of boots and still do a job for Ipswich or Charltonโฆ
Remember that Portugal game, missed the start but came home from a mates house just in time to see holland score that screamer. The all Ireland replay was on the same day. Also remember the Holland game the month before and still sickened we didnโt beat them 2-0.
That was just lovely
Was he the player that was nicknamed โPlastic Paddyโ?
@Damien Murphy: He once sang god save the queen at Wembley
@Damien Murphy: He qualified to play for us , he gave everything in an Irish shirt and scored important goals so if he was nicknamed โ plastic paddy โ then the people who did so were idiots
@David Mitchell: genuine question. I remember one of the players with an English background having that nickname.
@Damien Murphy:your funny lad, some respect for a very decent performer for Ireland
@Damien Murphy: genuine ejit you are
Very good article.