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The Olympic Federation of Ireland is the new name for the Olympic Council of Ireland, since 15 September 2018. The Irish Olympic Council was founded in 1920, while the Irish War of Independence was pitting the Irish Republic proclaimed by Sinn Féin against the Dublin Castle administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The OFI sees itself as representing the island rather than the state, and hence uses the name "Ireland". [2] It changed its own name from "Irish Olympic Council" to "Olympic Council of Ireland" in 1952 to reinforce this point. [2] (The change from "Council" to "Federation" was a 2018 rebranding after the 2016 ticketing controversy. [63])
[1] [5] He was elected to the executive committee of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) in 1981 and was in successive Irish Olympic delegations from Los Angeles 1984. [1] He became president of the OCI in 1989 on the recommendation of Lord Killanin, former president of the OCI and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [3]
President of Olympic Council of Ireland Eamon "Ned" Broy [ 1 ] (also called Edward Broy ; 22 December 1887 – 22 January 1972) [ 2 ] was successively a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police , the Irish Republican Army , the National Army , and the Garda Síochána of the Irish Free State .
Rowing Ireland, formerly the Irish Amateur Rowing Union, is the governing body of rowing for Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a cross-border organisation administering the sport in both the Republic of Ireland [ 1 ] and Northern Ireland .
Officials, including the President and the International Olympic Committee Delegate, of the National Olympic Committee for the island of Ireland, which has been known over time as the Irish Olympic Council (IOC), Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), and Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).
Ireland guaranteed a podium finish on seven consecutive days: the opening Monday (McSharry, swimming), then Tuesday (Wiffen, swimming), followed by Wednesday (this was the day Harrington secured at least a bronze medal in boxing), [5] then Thursday (Lynch & Doyle, rowing), followed by McCarthy and O'Donovan's gold in rowing on Friday. [6]
Pages in category "Irish International Olympic Committee members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .