As I get time, I upload more, some are incomplete or poor quality but some people may like to see them as there is very little record of cycling racing in Ireland over the years...
In the 90's cycling was divided into 5 regions, each of them promote their own areas, Dublin was in the Mid East Region and the MER Committee ran a series of league races...
This video (in 1996 I think) is of one of those events, a handicapped race on a circuit around Dorey's Forge. I think the winner of this race was Keith Bannon...
The small village of Rathangan in county Kildare, on the Grand canal hosted an evening cycle race around the town. These races on a short circuit usually lasted around an hour...
1992 was a time when there were massive numbers of competitors racing and getting to race around the estate where the 1987 Tour de France winner Stephen Roche grew up was special...
Here is some video of an early season race in the home of Sean Kelly back in 1982. Carrick-on-Suir was a hub of Irish cycling, when races were held the town shut down with great support from the locals...