FUNERAL details have been confirmed following the death of 1956 Olympic gold medalist Ronnie Delany. The legendary Irishman ...

Delany won gold in the 1500m at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne Irish Olympic 1500m gold medallist Ronnie Delany has died aged ...

IRISH athletics legend Ronnie Delany has died at the age of 91. The Arklow-born runner famously won Olympic gold in the 1500 ...

The County Wicklow athlete won gold for Ireland in the 1956 Melbourne Games in the 1,500m event. At the age of just 21 he set ...

OLYMPIC legend Ron Delany died on Wednesday in Dublin at the age of 91 following a short illness. Delany made a name for ...

As a Villanova student, he captured the 1,500-meter event in the 1956 Games in Melbourne. No Irish athlete since then has won another Olympic gold medal in track and field.

In 2008, an updated version of a book entitled Faster Higher Stronger traced the fortunes of Irish athletes that had competed at the Olympic Games. Chapter five opens with a description of Ronnie ...

The death has taken place of Ronnie Delany at the age of 91, the athlete indelibly associated with his Olympic 1,500 metres ...

Ireland’s Melbourne 1956 Olympics hero Ron Delany has died, just five days after his 91st birthday, following a brief illness ...

Mr Delany made a huge impact on Irish running when he won the Olympic gold in 1956 ...

Ronnie Delany, an Olympic gold medallist for Ireland over 1500m in 1956, has died at the age of 91. Born in Arklow, Co Wicklow, and brought up in Dublin, Delany was one of the greatest Irish athletes ...