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Robert Hynes

Ireland's first Olympic boxing medallist, Belfast man John McNally, dies aged 89

Belfast hero John McNally, the first Irish boxer to win an Olympic medal, has died aged 89.

John McNally won a silver medal at bantamweight at the 1952 games in Helsinki at the age of 19.

McNally, born in the Pound Loney in West Belfast, recalled with fondness the acclaim with which he was received in his home city upon his return from Finland.

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