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A slightly older piece of bling

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mcgurranhouseMarathon
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As some of you may already know from my weird posts, my dad used to run quite a bit. We were clearing out some stores the other day and I found this very interesting piece of bling. When I turned it over it said "All Ireland Marathon Dublin Jly 1960 6th PMcG

A 1960 Dublin Marathon medal and my dad came 6th! Quite proud to say the least!

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misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon

Aw that’s wonderful. What a find! You must be very proud indeed. What a treasure 🙂

SaskAlliecat profile image
SaskAlliecatHalf Marathon

Wow! Very special!

Tomas profile image
TomasMarathon

How very lovely. Good reason to be proud!!

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon

This is so cool!!!

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mcgurranhouseMarathon in reply to roseabi

Isn't it! :)

poppypug profile image
poppypugMarathon

Ahhh thats so lovely !

You have definitely inherited his runners genes ! :-) xxx

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mcgurranhouseMarathon in reply to poppypug

Hopefully! :)

benwill profile image
benwillMarathon

Very good, well done to your dad!

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Madge50Marathon

Wow, that is a beautiful thing, and to think you have now done the same (Dublin) marathon.....different route probably, but how wonderful, what a fantastic thing to treasure......

Mx

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ancientrunnerHalf Marathon

Well done on the marathon. That's a lovely memento to have. I have my dads football medals and cups (not that I play football). I took one of the medals with me on the Great North Run as I was fundraising in his memory. Maybe you could take your dad's if you do it again - when you do it again!!

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mcgurranhouseMarathon in reply to ancientrunner

What a brilliant idea.

C3PO profile image
C3POMarathon

Very special indeed!

Irish-John profile image
Irish-JohnMarathon

Love it! :)

Most people think there weren't any Marathons in Ireland before Dublin 1980 :)

skysue16 profile image
skysue16Half Marathon

Ahh, that is really lovely 😊

Sandraj39 profile image
Sandraj39Half Marathon

That's lovely! 🙂

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