Ireland’s first-ever gymnastics gold medal was won at the recent (2024) summer Olympics by Rhys McClenaghan, competing on the pommel horse (Reuters | Irish Times). The new art celebrating his victory is by Cha Cha (ig) in Meetinghouse Lane, in his home town of Newtownards. McClenaghan was also featured in a 2021 wall-painting in Dublin (Dublin Gazette).
Previous Olympic medalists: Michael Conlan in west Belfast | Boxing Champions in Ardoyne.
Meetinghouse Lane, Newtownards, site of a 2021 paint jam.
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