Boxers from Northern Ireland - Alexander Robinson, Billy Kelly (Boxer), Brian Magee, Carl Frampton, Charlie Nash, Damaen Kelly, Damien Denny, Darren (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Alexander Robinson, Billy Kelly (boxer), Brian Magee, Carl Frampton, Charlie Nash, Damaen Kelly, Damien Denny, Darren Corbett, Dave McAuley, Eamonn Loughran, Eamonn Magee, Freddie Gilroy, Hugh Russell, Jack Garland (boxer), Jason McKay, Jim McCourt, Joe Rea, John Caldwell (boxer), John Duddy, John Lowey, John McNally (boxer), Kevin Lynch (hunger striker), Luke Wilton, Martin Lindsay (boxer), Martin Rogan, Neil Sinclair, Noel Magee, Paddy Barnes, Paddy Maguire (boxer), Paddy Mayne, Paul McCloskey, Ray Close, Rinty Monaghan, Sam Storey, Scott Belshaw, Terry Magee, Wayne McCullough. Excerpt: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 - 14 December 1955) was a British Army soldier, solicitor, Ireland rugby union international, amateur boxer, and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS), controversially denied a Victoria Cross. Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born in Newtownards, County Down, the second youngest of seven children. The Mayne family were prominent landowners who owned several retail businesses in the town. He was named Robert Blair after a second cousin, who at the time of his birth was a British Army officer serving in World War I. The family home, Mount Pleasant, is situated on the hills above Newtownards. A paternal ancestor was Gordon Turnbull, who led the famous Scotland Forever Charge at Waterloo. He attended Regent House Grammar School. It was there that his talent for rugby union became evident, and he played for the school 1st XV and also the local Ards RFC team from the age of 16. While at school he also played cricket and golf, and showed aptitude as a marksman in the rifle club. On leaving school he studied law at Queen's University of Belfast, studying to become a solicitor. While at university he took up boxing, becoming Irish Universities...