EP45: Medals in a Drawer

<p>What does it mean to be an sporting icon?</p><p>Are you only an icon for the time you are part of the distractions from life as your preform?</p><p>Or do you remain an icon until the day you die, and if memorable enough, past that too?</p><p>Are our sporting icons dispensable?&nbsp;</p><p>Do we just continually replace one with another until such time as we no longer require their existence?</p><p>What is the cost of that on the individual?</p><p>The person who took their worth from that icon status.</p><p>It is the life of a Kilkenny woman which answers these questions for us.</p><p>This is her story.</p><p>Today’s music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran</p><p>The story was scripted and researched by Oran.</p><p>If you enjoyed this story and want to help us support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish</a>&nbsp;or leave us a review on your podcast app</p><p>We, the Irish is an Ireland Loves production.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>