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How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924
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How Jack B Yeats' “Liffey Swim” won an Olympic medal in 1924

Jack B Yeats' painting won a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He holds the honor of being Ireland's first medalist at the Olympic Games.

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