People rushing about yesterday after the shock that RTE hadn’t put any extra capacity on their servers for the fight.

Come on RTE, what do we pay you for?

Very proud of the past but Katie Taylor all the way. She has been an amazing ambassador for Ireland and the sport of boxing.

John Treacy winning silver in the marathon in Los Angeles in ’84. Awesome performance by a guy who hadn’t competed in the event before.The battle he had with Charlie Spedding was incredible.

Michael Carruth without a doubt the family were our next door neighbours , great excitement on the day and for weeks later , rte had cables running through our house , journalists looking for stories , great times , Michael sent a postcard to my mum all singed by the Irish boxing team sadly my mum and michaels dad have passed away , Austin was a gentleman , always involved in sports managed our local soccer team when I was a nipper , cherished memories .

i know Johnson ain’t Irish but its an Olympic memory for me.

Paddy Barnes saying he wasn’t going to medal ceremony in Beijing.

Michelle smith..Michael carruth and watching the phenomenal Michael Johnson atlanta 96

Seeing Alan Wells sprint home as winner of the 100M in Moscow (I think ?) is my earliest memory, but John Treacy winning a silver medal in the marathon was a fantastic moment – for a Waterford man !!!

What about michelle smith??

Michael Carruth in 92 was amazing, and also somehow the casserole bowl exploded in the oven during the fight

Eddie the eagle! Always Eddie the eagle.

When that that great irish athlete Hussein O Bolt won gold for team GB.

what about kenny egan winning silver last time? amazing fighter and gorgeous as well :)

Cian O’ Connor being stripped of his gold medal is definitely up there.
Riding a horse isn’t even a sport.
It’s a passtime for the privileged.

Ronnie Delaney.

Most exhilarating memory is Sonia O’Sullivan bursting clear of the pack to lead the 3000m going round the final bend in 1992 in Barcelona.

Most painful memory was watching her fade in the final stretch to finish in that most cruel of spots, fourth.

For the sheer roller coaster of emotions, that was the most memorable for me.

I was only 10 at the time but I can picture it vividly.

Sean Drey and Eamonn Coughlan came so close in Montreal and Moscow. So when I found myself sitting up to watch the Marathon of the LA Olympics it didn’t seem possible that John Treacy could actually pull it off. It was the first time I saw an Irish athlete win anything! (Apologies Mick Dowling but I wasn’t watching.)

The end of every Olympics. Does my head in :-)