Iris kellett biography

  • Iris Kellett was born 8 January 1926 in Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, the only child of Thomas Kellett, of Mespil Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, and.
  • Iris Kellett, one of the most influential figures in the history of Irish equestrian sport, died last Friday aged 85.
  • Born 1926 ; in Dublin ; Biography.

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    Iris (Kellett) Hall (1926 - 2011)

    IrisHall formerly Kellett

    Born in Dublin

    Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

    [sibling(s) unknown]

    [spouse(s) unknown]

    [children unknown]

    Died at about age 85 [location unknown]

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    Biography

    Iris,famous retired horse jumper and horse breeder, who wonsilver at the Olympics.She ran a horse farm, sold to the Ago Khan. One son emigrated to Canada 1906,some went to Carolina, Virginia, Boomerang Wiomin. Iris was the only child ofHarry and Dora, she attended St Margarets school Mespil rd Dublin Iris father was a vetenary surgeon ,left british army well known draper in Dublin. Iris won the Qween Elizabeth cup. Charles Haughey, Paul Darrogh, Eddie Macken and Jack Doyle all learned to ride there. Her first husband Ben Brennan, second husband John Hall.

    Sources

    • www.irishhorsegateway.ie/iris-Kellett-show jumping-legent-exhibition




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    Sources:

    ‘Irish women’s friidrott and the Olympic Games,’ by Lindie Naughton in History Ireland, Issue 4 (July/August 2012), Volume 20.

    ‘Iris Kellett, renowned equestrian,’ on the RIA, online at: https://www.ria.ie/news/dictionary-irish-biography/iris-kellett-renowned-equestrian [accessed 7 Dec. 2022].

    ‘IRIS KELLETT: SHOW JUMPING LEGEND,’ on RDS Collections, online at: https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/exhibits/show/digitalhorsesshow/iriskellett [accessed 7 Dec, 2022].

    ‘Irish suffragette Maeve Kyle,’ by Stuart Weir for AthleticsWeekly, online at: https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/irish-suffragette-maeve-kyle-47943/#:~:text=The%20first%20Irish%20woman%20athlete,had%20only%20selected%20male%20athletes. [accessed 6 Dec. 2022].

     ‘MAEVE KYLE: IRELAND'S FIRST EVER TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE,’ on HerSport, online at: https://www.hersport.ie/athletics/maeve-kyle-irelands-first-ever-female-olympian-15227 [accessed 6 Dec. 2022].

    Irish Examiner, 4 Nov. 2016.

    Independent, 27

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    Boomerang (horse)

    Irish-bred showjumping horse (1966–1983)

    Boomerang, later Carroll's Boomerang (1966 – May 1983), was an Irish-bred showjumping horse of the 1970s. He won the Hickstead Derby four years in a row, a record, and was one of the greatest of that or any decade. Boomerang also held the record for prize-money. Standing 16.2 hh (168 cm), Boomerang was ridden in show jumping most successfully by Eddie Macken, as well as by Liz Edgar (Broome), Johan Heins and Paul Schockemöhle.

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    Early years

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    The horse was bred by Jimmy Murphy of Maifield. He and his wife Mai, who owned racehorses, sent their Irish Draught mare, Girl From The Brown Mountain, to Battleburn. The Murphy family broke the horse, initially named Battle Boy, and identified its talent. Murphy hunted him with the Kilmoganny Harriers, jumped him in novice classes on the Tipperary/Kilkenny/Waterford gymkhana circuit and later sent him to "finishing school" with 1969 European showjumping c

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