Halkaasi waxaa sanadkii 1963-kii ka dhacday xaflad uu duqa magaalada Limerick Frances Condell ku qaabilay madaxweynihii Maraykanka John Fitzgerald Kennedy oo booqasho ku tagay dalka Ireland. Halkaas oo uu 1979kii ku guuleystay orodyahanka reer Ireland ee John Treacy dahabka tartanka IAAF World Cross Country Championships
iyo marxalad ka mid ah booqashada Pope John Paul II ee Ireland waxaa lagu qabtay halkan.