The Legends of Bray Wheelers

Episode 1 – Phil O’Brien Part 3

Welcome to the legends of Bray Wheelers audio series. In this Episode you’ll hear our evening with Phil O’Brien recorded in Duffs Pub in Bray early in 2024. Mark Murphy and Paul O’Neill from Bray Wheelers sat down with Phil to talk through his life in cycling and the early days of Bray Wheelers. We were joined by Phil’s son Ed and Ciaran Mulligan on sound.

The emergence of interval training, the team ethos and becoming one of the most respected commissar in Irish Cycling, the young Sean Kelly, Harry Dawson and the Gap of Mamore. The division in Irish Cycling in the from the 1950’s to the early 1970’s

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