tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post3773086253561654020..comments2024-03-26T12:58:14.587+00:00Comments on Running in Cork, Ireland: Jack Dowling...the forgotten Irish racewalkerJohn Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613639160765654noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-70124398837871495112021-03-12T08:10:10.233+00:002021-03-12T08:10:10.233+00:00This is wonderful to find this article.
Jack was ...This is wonderful to find this article. <br />Jack was my dad's brother. Thomas Francis Dowling. Unfortunately my dad passed away when I was 3 so have very little details on the family. Very proud of Jack Deesie67https://www.blogger.com/profile/09774943097904970342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36499493.post-55788555141419529612016-01-14T16:14:20.104+00:002016-01-14T16:14:20.104+00:00Just want to correct you there as I think it's...Just want to correct you there as I think it's really important. <br />John wasn't "placed" in an orphanage. <br />He was forcibly removed from his newly widowed father and forced into an orphanage because it was deemed in Ireland at the time that fathers were not capable of looking after their children. <br /><br />He went onto suffer horrendous treatment at Greenmount, making Leahnoreply@blogger.com