Looking Back: Kilcullen Boxing Club 1953-1954

This one's from a long way back, showing the Kilcullen Boxing Club of 1953-1954 and a seriously good haul of silverware, writes Brian Byrne.

Courtesy of Eamonn Lynch, the photo shows those present (Back) T Aspell, P Wallace, S Aspell (Irish 5.5 stone Schoolboy Champion), T Wallace, J McKenna (Leinster Junior Champion), T Orford (Leinster Junior Champion), S ffrench, P Aspell, H Peackocke (Irish Representatives), C Meaney (Leinster Junior Champion), T Orford (Leinster Youth Champion), JJ Whelan (runner-up Leinster Junior Championship), C Aspell (Kildare Junior Champion), W Schwer; (Seated) T Berney, J Bracken (runner-up, Leinster Championship), JJ Byrne (President), Capt CJ Russel (Hon Trainer), J Berney (runner-up, Leinster Championship), P McKenna (Treasurer); and (In front) W Schwer (Irish 4.5 stone Schoolboy Champion) and M McCarton (runner-up, Kildare Championship).

The photo, by C Donnelly-Swift, was taken in my grandmother's garden with the former Old Boys School in the back.

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