Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Des Monson (3) Alan Marr (4) Mick Savage (5) Ginger O'Beirne Edited June 30, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 I don't know of any Irish Riders to be totally honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 I don't know of any Irish Riders to be totally honest. Maybe you have heard of William 'ginger' O''Beirne?No relation to Ginger O'Bierne who i have never heard of either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Des Monson (3) Alan Marr (4) Mick Savage (5) Ginger O'Beirne Probably the best known name is Dom Perry - who rode for Wimbledon in the 1950s. Edited June 30, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 William 'ginger' O'Beirne is still quite well known in Dublin where he ran a popular motorbike shop and also motorbike training school,so got a lot of bikers started.Sadly died a couple of years back now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Probably the best known name is Dom Perry - who rode for Wimbledon in the 1950s. Not Dom Perignon? I wonder what his champagne moment was? Only kidding gustix. One of a number of good Threads at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Des Monson (3) Alan Marr (4) Mick Savaga (5) Ginger O'Beirne I would have put Paddy Hammond, the former Norwich and Yarmouth rider who also rode at Shelbourne, ahead of Des Monson in the list shown. Edited June 23, 2017 by BL65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Des Monson (3) Alan Marr (4) Mick Savage (5) Ginger O'Beirne I would have put Paddy Hammond, the former Norwich and Yarmouth rider who also rode at Shelbourne, ahead of the Des Monson in the list shown. I endorse your revised rating suggestion to bring in Paddy Hammond. http://www.speedwayatoz.co.uk/pdfs/hammond%20paddy.pdf My revised Irish ratings now are: Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Paddy Hammond (3) Des Monson (4) Alan Marr (5) Mick Savage Edited June 30, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) My revised Irish ratings now are: Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Paddy Hammond (3) Des Monson (4) Alan Marr (5) Mick Savage Am I right in that Des Monson had second-half rides at Wimbledon about 1953? Edited June 23, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Dom "McGinty" Perry was one of my mum's all-time favourite riders. Another name I remember from the early 70's was George Fitzgerald; he was one of the top names at Shelbourne, but I am unable to gauge the abilities of the Irish other than Dom Perry. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Am I right in that Des Monson had second-half rides at Wimbledon about 1953? There's nothing in my programmes to show that he rode at Wimbledon, but he did make one appearance for Wimbledon at Shelbourne in 1951. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Am I right in that Des Monson had second-half rides at Wimbledon about 1953? There's nothing in my programmes to show that he rode at Wimbledon, but he did make one appearance for Wimbledon at Shelbourne in 1951. That could be the answer BL65. It was only something I had a vague memory about in regard to Des Monson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Michael Fitzpatrick..Hackney junior in the 80's. Whether he won or came last he always did a couple of laps of honour! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef robin Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 McCoy Eddery Walsh Geraghty Kinane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 McCoy Eddery Walsh Geraghty Kinane Most appropriate for the Irish Speedway Rider's Thread. :rofl: :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef robin Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Most appropriate for the Irish Speedway Rider's Thread. :rofl: :rofl: It just said Irish riders, don't know any speedway riders from the Emerald Isle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Surely the best Irish born rider must be Eric French (mainly New Cross) who was good enough to ride for England in test matches during 1949 - 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Surely the best Irish born rider must be Eric French (mainly New Cross) who was good enough to ride for England in test matches during 1949 - 50. You are spot on again cyclone. 'A forgotten' man so to speak - Eric French s generally regarded as being English but was of Irish decent. As I have commented elsewhere on other threads, akin to what happened to Gordon McGregor (Scotland) and Roy Bester (South Africa) who were both forgotten in similar threads. Edited June 26, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Des Monson (3) Alan Marr (4) Mick Savage (5) Ginger O'Beirne I endorse your revised rating suggestion to bring in Paddy Hammond. http://www.speedwayatoz.co.uk/pdfs/hammond%20paddy.pdf My revised Irish ratings now are: Top five Irish riders: (1) Dom Perry (2) Paddy Hammond (3) Des Monson (4) Alan Marr (5) Mick Savage Surely the best Irish born rider must be Eric French (mainly New Cross) who was good enough to ride for England in test matches during 1949 - 50. Here is ANOTHER revised Irish riders list: (1) Eric French (2) Dom Perry (3) Paddy Hammond (4) Des Monson (5) Alan Marr Edited June 30, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) Eric French, Ireland, Wimbledon, New Cross, Wembley, Rayleigh, Poole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_French Edited June 26, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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