Gold medal girl Katie Taylor makes Olympic history for Ireland

Taylor's achievement brings to mind a forgotten trailblazer of Irish women's boxing, Deirdre Gogarty. She came over here in the 1990s and had quite a lot of success. Fraid I don't know whether she's still here or went back to Ireland.

Katie Taylor has the humility to thank her creator for her skill and achievements which brought her to the gold medal . Refreshing !!!!

Well deserved!

Baggie__You're right, I missed that in Kelly's article above. Shameful carelessness on the columnist's part. Probably libellous, too. Retract, Kelly.

I watched this online. Good performance, a worthy winner. I just wish she wouldn't thank God at the end of each fight. I know she's an evangelical Protestant, but someone should whisper in her ear that if God is too busy to solve the Syrian Civil War or the Famine in Somalia, it's unlikely that S/He is taking much interest in the Olympic Games. On the positive side, it's great that Ms Taylor is a Gaeilgeoir, and it's worth pointing out that the last Irish Gold Medallist, Michelle Smith, was also a Gaeilgeoir. I tracked down on line an interview with Katie in which she says the following, where she is asked why she made the effort to become proficient in Irish: "Bhí mé ag comórtas thar lear agus bhí mé ag caint le dornálaí ón Rúis. D’iarr sí orm rud éigin a rá i mo theanga féin ach ní raibh mé in ann. Bhí mé náirithe. Bhuaigh an cailín céanna orm freisin! Bheartaigh mé go dtabharfainn faoin nGaeilge a fhoghlaim arís. Táim an-sásta gur thóg mé an cinneadh sin." I'll let sir peter, who has a Ph.D in Celtic Studies, Ciniochas and Amaideacht from Harvard, translate that for the readers.

Great day for Katie. Just to correct you Michelle Smith still has her three gold medals as she was not found guilty of doping. Two years later she was found guilty of tampering with a sample.

Well Done!! Katie.You did Ireland proud.