Aonach Tailteann and the Art Competition with Prof. Mike Cronin

In 1924, a major sporting and cultural extravaganza which would announce to the world the birth of the Irish State was held in Dublin. The Tailteann Games aimed to bring the best athletes, artists and musicians to Dublin for a two-week sporting and cultural festival. Based upon the ancient funeral Games staged in County Meath in 1896 BC to celebrate the life of Queen Tailté, the Tailteann Games were a mass celebration of culture and sport with a wide range of competitions and many famous competitors.
Professor Mike Cronin is the Academic Director of Boston College in Ireland, and a member of the History faculty at Boston College. He was the lead researcher on the GAA Oral History Project from 2008-12, and on the Century Ireland project that was the digital history offering for the Decade of Centenaries that ran from 2013-2023. He has published extensively on the nature of state spectacles in independent Ireland and has written widely on the role of the Tailteann Games in the process of state formation.
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