Athletics Ireland have led the tributes to Irish Olympic and sporting trailblazer Maeve Kyle, who has died at the age of 96.

Maeve Kyle, a pioneering figure in Irish athletics and a former hockey international, has died at the age of 96.

TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of “true pioneer” Maeve Kyle – Ireland’s first ever female track and field ...

Ireland’s first female track-and-field Olympian Maeve Kyle has died. She was 96. The Olympic Federation of Ireland says Kyle was a “trailblazer for women’s sport.” ...

IRISH athletics has been saddened by the passing of one its greatest ever athletes – Maeve Kyle. She passed away peacefully ...

A former Kilkenny College student, Maeve Kyle went on to represent Ireland at three Olympic Games, becoming the nation’s ...

The Kilkenny woman was Ireland’s first ever female track-and-field athlete, competing at three successive Games across ...

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The athletics community in Kilkenny and across the country are in mourning following the passing of decorated local athlete ...

Maeve Kyle, Ireland's first female track and field Olympian, has died at the age of 96, the Olympic Federation of Ireland ...

Ireland’s first female track and field Olympian, Maeve Kyle, has sadly passed away at the age of 96. Kyle has been fondly remembered as a trailblazer for women’s sport in Ireland. She has also been ...

Maeve Kyle, Ireland's first female track-and-field Olympian, has died at the age of 96, the Olympic Federation of Ireland said on Wednesday.