Doyle holds the Liam MacCarthy Cup as he is held aloft by Tipperary supporters after his side’s vitory over Wexford in the 1965 All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Croke Park, Dublin.
Doyle is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game. During his playing days he won three Cú Chulainn awards, as well as being named Texaco Hurler of the Year in 1965. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right corner-forward on the Hurling Team of the Century in 1984 and at left corner-forward on the Hurling Team of the Millennium in 2000.
Participants line up before the neginning of the 1924 Tailteann Games in Croke Park.
A report to revive the games was debated in the Dáil in June 1922. Modern sports such as motorcycling and shooting were to be included, along with a parade of massed choirs. The possibility of out-doing the Olympic Games was mentioned: "We have got representations from America to the effect that it would be advisable to depart from the idea of confining the Tailteann games to the Irish race and seeing that they predated the Greek Olympic by a thousand years we should be justified in entering upon a more varied programme." The games were delayed by the Irish Civil War of 1922-23.
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