Irish National Championships (1926)

Southern Ireland, Eire, Republic of Ireland. Title: “Irish National Championships. Lavan’s great running was a feature of the Meeting“. Intertitle: “J. Reilly (Galway) wins the Navan-Dublin Marathon Race for the third time“. M/S of Reilly running into a sports stadium, a crowd cheers from behind a barrier. M/S of Reilly running along an athletics track towards the finishing line, people cheer more. C/U of Reilly after race. Intertitle: “S. Lavan & J. Eustace dead heat in the 100 yds. Championship“. M/S of three men sprinting, they all break through the finishing line at once. Various shots of men high jumping. C/U of two male athletes - Lavan and Eustace. Various shots of a long distance running race around the stadium track. C/U of the winner of the race shaking hands with a race official. M/S of a row of runner squatting at the start of a race, a man behind them fires a starting pistol and they set off. M/S of runners running towards the finishing line. C/U of one of runners, he