Ireland’s Stephen Roche of the time in 1896, a Balbriggan local came to prominence when he won the World Championship in cycling in Copenhagen.
I spoke to Brian Howley, Chairperson of the Balbriggan Historical Society about Harry Reynolds, his life in Balbriggan and beyond. The Historical Society also had a display about Harry Reynolds on exhibition during their pop-up museum at the Summerfest.
I also spoke to Hugh Devlin of HD Bike and Sport at the Balbriggan Retail Park. Hugh’s father set up a bike shop in 1984 at the back of Quinnsworth, later Tesco, off High Street in Balbriggan. With the end of their lease, Hugh Junior made the move to their impressive new facility at the retail park. I spoke to Hugh about cycling trends then and now.
