Art Competitions
Art competitions at the Olympic Games were held from 1912 to 1948. Irish entries first appeared in 1924, when they won two medals; a third was won in the 1948 competition.
| Medal | Name | Games | Event | Piece |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Silver | Yeats, Jack ButlerJack Butler Yeats | 1924 Paris | Mixed Painting | Natation ("Swimming"; now on display in the National Gallery of Ireland with the title The Liffey Swim) |
| 3 Bronze | St. John Gogarty, OliverOliver St. John Gogarty | 1924 Paris | Mixed Literature | Ode pour les Jeux de Tailteann (Taliteann Ode, which had won the prize for poetry at the revived Tailteann Games earlier that year) |
| 3 Bronze | Hamilton, Letitia MarionLetitia Marion Hamilton | 1948 London | Paintings | Meath Hunt Point-to-Point Races (a painting now "believed to be somewhere in the United States") |
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