on 4 May 1971 aged just 36 years old, Shay passed away. His body rests in the quiet church yard at Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow
an annual cycling event known as Route de Chill Mhantain was established in 1958. became the Shay Elliott Memorial Race in the 1970s, in fact he won that race under its original title.
There is a memorial stone at the finish dedicated to Ireland’s first professional cyclist
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