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@dubkev
hey there,
you should try to get in touch with kevin mccarthy, he is a sports historian who has just written a widely acclaimed book called "green silver and gold" published by cork university press. its about irish athletes competing for other countries, mostly the usa, in the olympics in the years before independence, because they couldnt bring themselves to compete for the united kingdom.
he has a huge amount of primary source material from that period, mostly athletics but he may have some cycling, or possibly another avenue for you to explore.
i'd prefer if you tried to contact him first via his publishers, but if you cant, let me know. i dont want to be hassling him (we're related), he's quite busy at the moment since the book came out.