Gene Mangan

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Gene Mangan
Personal information
Full nameEugene Mangan
Born(1936-08-16)16 August 1936
Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland
Died25 March 2025(2025-03-25) (aged 88)
Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland
Team information
DisciplineRoad bicycle racing
RoleRider
Amateur team
1952–Kerry, Killorglin Cycling Club
Major wins
Rás Tailteann, 1955

Eugene Mangan (16 August 1936 – 25 March 2025) was an Irish cyclist who won the Rás Tailteann in 1955.[1][2]

Early life

Mangan was born on 16 August 1936.[3][4][5] A native of County Kerry, he was a distant cousin of John Mangan, who also won the Rás.[6]

Career

Mangan joined Killorglin Cycling Club in 1952. In that year, and in 1953, he won the County Kerry Road Championship.[7]

Mangan won the 1955 Rás Tailteann aged 18; as of 2015 he is still the youngest-ever winner.[8][9][10]

In 1958, Rás won the last four stages, setting a record that still stands.[11] Mangan also won several races at the Irish National Cycling Championships.[7][12]

Personal life and death

Mangan married Maeve of Glenbeigh, County Kerry.[13] He was honoured at an event at Áras an Uachtaráin in 2000.[14]

Mangan died at Orwell Nursing Home, Rathgar, on 25 March 2025, at the age of 88. He was survived by his wife.[15]

References

  1. "Death of a cycling legend". independent.
  2. "The Gene Mangan Story | Rás Tailteann 2020". Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. Wielrenner Gene Mangan (in Dutch)
  4. Gene Mangan (in Spanish)
  5. Mongan, Norman (3 December 1995). The Menapia Quest: Two Thousand Years of the Menapii : Seafaring Gauls in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man, 216 BC-1990 AD. Herodotus Press. ISBN 9780952541400 – via Google Books.
  6. "Cycling Museum - John Mangan". www.museociclismo.it.
  7. "Killorglin and Kerry Honour Gene Mangan at the Rás | Killorglin Cycling Club". killorglincycling.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. "Terrace Talk: Interviews: Gene Mangan". www.terracetalk.com.
  9. "Gene Mangan". 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  10. 5 legends who tell you everything you need to know about the Rás (the42.ie)
  11. Barry, Donal. "Murphy Magic as Kerry cyclists rule the roads of 1958 Rás Tailteann – Kerry Sports Hub". Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  12. Muircheartaigh, Micheal O. (31 May 2007). From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain: Travels and Stories from Ireland's Most Beloved Broadcaster. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780141911649 – via Google Books.
  13. "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  14. "Gene Mangan honoured at Aras An Uactarain 2000". Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  15. "Sad news with death of cyclist, Gene Mangan". Meath Chronicle. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.