{"id":516864,"date":"2026-06-25T01:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/516864\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T01:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T01:16:12","slug":"he-was-a-dreamer-olympian-ciaran-o-lionaird-laid-to-rest-in-his-native-co-cork-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/516864\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;He was a dreamer&#039;: Olympian Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird laid to rest in his native Co Cork &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOOE03MXdqZ1pFejNfczZsWEZ3Skg2ZXdNZVVIc2ZSUkNyZ1lUY0VZRVZzZ0dKNGU4N1RYNHFLaFpSV1FGb2lNajJiaWlmR2V4NTlzLWxzSzMwQ1RfWlRhM1VmV0dUY1ZYT2dxQnJVelhxUnhOQVJBUG9Ia3JkczlQcmk4dnZRMUlqdVlROU5NZzg1MktyUzQ1NElSQWJGbUhRTnY5VTd3aw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;He was a dreamer&#8217;: Olympian Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird laid to rest in his native Co Cork<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxOT1NBakM0bkxLZndKeFdDMUozb0V6SHpHZmdUYTBibWdjMWI2cEM5T0NZSWtKaGg1Qk0xNzN6VUZUZWtUVHczVFoySjFVUjZmakxLTkdzYVQ0anhMMWM4RnFfcExvOHpkN1BtNkg3U24yTVA1emcyODkydnBlWXdhRnA0VEZPOGhYZDZ2eTN5TUxTT1Z6RVNSUW9XWEs3NTRXcFJFa1E4OWw2Y0x0Q3BTbC12MlVia21UZzZaWS1EcG5BSVk1?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympian Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird remembered for talent and compassion at funeral Mass<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxQZ28wWG5wNUdXVUhFRlBFR2t5b0FpUXo3STVtUjd4ZGpkd0ZIc19qM1NWUk5pYWt5MWRIYnd6S00zUUNaZzdSX3BXUFdEcHJkRDRINXhOcHA4TFEzMTA4RVoxZDhZNlB1d0p6R2lyd181elEwMWdBZUdfalVWREVxbWkySEJhRVlqb3ZHdmYwZDN0aHNKZko4ckt0X0tVSm81aTVQUzdkandBdkVKR01CbUdNVTItMVItY2tWT1FodWQ2eEh5U2lfMU5lRjBOWHI3NG0zWWJnM2RvM2Z6MXlrVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Funeral of Irish Olympian hears he was a dreamer who gave 100pc to make his dreams a reality<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYEFVX3lxTE11ZnRjWEs2c29sWW9BNy1YVVNCR0UxVTY3d3p5VGVhSmhYQU5icm5STm1DbEVEd0VMVzAwMlM4cVFpRkljWUFGTVI2dDE3Tzl2S29nNzkyV3Vhd0FzTnpLMw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympic medallist \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird to be laid to rest in Inchigeela today<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;echo live<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE9NaVNHenVfZjFudE41XzlmR1RCalVndi1hTHFad2dSRWVCbDJzd0lTVXJ5Ml81YnVOSW5XSVpPY09EUDhlNjloMnR3ZjVEUzRGUmVzTHkxZlJVZHl1dUVmVzlFZmUzNS12V0RVVTZ2bUpEb28?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird remembered as &#8216;dreamer&#8217; with &#8216;uncommon intensity and care&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;He was a dreamer&#8217;: Olympian Ciar\u00e1n \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird laid to rest in his native Co Cork&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalOlympian Ciar\u00e1n&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[289,211373,46,61,60,220583,129104,4356,112,35157],"class_list":["post-516864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-canada","tag-ciaran-o-lionaird","tag-cork","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-leevale-ac","tag-olympian","tag-rip","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}