Martin Sheridan, the World’s Greatest Athlete, Is Born in Bohola, Co. Mayo

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Martin Sheridan, the world’s greatest athlete, is born in Bohola, Co. Mayo

Martin John Sheridan (March 28, 1881 – March 27, 1918) was a three time Olympic Games gold medallist.

He was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ireland, and died in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the day before his 37th birthday, a very early casualty of the 1918 flu pandemic.

He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. He was part of a group of Irish-American athletes known as the “Irish Whales”.