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Speculation that the Ancient Olympics were inspired by Ireland (lemmy.ml)
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Lennon, J. (1988). Fairs and Assemblies in Ireland. "Before I Forget…": Journal of the Poyntzpass and District Local History Society, 2, 55–62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25512034

Basically his argument is:

  • The Tailteann Games predate the Olympics by five centuries.

  • A manuscript mentions that there were Greek traders at the Tailteann Games.

  • Therefore it's possible the merchants travelling back to Greece brought the idea back to them and that became the Greek Olympics

Reasonable enough chain of thought, but totally speculative. I rate it 10% probability.

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