Harry Boland (basketball)

Harry Boland (21 September 1925 – 18 December 2013) was an Irish basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.^[1]

Biography

Boland was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was named in honor of his uncle, Harry Boland, a prominent activist and politician during Ireland's revolutionary era. Eamon's^[who?] father, Gerald Boland, and his brother Kevin held significant roles within Fianna Fáil and served as ministers in the Irish government.

Boland was a close friend of Charles Haughey. They knew each other from childhood, having both attended St. Joseph's Secondary C.B.S. in Fairview, and they set up the accountancy firm Haughey, Boland & Co after graduating from UCD. Haughey later left to pursue his political career.^[2]

Death

Harry Boland died on 18 December 2013, aged 88, in Dublin. He was survived by his wife, Noirin, and was buried at St. Fintan's Cemetery in Sutton, Dublin.^[3]