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Sports fans among you will have heard the urban myth that the German soccer team’s away kit is green because they borrowed the colour from Ireland. Indeed, Ireland has lent its colours to other sports, and today we’re going to talk about motor racing and specifically ‘British Racing Green’ - the colour worn by British motor racers. In 1903, the Irish public - and beyond - were captivated by something called the Gordon Bennett Cup, the first ever motor-race to be held in these islands. Motorsports were illegal in England, and so the fast-paced event took place in rural Ireland. The first ever closed-circuit motor race, it brought massive media attention onto Ireland. Donal Fallon joins Gavan Reilly for another episode of Hidden Histories