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'Dear Katie, how far we have come...' - Taylor gets reply from her hero - BBC
Ireland's first female world champion writes a letter to Katie Taylor, 30 years after receiving one from her.
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BBC News
3 Sep 2026 · 1 min read
Before Deirdre Gogarty became Ireland's first female world boxing champion in 1997, she had already inspired a young Irish girl. A 10-year-old Katie Taylor wrote to her hero in 1996 saying she did …