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A Mayo company manufactures fitness equipment for use in gyms, schools and sports clubs.

At the age of 21, Richard McCormack set up a manufacturing business aimed at the growing numbers interested in keeping fit. In a small factory near Castlebar in County Mayo the team at Erin Gyms manufacture a range of fitness equipment suitable for schools and mini-gyms. This is the first time that people in Ireland will able to work out on domestically manufactured gymnasium equipment.

Keeping fit in truly Gaelic style.

An RTÉ News report broadcast on 28 March 1983.
The reporter is Jim Fahy.