Kildare Nationalist — Fascinating new book marks 100 years of Naas Racecourse
Turtle Bunbury has penned a new book celebrating the Naas venue’s 100th anniversary in 2024.
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Turtle Bunbury has penned a new book celebrating the Naas venue’s 100th anniversary in 2024.
<p>By Richard McElligott On the 11 September, 1921 the Dublin and Kilkenny hurlers meet in that year’s Leinster final. It was a match more notable for the iconic photographs of a beaming Michael Collins being introduced to the players than Dublin’s eight points victory. Accompanied by his old friend and</p>
Armed troops patrolling the streets of Naas … Civic Guards stationed at twenty-yard intervals … aircraft observing from above … not the nor...
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