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UPDATED 11:29AM, APR 30 2021 The Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up and Horses in Training Sale has long been a source of proven talent, with former graduates such as Far Above, Trip To Paris and Trueshan plying their trade at Group level.  A sense of normality has also ensued after last year's sale was moved to July as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and confidence among vendors will have been boosted after the Craven Breeze-Up Sale registered a positive set of figures, while the Goffs UK variant produced the finest returns in the history of the sale.  The Breeze-Up Sale, which ta...

UPDATED 10:13PM, APR 14 2021 After a frenetic opening session, intensity levels settled down a touch on day two of the Tattersalls Craven Sale, with the market headed by 14 six-figure two-year-olds. The most expensive offering sold on Wednesday was signed for by Alastair Donald, who went to 240,000gns for a colt from the debut crop of bullet sprinter Caravaggio. The Yeomanstown Stud-consigned colt is a half-brother to Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes runner-up Wall Of Fire, and is out of a daughter of Galileo and Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Jewel In The Sand. "He's been bought for a new Ho...

Brian Hanley 32 min read During July 1921 Count George Noble Plunkett, Dáil minister for foreign affairs, wrote a long letter to Éamon de Valera. In it Plunkett warned the Sinn Féin leader that republicans should be wary of too close a relationship with ‘the Jews’. Across Europe, Plunkett asserted, Jews had been a negative influence, because (1) they are, and will remain, aliens, in most countries; (2) their codes of honour and morals are not Christian; (3...

Murdered mayors of Limerick - Limerick’s distinctive contribution to Ireland’s quest for freedom Reporter: ');  '); LAST SUNDAY marked the centenary of the deaths of Joseph O’Donoghue, Michael O’Callaghan and George Clancy. O’Donoghue was a young member of the IRA; O’Callaghan had just retired as Mayor of Limerick; and Clancy had just been elected Mayor of Limerick. The brutal killing of the three men by British Crown forces, particularly the savage deaths of O’Callaghan and Clancy in front of their terrified wives, made headlines all over the world. It made a particular impac...

Just to let posters know yesterday was the centenary anniversary of the murders of George Clancy and Michael O'Callaghan by British auxiliaries in Limerick. There was a live broadcast on the Sporting Limerick facebook page (can't seem to get a link) with stories told of those events and of that time by a few local historians with Mark Foley MC-ing the boardcast. Also there was a chat about Limericks 1921 all-Ireland win which happened to be played in 1923. If anyone has an interest in Irish history or even a bit of interest in sporting history, it would be would be well wo...