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The greatest steeplechaser

The prize money for this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup totalled half a million pounds. As a mark of inflation, it is worthwhile recalling that Arkle, the greatest ever winner of the Gold Cup, won a total of £95,158 in his entire racing career.

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Possible Clare links to Obama

WHILE Moneygall in County Offaly has stolen the limelight this week as the ancestral home of US President Barack Obama, a Clare author and historian is adamant that more in-depth research would have led him to the Banner County.

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Memorial to mark Moanreel ambush

TRIBUTES to those who fought and died during the Irish War of Independence will be paid at a ceremony in North Clare next month. The occasion will be the unveiling of a monument at Moanreel, on the Ennis-Ennistymon road, the site of two famous local ambushes on the British army and the RIC police.

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