Billy Joe (“The Hurler”) Hannigan was a great and indeed nigh fanatical follower of the great game of the Gael - hurling. But he was also now in a tizzy. For he had been tossing and turning in his bed all night as he contemplated in his dreams the relative merits and demerits of both the lonely state of bachelorhood and that of the alleged ecstatic state of matrimony.
Princess Grace of Monaco visited Ireland with her husband Prince Rainier on the 10th June 1961 to visit her grandfather’s ancestral home in Drimuria, Newport, Co Mayo.
Every year the most prestigious award for any Irish sports’ star is the RTÉ Sports personality of the Year Award. For months now the overwhelming favourite for this year’s award is a young woman from Killenaule, County Tipperary. Rachael Blackmore has long been a rising star of Irish racing.
