Barney Curley, racing punter on a grand scale who masterminded a legendary betting coup – obituary
Alongside his professional gambling career, he managed Irish bands and trained in Newmarket, encouraging jockeys including Frankie Dettori
27 May 2021 • 3:19pm
Barney Curley in 1984, two years after he moved to England and took out a licence to train
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Barney Curley, who has died aged 81, pulled off one of the most celebrated betting coups in the history of the Turf.
It happened on June 25 1975 at Bellewstown, an obscure racecourse in Co Meath in the Irish Republic. Even more obscure was the horse that, at 20-1, landed the money, an indifferent hurdler called Yellow Sam.
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CONSHOHOCKEN April is National Poetry Month, and Conshohocken Free Library is marking the observance with pop-up poetry stations at 10 spots throughout the borough. CFL staffer Harry Hoy organized the event and came up with the idea as a way âto bring poetry to the local community and encourage the public to engage with their surroundings in a new and thoughtful way.â
âNational Poetry Month isâ¦a celebration of all things poetry during April,â Hoy says. âThis year marks the 25th anniversary (of the event, created by the Academy of American Poets). The Conshohocken Free Library hopes to celebrate this special anniversary with the Conshohocken community and beyond with our Pop-up Poetry displays.â
Updated / Thursday, 8 Apr 2021
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Ryan Tubridy
This week s Late Late Show will celebrate the songs and lives of John Prine, Kenny Rogers, Charley Pride, Hal Ketchum, and Brian Coll.
Friday s show will also feature the likes of rugby player CJ Stander, Smother star Dervla Kirwan, and golfer Padraig Harrington.
Ryan Tubridy will be joined by Irish country stars including Cliona Hagan, Susan McCann, Declan Nerney, Robert Mizzell, and Michael English performing some of their greatest compositions in a rousing circle of friends country music studio session.
Cliona Hagan with Ryan Tubridy
When CJ Stander arrived at Cork Airport in 2012, he considered himself in the last chance saloon as far as his rugby career was concerned.
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The long-running RTE chat show is back on Friday night with another impressive line-up which includes the star of one of the biggest shows on TV as well as one of Ireland s hottest bands
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