For me, the Ascot win was like my All-Ireland win, I was delighted
July 03, 2021
Former jockey Johnny Murtagh, left, pictured with his wife, Orla Murtagh, daughter Lauren Murtagh of Kildare and his parents-in-law Tipperary s Michael Babs Keating and Nancy Keating after the GAA All-Ireland Minor B Ladies Football Semi-final match between Kildare and Waterford, preceding the GAA All-Ireland Minor A Ladies Football Semi-final between Cork and Dublin at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh, Tipperary. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile.
By Kevin Egan
Her dad is one of Ireland’s top jockeys and her grandfather an All-Ireland winning player and manager, but Lauren Murtagh is carving out her own career as a Kildare ladies footballer of some renown.