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Tributes to Dermot Ivo O’ Sullivan

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Killarney Race Company has led tributes to Dermot Ivo O’ Sullivan who passed away this week.

Ivo was an integral part of Killarney Race Company for over 50 years both as a dedicated board member and chairman.

Ivo was first proposed to the board of the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee in the early ‘80s and held the position of Senior National Hunt Steward within the Turf Club.

As a long-standing member, he was visionary and instrumental in forming many valuable Committees within the National Hunt and Turf Club. Ivo’s wife Kay owned Roman Bar that ran in the Aintree Grand National in 1976 and 1977 trained by the couple’s lifelong friend Pat Taaffe.

Ivo also played an instrumental role in the formation of the Killarney Racegoers Club and invited like-minded individuals to join the board at Killarney Race Company, which has ultimately played a major role in the development of the company and how it operates today.

Ivo was very proud of his association with Killarney Race Company and was the driver of major advancements within the Company. He was held in the highest regard within the racing industry which paved the way in building long-standing relationships that supported the growth and development of Killarney Race Company DAC.

In later years Ivo would have visited daily with his dog Remi walking his beloved Racecourse and Ross golf, while keeping a keen eye on the track and hurdles built by his friend Dan O’ Donoghue and team.

Chairman Billy O’Sullivan on behalf of fellow Directors, Management and Staff would sincerely like to extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to his family and thank them for providing a wonderful inspiring leader, colleague and great friend who has left a long-lasting legacy within Killarney Race Company.

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Fassbender ready for second Le Mans appearance

Local Hollywood A-lister Michael Fassbender is in the final preparation stages for his second appearance at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans. The iconic endurance race is celebrating its […]

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Local Hollywood A-lister Michael Fassbender is in the final preparation stages for his second appearance at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The iconic endurance race is celebrating its 100th edition next weekend.

The Fossa star has already arrived in the famous French twon where he is involved in a week-long series of engagements including drivers’ parades, autograph sessions and more serious appointments like car safety checks, practice and qualifying.

Like last year, when he finished 16th in the LMGTE Am class, Fassbender has been entered in to the event by the German Proton Competition team with Estonian Martin Rump and the Austrian Richard Lietz.

Fassbender dreams of following the trajectory of fellow Hollywood actors Patrick Dempsey who was second in LMGTE Am class in 2016 and Paul Newman who finished second overall in 1979.

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Ireland’s oldest citizen has Killarney connections

Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week. Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections. The previous record […]

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Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week.

Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections.

The previous record was held by 107-year-old Nancy Stewart who died on September 10 2021.

Although born in Belfast, Máirín went to school in the Mercy Convent. Her father was a customs and excise officer and the family moved around a lot eventually coming to Killarney after spells in County Down and Dublin.

Her mother came from the Rathmore area and her father was from Newmarket in County Cork.

She attended the Mercy Convent and has, in previous interviews, recalled growing up on the shores of Lough Lein.

“Neighbours who had three children were given the job of taking me to school,” she said. “They were annoyed because the children were going to school for two or three years but I was put in to the same class as them – my mother had taught me.”

In 2021 she featured in the book ‘Independence Memories: A People’s Portrait of the Early Days of the Irish Nation’, sharing stories of being kept in school in Killarney during an attack on the RIC barracks down the road.

In 1924 she started a degree in science and a diploma in education at University College Cork, before working in the pathology lab in University College Cork’s Department of Medicine for 16 years.

last year she recalled her story on the podcast: ‘Living History – Irish Life and Lore’.

During the broadcast she talked about her parents’ membership of the Gaelic League in 1910; the Spanish Flu in Ireland in 1918; The Black and Tans in Killarney in 1921; the early days of the new Free State; Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 1932, visiting the Basket Islands in 1929; and working in the UCC medical laboratory from 1932 until 1948.

This week President Michael D. Higgins hosted an afternoon tea event to celebrate the important role that a variety of people have and can play in different communities and Máirín was among the guests of honour.

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