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The Irish Side of Funny Cide

By Irish America Staff
August / September 2003

July 1, 2003 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2003-archive/august-september-2003/">August / September 2003</a> Leave a Comment

Many know Funny Cide as the great chestnut gelding who just missed winning the Triple Crown, but few know the Irish people who were instrumental in bringing him to the forefront of racing. Having secured first place at Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Funny Cide was bred by third-generation Irish-American Joe McMahon and his wife Anne at Saratoga Thoroughbreds in New York. McMahon … [Read more...] about The Irish Side of Funny Cide

Galileo: King of Kings

By Angela Phelan, Contributor
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by </a> By Angela Phelan, Contributor<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2001-archive/october-november-2001/">October / November 2001</a> Leave a Comment

Can an Irish horse win the prestigious Breeders Cup? ℘℘℘ In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to victory at 100/6 in the most prestigious classic race for three-year-olds in the world, the Epsom Derby. The reaction of the top hat and tails aristocracy was to leave the parade ring for the … [Read more...] about Galileo: King of Kings

September 25, 1917

Thomas Ashe, member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Republican Brotherhood and one of the founders of the Irish Volunteers, died from a hunger strike on this day in 1917. Ashe, who was born in Co. Kerry, took part in the Easter Uprising of 1916 as a commander of the Fingal Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. On May 8, 1916, both Ashe and De Valera were court martialled by the British and sentenced to death. He was released but then charged with sedition and returned to prison in August of 1917. There, he began a hunger strike in protest that he be treated with a prisoner of war status.

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