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[11:55] Tributes paid to 'excellent rider' O'Sullivan

Tributes have been paid to 24-year-old jockey Michael O'Sullivan, who died following a fall at a race in Thurles last week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2025/0216/1497055-osullivan-jockey-tribute/

#24_year_old #MichaelO'Sullivan #Thurles #lastweek

[09:40] Jockey Michael O’Sullivan dies aged 24 after fall in race last week

Jockey Michael O'Sullivan has died as a result of the injuries he suffered in a fall at Thurles on February 6, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has announced.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/jockey-michael-osullivan-dies-aged-24-after-fall-in-race-last-week/a616647387.html

#MichaelO'Sullivan #Thurles #February6 #theIrishHorseracingRegulatoryBoard

[12:18] Irish jockey Michael O’Sullivan in intensive care following Thurles fall

Cork jockey Michael O'Sullivan is in intensive care following a fall at Thurles yesterday.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/horse-racing/irish-jockey-michael-osullivan-in-intensive-care-following-thurles-fall/a983956970.html

#MichaelO'Sullivan #Thurles #yesterday

Photograph taken in Thurles around 1940. Why was the road so wide? So that cattle/sheep could be driven to market, maybe? Another reason?

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/41582

#Ireland #IrishHistory #Tipperary #CountyTipperary #Thurles #HistoricalPhotography

Two boys playing hurling in the middle of a very wide street in Thurles.

15 Dec 1619: James Butler suddenly becomes heir to the Earldom of #Ormond when Thomas Butler Viscount #Thurles d. #otd in a shipwreck on the #Irish Sea (Bodl)

He would have a long, long & influential career.