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Sweeney, Dr Tony
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Arranmore, Cunningham Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin, Ireland
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Tel/Fax: +353 (0)1 285 8886
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Date of Birth:
26.6.31
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Papers:
Irish Times
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Career:
1954 Sporting Press, 1956 - 1997 Daily Mirror's Irish correspondent
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Prizes for tipping:
During 1968 Irish flat season napped 17 consecutive winners & napped 10 or more consecutive winners on four other occasions
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Interests:
The past for clues to the future
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Other details:
Irish Television Paddock Commentator 1964-89, Betting Commentator 1990-98. Author of Carrolls Guide to Irish Racing; Irish Stuart Silver (Catalogue Raisonne 1603-1714); Ireland and the Printed Word (short descriptive catalogue 1475-1700); HH The Aga Khan Studs - 75th Anniversary Review (2 editions); The Sweeney Guide to the Irish Turf 1501-2001. Conferred with a Doctorate in Literature for published work in December 2001 by the National University of Ireland. Elected to Racing's Hall of Fame by the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Commitee in 2002
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