A lovely gentleman, Gavin Regan, contacted me yesterday. Gavin
was referred to us by the National
Photographic Archive and was hoping we might be able to help him!
He was trying to finding out if there were any photographs
available from the 1953 Irish Grand National. The winning jockey was a
man called Albert Power and the winning horse was called Overshadow.
Albert Power was Gavin’s wife's Grandfather and he is trying to source
any material detailing Power’s victory in the race. After a lengthy search
through the ledgers under ‘F’ for Fairyhouse, ‘G’ for Grand National, ‘H’ for Horseracing,
‘R’ for Racing I finally found it under ‘E’ for Easter Monday Racing at Fairyhouse!!!
It seems Andy and Padraig (the original photographers) were determined to make
me work for results!
In the end we had a happy outcome and found six glass plates
with the images Gavin was looking for! I’m thrilled to have been able to help!
It makes my day when I can find images that mean so much to people! You can view the photos at: Overshadow at Irish Grand National
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