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Sunday Miscellany: Mark Horgan on another Irish rugby triumph

Mark Horgan on another rugby triumph at Twickenham, 20 years ago... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to London Calling, by Mark Horgan above.

Mark and Shane Horgan as schoolboys, supplied to Sunday Miscellany by Mark Horgan, Feb 2026
Mark and Shane Horgan as schoolboys

Trips over the Irish Sea in the late 80s for my brother and I would usually begin at the window sill of our bedroom in our bungalow in the tiny village of Bellewstown in county Meath. We shared the room, Shane on the top bunk...

RBS Six Nations 18/3/2006England vs Ireland Ireland's Shane Horgan scores the winning tryMandatory Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
That Shane Horgan try at Twickenham, circa 2006

This essay appeared on the programme of February 22nd - listen back here

(Pic: courtesy Irish Times/Dara Mac Dónaill)

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