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The Honda Kid still rides at the Summerhill Culchie festival

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The Honda Kid still rides at the Summerhill Culchie festival

Thu, 17 Dec, 2015 - 00:00

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The future of rural Ireland is safe for another while, against all the odds.

The strongest of its wiry, resilient sinews survives.

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