It was sore heads all round in the small village of Kilskyre, Co Meath, as the place celebrated its unlikely Irish Grand National triumph.

The Ladbrokes Irish Grand National is one of the most precious jewels in Ireland’s racing crown, and it was Lion Na Bearnai who came up trumps, returning at odds of 33/1, with the crowds happy to cheer him into the winners’ enclosure with his popular local trainer Tom Gibney.