Person: Alexander Pope

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general

You may be able to see something tonight only one in a million have seen

As part of Science Week, Astronomy Ireland will be setting up some of the most powerful telescopes in Ireland to look at a very rare sight in the night skies.

news

Tributes to John Montague pour in from arts world

general

Reluctant Irishman who became the high priest of satire

Pope’s children are still none the wiser

racing

O’Brien thinking about Eclipse jockey

racing

Mighty Frankel just raring to go

Frankel puts down Palace marker with impressive gallop

FRANKEL again impressed Newmarket work-watchers yesterday morning and is set to go off at long odds-on in next week’s St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2011

Frankel heads Palace acceptors

Frankel features among 13 horses left in at the confirmation stage for the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2011

Bogini can do the business

TRACEY Collins’ Bogini is the one to beat in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Tipperary tonight.

Wed, 01 Jun, 2011

A Word Apart can land tricky contest

A WORD APART is the nap to land a tricky little five-runner Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Race at Navan this afternoon.

Sat, 28 May, 2011

Outlook bright for Misty

THE Curragh yesterday belonged to Aidan O’Brien.

Mon, 23 May, 2011

World Domination leads Dante field

World Domination and Carlton House feature among 11 confirmations for the totesport Dante Stakes at York on Thursday.

Sat, 07 May, 2011

Pathfork heads challenge to Frankel

FRANKEL will face a maximum of 14 rivals, headed by Jessica Harrington’s Pathfork in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2011

Double keeps O’Brien’s title hopes alive

ON a day when Pat Smullen clinched the Jockeys Championship with a double on Hawa Bali and Elusive Ridge, Joseph O’Brien kept his hopes of snatching the apprentice title alive with a double on Alexander Pope and Mr Pianist at Dundalk yesterday.

Thu, 09 Dec, 2010

Course and distance ideal for Dahindar

EDDIE LYNAM’S Dahindar has a leading chance in the www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap at Dundalk this afternoon.

Wed, 08 Dec, 2010

Row in with Jack

JACKAROO, one of two Aidan O'Brien contestants in the race, can win the Listed Coolmore Hurricane Run Stakes at Tipperary tonight.

Fri, 06 Aug, 2010

Profound Beauty should coast home

PROFOUND BEAUTY is impossible to oppose in the Group 3 ITM/Springpaarden Fonds Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

Thu, 05 Aug, 2010

Longer trip to suit A Word Apart

A WORD APART is the nap to a win a hot little claregalwayhotel.ie colts and geldings EBF Maiden at the opening stage of the Galway Festival tonight.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2010

Kelly points out Déise’s team ethic

YESTERDAY we cast aspersions on the man who said a little learning was a dangerous thing (it was Alexander Pope, of course; please stop ringing in with his identity, there are no prizes on offer).

Tue, 23 Mar, 2010