The country’s ongoing fascination with the Kennedys shows no signs of abating and this weekend, two more scions of the most famous of all Irish-American families are in Ireland for this year’s Kennedy Summer School.

It was all about pedigree as racing royalty joined forces in one of the weddings of the year.

WHEN Paul Carbery steered Bobbyjo to victory in the Martell Grand National in 1999 there was more than an element of DNA symmetry to the performance.