A letter written almost 150 years ago in an Irish hotel by a descendant of the great princes of Carbery has been presented to the hotel by his American family.

Historians are celebrating the donation to Ireland of a vast “lost archive” of hugely significant material linked to one of the great 13th century Gaelic families of Ireland.

DEAUVILLE VISION came right back to her best form when trouncing seven rivals in the Listed Kerryman Ruby Stakes at Tralee yesterday.

CAPTAIN Cee Bee pulled rank on the opposition at the final stage of the Killarney Festival yesterday when literally running away with the Dawn Omega Milk Maiden.

SOLERINA, returning from a two months break and backed from 4-6 to 1-2, ran her rivals ragged to land the John Harney Bookmaker Race at Tipperary last night.