Racing for Sovereigns in Castleisland in 1839

Racing for Sovereigns in Castleisland in 1839

“The Castleisland Races is the oldest meeting of its kind in Ireland,” said committee chairman, Charlie Farrelly – with a straight face at the launch of this Sunday’s programme of events at Glebe Lodge recently. Well, there is chronicled evidence of a meeting in 1839 from a newspaper article – which appeared in ‘The Tralee…