Friday, July 02, 2021

Weatherday: Gordon Bennett day


The damp beginning will clear to a dry day with some sunny spells. Highest temperatures around 19deg in light southerly wind.

On this day in 1903, the Gordon Bennett Race, sponsored by James Gordon Bennett, owner of the New York Herald, was run on a course that began and ended in Ballyshannon and included Kilcullen.

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