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Eugene Brady – The Pumpkin Man of County Longford
'1995 was the year Kerry won the All-Ireland, but it was also the year we won the Pumpkin of the Year. And I tell you, there was more carry on about that pumpkin than there was over Kerry winning the Sam Maguire’. A classic from the 'Vanishing Ireland' archive about a farmer from Camagh, Abbeylara, Co Longford.