<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547001" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Black July</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fastest dog in Millstreet when I was a young boy<br>Was owned and bred by Maurice Connors his name was Black July<br>Trained by Paddy O Keeffe at Dooneen a leading trainer then<br>In the Kennedy cup at Limerick he had a famous win.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A son of Cheeky Tippy and Maddest Lily the striking black and white<br>Was Ireland's fastest greyhound when he was in full flight<br>The Irish Derby favourite he was the one to beat<br>And one of the fastest greyhounds to come out of Millstreet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sold to Harry O Neill the bookmaker the word it got around<br>For a record price for a greyhound then 'twas said two thousand pounds<br>And Black July for Maurice Connors had surely paid his way<br>For two thousand pounds in those times worth thirty grand today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since Denny Dennehy and John Joe Cronin's hounds brought to their Paish fame<br>Duhallow home of champion dogs so many one could name<br>And Black July a top class dog when he was in his prime<br>The mighty speedster from Liscreagh inspired the bards to rhyme.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It must be nearly forty years how quick the time did fly<br>Since Millstreet had a champion dog his name was Black July<br>And Millstreet had many great dogs since of their big wins we hear<br>And the latest Donie Mahony's champ the great Mountleader Peer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Trained at Dooneen by Paddy O Keeffe a leading trainer then<br>In the Kennedy cup at Limerick he had a famous win<br>The fastest greyhound of his year when I was just a boy<br>Was owned and bred at Liscreagh the mighty Black July.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547001" data-title="Black July de Francis Duggan" data-description="The fastest dog in Millstreet when I was a young boy Was owned and bred by Maurice Connors his name was Black July Trained by Paddy O Keeffe at Dooneen a leading trainer then In the Kennedy cup at Limerick he had a famous win. A son of Cheeky Tip..."></div> </div> </div>

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