David Coughlan and his wife on a visit to Skibbereen after his horse ‘Mr What’ won the Aintree Grand National in 1958. Also included are, from left, Mr. Paddy O’Driscoll, MCC.; Cian O’Mahony, Paddy Connoly, Florence Wycherly, TD, MCC.; Jim Minihane, James Sheehy, Jerome O’Sullivan, and TD Burke, MCC, UDC. ‘Mr What’, ridden by Arthur Freeman and trained by Tom Taaffe - father of Arkle jockey and 1974 Gold Cup winning trainer Pat Taaffe, and grandfather of current Kildare-based trainer Tom Taaffe in Kildare Captain Christy, won the 1958 Grand National by a massive 30 lengths. The prize money for winning was a then record £13,744.
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