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IRELAND’S OWN PIGEON AUCTIONS Present the ENTIRE CLEARANCE SALE at BLACKPOOL on behalf of GARY GIBSON (Cullybackey HPS). Saturday 16th January 2010 THE CLIFFS HOTEL, QUEENS PROMENADE, BLACKPOOL. Birds on View at 1.30pm. SALE KO 3.00pm. Sale Lists Available & Commission Bids to Homer Tel: 07939 ...

INFC National Champions of 1972 Kennedy & Swail of Moira The late Millar McAllistar was one of the most influential scribes for the sport of pigeon racing in Northern Ireland during the late sixties and early part of the 1970’s. The following is an article that he put together on the Irish Nati...

Hanlon & Lavery of Muckamore Outstandingly Consistent At All Levels. To race well and win out of turn in the Muckamore Club is quite a feat but when a loft also features quite often in Section and Open competition with the NIPA and INFC, then its time that loft was featured in the pigeon public...

Northern Ireland ‘Ace’ Flyer The Late Billy Parkes of Killyleagh If you are a keen follower of pigeon racing in Northern Ireland then you must have heard the name Billy Parkes. If you haven’t noticed his name in the past then by the time you read the following article you’ll wonder how in Hell you ...

Thanks Gary, the forum aspect of the site is still new, but will become more active come the start of the racing season when the results start flowing in. Hope you enjoy the site. Adie

KIRKWOOD BROS – NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Winners of the Graham Trophy for Best Average all INFC Races 1970 To become National Champions and lift the Graham Trophy for Best Average all INFC Races is no easy task, when you aspire to such greatness you can truly start to appreciate how good your family of p...

ERNIE SHAW – ‘THE COOKSTOWN ACE’ The early start – A loft location in Cookstown (Co.Tyrone) is not the ideal spot to expect success in the I.N.F.C. events. It is a long way inland and, if we look at the map, we find it is on the far side of Lough Neagh when looking from the coast. However, if Ernie...

The Galway One Loft, Bigger, Better and Ready to Roll Situated on the West Coast of Ireland, Galway is a famous tourist destination, renowned for its tradition, scenery and its festivals, amongst which the Galway Races is the main event. This seven-day horse racing festival attracts hundreds of tho...

IRISH ARCHIVES By Adie McCormick www.pigeonnetwork.com 1971 was a year which seen the introduction of the decimal currency in the U.K. it also seen the nationalization of car maker Royal Royce following the company declaring themselves bankrupt. On the sporting front starting with the football scen...

IRISH ARCHIVES By Adie McCormick http://www.pigeonnetwork.com So near, but yet so far! Like any sport, in any year you will always get the unfortunate competitors who finish runner-up, and as the saying goes you always remember the winner but never the man who finishes runner-up. Having had the mat...