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The Disappearance of Shergar: The World’s Most Famous Racehorse

The Troubles Podcast by Oisin Feeney

May 28, 202430:00Society & Culture

It was a dark evening in February, 1983, when three armed, masked men arrived to the home of Jim Fitzgerald. His family were locked in a room. One of the men said to him "We have come for Shergar. We want £2 million for...

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The Disappearance of Shergar: The World’s Most Famous Racehorse is an episode from The Troubles Podcast by Oisin Feeney. It was a dark evening in February, 1983, when three armed, masked men arrived to the home of Jim Fitzgerald. His family...

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Published May 28, 2024, 30:00 long, audio available.

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It was a dark evening in February, 1983, when three armed, masked men arrived to the home of Jim Fitzgerald. His family were locked in a room. One of the men said to him "We have come for Shergar. We want £2 million for him." He was taken at gunpoint to a nearby stable where Shergar the horse was sleeping. The horse was loaded into a horsebox, and never seen again. What followed was a mystery which captivated the people of Ireland, and many around the world in the hunt to locate Shergar the world’s most famous racehorse.

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Published May 28, 2024 and 30:00 long