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In 1752 a race took place between Edmund Blake and Cornelius O Callaghan from the Steeple in St. John’s, Buttevant to the Steeple in St. Mary’s Doneraile, thus giving the terms Steeplechasing and Point to Point to racing. A re-enactment of this race has taken place on a number of occasions by kind permission of the landowners. The most recent running of it took place in 2012.
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Saturday, 1 January, 1752 to Sunday, 31 December, 1752
