THE death occurred on Friday, January 23rd of Co Louth Irish Draught horse breeder Fintan Branigan whose funeral Mass and burial took place two days later.

Fintan’s home address was Crosstown, prefix of all the horses he bred, the best of whom was the multi-purpose stallion Crosstown Dancer, a winner in hand, also under saddle in the show ring, dressage, show jumping and ID performance classes.