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Members of the Haughey family were on hand to present prizes to the winners of this year's Dingle Regatta at the weekend.
The Irish Independent reports that Conor Haughey was joined by brothers Ciaran and Sean, sister Eimear and their families at the prizegiving ceremony.
Their presence marked the strong ties their father, the late former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, had with the sailing community in the Co Kerry town.
Locals won out in this year's regatta, which has taken place since 1857 and is still raced with traditional naomhog boats.
The Griffin brothers and Michael O'Leary took the men's title, Maunza Heidke was tops of the women.

Members of the Haughey family were on hand to present prizes to the winners of this year's Dingle Regatta at the weekend.

The Irish Independent reports that Conor Haughey was joined by brothers Ciaran and Sean, sister Eimear and their families at the prizegiving ceremony.

Their presence marked the strong ties their father, the late former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, had with the sailing community in the Co Kerry town.

Locals won out in this year's regatta, which has taken place since 1857 and is still raced with traditional naomhog boats. 

The Griffin brothers and Michael O'Leary took the men's title, Maunza Heidke was tops of the women.

Published in News Update

About Commander Bill King, Solo Circumnavigator

William Donald Aelian King was the last surviving submarine commander in the Second World War - in charge of the British Navy's T-class Telemachus that sank a Japanese sub in the Strait of Malacca, between Malaysia and Sumatra, in 1944.

Decorated many times for his service by the end of the war, King became a trailblazing solo sailor.

At the age of 58, he was the oldest participant in The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race sailing Galway Blazer II, a junk-rigged schooner he designed himself.

After a number of abortive attempts, including an incident with "a large sea creature", he finally completed his solo circumnavigation of the globe in 1973.

Beyond his aquatic escapades, King settled with his wife Anita (who died in 1984, aged 70) at Oranmore Castle outside Galway after the war, where he later developed a pioneering organic farm and garden to help tackle his wife's asthma.

The round-the-world sailor and Galway native Bill King died on Friday, 21 September, 2012, aged 102.